I don't like startle horror but I enjoy a good psychological thriller and prefer older horror like Hitchcock. A lot of horror movies are saturated with Occult symbolism. One of my favorites is The Ninth Gate and it's a fairly modern movie.
Especially the ones from the '20's and '30's.
(Check out archive.org)
Ive checked the symbolism on those old flicks, and 80 - 90 % is dead-on-balls-accurate.
(Pause the flick, mark it down, then search it)
I've also learned some things on different branches of the occult from those old movies.
(Horror flicks aren't really my Genre' either.)