Thrillers and Suspense Films: What is a Thriller?

Thrillers

A thriller can have many different forms such as, psychological thrillers, erotic thrillers, crime thrillers, action thrillers and mystery thrillers and they often create a sense of a sudden rush of emotions with fast paced action whether it be sad, happy, scared or angry from the audience watching. 

These type of films are very important in the film industry as it gains a very wide range and variety of audiences with its high level of anticipation and ultra heightened expectations. Film's of these genres have a very adrenaline-rushing, fast-paced and gritting style to them allowing the audience to be on the edge of their seats while watching.

One of my favorite thrillers is Oren Peli's 2007 paranormal activity, as it is very different from most thrillers with its style of film which is more physical than psychological, mental or emotional which you would expect from a psychological thriller. This is a brilliant thriller as lots of action occurs in the film and creates a huge build up of tension that even a simple door slam makes you jump in your seat.


Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twoWuDy5kys







Another type of thriller which i really enjoy watching is a crime thriller which involves normally a crime that involves revenge at the end containing murder, fighting, lots of action, kidnappings and car chases etc. One of my favorite crime thrillers is Liam Nelson's 2008 Taken which mainly has a target audience of male adrenaline junkies in which crime thrillers normally attract.

This film contains lots of action and a huge build up of tension with lots of revenge and murders.