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The personality styles of Cluster B personalities in psychology, such as narcissism and antisocial personality disorders, have become more mainstream in the understanding of tactics and manipulation ...

Here’s how the scariest subgenre of horror films got its name—and why it’s so alluringly scary. Psychological horror is a film genre that emphasizes distressing emotional and psychological states to ...