"The return of the repressed is the process whereby the repressed elements, preserved in the unconscious, tend to reappear, in consciousness or behaviour, in the shape in secondary and more or less unrecognisable "derivatives of the unconscious.""
The return of the repressed is used in horror films because it can give a back story to why the villian behaves in such a way. By having some sort of explanation it makes the 'psychopath' more personified so we can relate to them, making it more shocking when they commit a murder, for example. Repressed memories can also lead to the setting of the film, because villians seem to go back to their own history.
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