Overview:
A Thriller is stereotypically a film whose main elements consist of tension, suspense and excitement. These are used to entice the audience and to keep them watching.
Thriller Storylines usually centre on Crime, Murders, Mysteries and Conspiracies. They normally use a gloomy tone to present society as dark and corrupt.
Characteristics:
The main aim of a Thriller is to keep the audience on the edge of their seats and engrossed in the film. They will do this by using Red Herrings, Plot Twists and Cliff-hangers. The Plot will probably follow a common route which will involve the protagonist being put into a perilous situation where their life is threatened and there looks to be no way to escape.
Typical Characters-
· Criminals
· Stalkers
· Assassins
· Innocent Victims
· Menaced Women
· Terrorists
· Cops/Police
· Escaped convicts
Plus many more
Thrillers will usually be set in Cities and Towns however they can be set in more exotic and outrageous places.
Thriller will usually have a happy ending where the “bad guy” gets punished, arrested or dies. The protagonist will usually escape alive.
Sub-Genre
There are also several sub-genres of thriller, these include;
· Conspiracy Thriller
· Crime Thriller
· Disaster Thriller
· Erotic Thriller
· Legal Thriller
· Mystery Thriller
· Psychological Thriller
· Rape and Revenge Films
· Religious Thriller
· Supernatural Thriller
· Techno Thriller
Modern day thrillers are now being combined the horror Genre, we see more hybrid thrillers which involve gore and more sadistic themes. These films will include a lot more violence, terror and gore.
Examples of Thriller Films:
1990’s
Die Hard 2
Kindergarten Cop
Miller’s crossing
Misery
Silence of the Lambs
2000’s
What Lies Beneath
Along came a Spider
From Hell
Hannibal
Secret Window
2010’s
The A-Team
The Crazies
Devil
Shutter Island
From Paris with Love
The Green Zone
A Thriller is stereotypically a film whose main elements consist of tension, suspense and excitement. These are used to entice the audience and to keep them watching.
Thriller Storylines usually centre on Crime, Murders, Mysteries and Conspiracies. They normally use a gloomy tone to present society as dark and corrupt.
Characteristics:
The main aim of a Thriller is to keep the audience on the edge of their seats and engrossed in the film. They will do this by using Red Herrings, Plot Twists and Cliff-hangers. The Plot will probably follow a common route which will involve the protagonist being put into a perilous situation where their life is threatened and there looks to be no way to escape.
Typical Characters-
· Criminals
· Stalkers
· Assassins
· Innocent Victims
· Menaced Women
· Terrorists
· Cops/Police
· Escaped convicts
Plus many more
Thrillers will usually be set in Cities and Towns however they can be set in more exotic and outrageous places.
Thriller will usually have a happy ending where the “bad guy” gets punished, arrested or dies. The protagonist will usually escape alive.
Sub-Genre
There are also several sub-genres of thriller, these include;
· Conspiracy Thriller
· Crime Thriller
· Disaster Thriller
· Erotic Thriller
· Legal Thriller
· Mystery Thriller
· Psychological Thriller
· Rape and Revenge Films
· Religious Thriller
· Supernatural Thriller
· Techno Thriller
Modern day thrillers are now being combined the horror Genre, we see more hybrid thrillers which involve gore and more sadistic themes. These films will include a lot more violence, terror and gore.
Examples of Thriller Films:
1990’s
Die Hard 2
Kindergarten Cop
Miller’s crossing
Misery
Silence of the Lambs
2000’s
What Lies Beneath
Along came a Spider
From Hell
Hannibal
Secret Window
2010’s
The A-Team
The Crazies
Devil
Shutter Island
From Paris with Love
The Green Zone
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