What is a Thriller?

The Genre Thriller, is a broad genre throughout the genre classifications, it umbrellas out into a vast array of different genres. Such as Action, Horror, Drama's. But of course, their are many codes and conventions that separates a thriller from other large genre classifications. A popular director who has created a large amount of thriller movies, is Alfred Hitchcock. With movies such as "The Birds" and "Vertigo" his movies, were one of the founding and most influential types in this Thriller genre, and opened alot of directors into more. ]

The initial affect a Thriller tries to generate, is suspense and tension. These are iconcicly the main features of a genuine thriller film, with the attempted affect to keep the audience, tense with anxiety and enthralled in a prediction driven nature. The Cliff hanging motive, is what drives the thriller genre forward. Along with tension. Most of the time affective with such themes as mysteries or menacing situations. Most of the time enveloping near death scenarios. And quoted from [www.Filmsite.org] "a dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible" The protagonists in a Thriller film, are usually thrown into conflicts with other people, or susceptible evil. and Maniacal attitudes, perhaps hidden or unknown. Shadowy. Or shaded.

As previously mentioned Thrillers, majority of the type generally Hybrid Genre's. You have many different types. Encompassing a wide variety. Horror Such as "28 Day's Later" Action films such as "The Bourne Trilogy" Film-noir, like "Sin City" These are all Hybrid genre's. All these genre's encompass some kind of suspense motive in them, but also throw forth the traditional codes to their genre. Such as Explosions, guns, comedy. Creating, a film with great potential and a vast array of different codes to be used.

Sin City Poster. A type of Film-noir/Action Thirller.