Thrillers are a genre of film which has the aim to thrill its audience. There is no limitation towards the budget of the film to create a thriller. From a blockbusting million pound budget film to a small media project can both be thrillers. There are many conventions in thrillers, some need to be followed and others are flexible and adaptable. There are tons of sub-genres of thrillers such as horror thrillers, psychological thrillers and action thrillers. All are slight variations of a typical thriller but have a common goal of thrilling the audience.
Online Research - What are thrillers?
According to filmsite.org:
"Thriller and Suspense Films are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features."
Source: http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html
According to Wikipedia.org a thriller is:
"Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
Sub-genres Found in Thrillers
There is an ongoing trend of Thrillers combing with other film genres to form a new hybrid sub-genre. The benefits is that the new hybrid genre will draw in fans of both Thrillers and the other genre. Leading to potentially increased sales. For instance, if a Thriller is combined with romance than that movie can draw in more females to see the film.
Information about sub-genres on Wikipedia.org:
"Most thrillers are formed in some combination of the above, with horror, conspiracy, and psychological tricks used most commonly to heighten tension. Combinations are highly diverse, including:
Science fiction thrillers: Jurassic Park, Sunshine.
Techno/political/conspiracy/military: Robocop, S.M. Stirling's Draka novels.
Legal/forensic/psychological/: Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs novel, Seven."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
Information about sub-genres on filmsite.org:
"Thrillers are often hybrids - there are suspense-thrillers, action- or adventure- thrillers, sci-fi thrillers (such as Alien (1979)), crime-caper thrillers (such as The French Connection (1971)), western-thrillers (such as High Noon (1952)), film-noir thrillers (such as Double Indemnity (1944)), even romantic comedy-thrillers (such as Safety Last (1923))."
Source: http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html
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