Monday 17 October 2011

Thriller Sub-Genres

Physiological thriller
The definiton of a physiological thriller is related to the mind or the process of the mind. We then relate to these people as "phycos". These people then tend to end up as the character of the criminal and they usually do corrupt things to people. We could also bring obsession into this sub genre. Some of the films that would be placed in this genre is, Silence of the lambs, Black Swan, Se7en, The shining and the resident.

                
Action thriller
I think that action thrillers are the most popular and well known. Action thrillers include films such as Kill Bill, Sherlock Holmes, Salt & Knight and Day. These include a lot of technical weapons, usually a race against time and an unexpected twist at some stage of the film. We expect a lot of loud music, noisy shootouts and flashing images, usually a very fast edited film.

              
Spy thriller
A spy thriller involves high technology weapons such as trackers, mobile phones, fast cars, bugging devices, cameras etc. Spy thrillers are usually also set in a high tech world, and are also usually in an urban setting. Films that would fit into this sub-genre would be Casino Royale,The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. Spy thrillers also include chases, races against time, noisy shootouts and espionage.

              

Supernatural thriller
A supernatural thriller tends to be a spine tingling film which gets you on the edge of your seat and also makes you question things, it tends to also be known as a cliff-hanger. Some of the films that fit into this sub-genre is White noise, The ring and The Sixth Sense.

            

Revenge thriller
Revenge thrillers always follow the structure of something going wrong, and throughout the film the main character has to fight for the person or object back. Revenge in thrillers isnt shown in a nice way, it involves a lot of shooutouts. Films that would fit into this sub genre are Taken, Harry Brown and The American.

          

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