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Thriller is genre that provides thrill and keeps the audience cliff hanging at the edge of their seats as the narrative
progresses towards the climax. Usually tensions arises when the protagonist is placed in a menacing situation, or an escape
or dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible. Thrillers usually consist of characters which conflicts each other
or with outside forces. Therefore, binary opposition is seem in almost all the thriller genre. Thrillers are known to promote
intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, uncertainty and tension among the audience.
Director: Alfred
Hitchcock
Writer: john Michal
Stars: James
Stewart, grace Kelly
Director: martin
scorsese Writer: Paul
Star: Robert de Niro,
Jodie foster
Director: Jonathan
Demme
Writer: Thomas
Harris
Stars: Jodie foster,
Anthony Hopkins
Director: David
Fincher
Writer: James
Vanderdilt
Stars: Jake
Gyllenhaal, Robert
Downey
Director: Alfred
Hitchcock
Writers: joseph
Stefano
Stars: Anthony
Perkins, Janet Leigh,
Vera miles
THRILLER GENRE
Sub genre is when a specific genre is categorized into different different types of genres, so that it becomes an hybrid genre,
for example thriller is classed as a genre, but it becomes an hybrid when you call it a comedy thriller or action thriller etc.
subgenre are used to categories movies to help audience to get a an understanding about what kind of movie it is. There are
lots of subgenres for thriller, for example, action thriller, supernatural thrillers, comedy thriller, horror thriller, sci-fi thriller,
romantic thriller, erotic thriller, crime thriller, psychological thriller etc.
CATEGORIZED THRILLERS