Theme: Sinister Psychiatrists

This refers to members of the psychiatric or psychological professions that come with malevolent intent. Ever since the classic twist ending of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919), the horror film has always regarded those who have control and say over one’s sanity as dubious in nature.

In genre cinema, psychiatrists and psychologists can frequently imprison people in Asylums for nefarious purposes. Often they can be Mad Scientists or Mad Surgeons conducting Illicit Scientific Experiments on those confined, or pushing radical treatment methods. Sometimes they are murderous and have even been known to be Serial Killers.