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GENRE AND SUBGENRE

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.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE GREAT THRILLERS EVER MADE

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

THRILLER SUB GENRE

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