Thrillers are characterised by fast pacing, frequent action and resourceful heroes who must destroy the plans of more powerful more equipted villians.
Thrillers often take place in excotic locations typically set in foreign cities.
Thriller devices;
Devices such as suspence, red herrings and cliffhangers are used lots in a tyoicl thriller movie. A typical Thriller consists of a villian with a plot to kill or over take someone or something and making it nearly impossible for the hero to 'save the day'.
A flexible thriller;
The thriller is a flexible genre that can engage the audience throught a dramtic use of psychological, social and political tention. Alfred Hitchcock describes thrillers as allowing the audience "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it is like"
Mystery stories;
Thrillers often overlap with mysterious stories, but are hidden by the structure of the plot.
Definitions of Thrillers;
Thrillers provide such a rich literary feast. The legal thriller, spy thriller, ation-adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high-tec thriller, military thriller. In fact, this openness is on of the genre's most enduring cahracteristics.
Sub genres;
There are many thriller genres and these can include:
- Action thriller
- Crime thriller
- Consiracy thriller
- Disaster thriller
- Drama thriller
- Erotic thriller
- Legal thriller
- Medical thriller
- Political thriller
- Spy thriller
- Psychological thriller
- Techno thriller
- Religious thriller
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