"The Return Of The Repressed"

To repress something is to put feelings away into the subconscious such as anxiety and anger. These feelings are often hidden from a young age, such as the eldest child being jealous of the attention that their younger sibling is receiving. This may at first be covered up by emotions such as love. However, over the years these repressed feelings may begin to re-surface and develop leading to illogical, self-destructive or anti-social behaviour. This is often a good base story line for a horror film as troubles from the past can change a character's personality to become a killer. It coud also be that the character has dual personalities and therefore leads the story to have more mystery behind it.