Target audience of Thrillers

The target audience for thrillers vary depending on the sub-genres. This is because thrillers can go from comedy to horror thrillers. Typically, thrillers that are more sophisticated and are starring more older strong male characters such as "George Clooney" in "The American" are usually targeted at older males. This is because most of these films are rated as an 18, which is more suitable for older people because the shooutouts, murders and gore is shown in a more explicit way. Psychological thrillers are also usally rated as an 18 because it is quite disturbing and this could affect younger people watching it, such as American Psycho, Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs. A good example of a thriller that is targeted for children rather than older people is "Twilight", this is because the film uses Vampires and Wolves, which we would associate as horror/thriller characters. However, this is targeted to younger people because the film doesnt show too much gore, even though the vampires and wolves have a conflict, and there are killings in the film, the twilight films are based around love but they still have the elements of suspense that makes the film a thriller.