The creator of a thriller's main objective is to pierce through the audience's layer of security and safeness, making them feel as scared or uncomfortable as possible.
Thrillers rely on fear, apprehension and suspense, and usually play upon your basic childhood worries and fears. Thrillers create tension by raising questions and presenting enigma codes to the audience, which makes us want more.
Tension is also created through the use of delay, so that there is a sense of relief when something finally happens.
There are a variety of different types of thriller.
One of the most commonly used in movies are psychological thrillers which explore people's minds, dealing with issues such as schizophrenia, getting inside the mind of the killer. At the end of these movies, the secrets are usually revealed.
Another very common type of thriller is horror. This type of movie involves a great deal of blood and gore, making the audience feel shocked and repulsed by something that they are not supposed to see. The audience indentifies itself with the fears or terrors of the narrative. Mostly the fear of the unknown (darkness) or the body being ripped apart/mutilated. From simplistic or basic messages (the virgin "good" girl surviving at the expense of her rebellious "slutty" best friend) to the more nuanced or subtle fears of stranger/hitchhikers breaking our boundaries or the condemnation of any deviant (i.e. non christian) religions. Perhaps the most lucrative genre in the film idustry horror draws in huge audiences justifying the continual re-invention, re-making and franchising of every successful horror product.
Supernatural thrillers are also used. These play on the audience's fear of ghosts and things of the paranormal. They sometimes deal with the concept of demons and the devil. A typical example of a supernatural thriller is 'The Exorcist'.
Thrillers rely on fear, apprehension and suspense, and usually play upon your basic childhood worries and fears. Thrillers create tension by raising questions and presenting enigma codes to the audience, which makes us want more.
Tension is also created through the use of delay, so that there is a sense of relief when something finally happens.
There are a variety of different types of thriller.
One of the most commonly used in movies are psychological thrillers which explore people's minds, dealing with issues such as schizophrenia, getting inside the mind of the killer. At the end of these movies, the secrets are usually revealed.
Another very common type of thriller is horror. This type of movie involves a great deal of blood and gore, making the audience feel shocked and repulsed by something that they are not supposed to see. The audience indentifies itself with the fears or terrors of the narrative. Mostly the fear of the unknown (darkness) or the body being ripped apart/mutilated. From simplistic or basic messages (the virgin "good" girl surviving at the expense of her rebellious "slutty" best friend) to the more nuanced or subtle fears of stranger/hitchhikers breaking our boundaries or the condemnation of any deviant (i.e. non christian) religions. Perhaps the most lucrative genre in the film idustry horror draws in huge audiences justifying the continual re-invention, re-making and franchising of every successful horror product.
Supernatural thrillers are also used. These play on the audience's fear of ghosts and things of the paranormal. They sometimes deal with the concept of demons and the devil. A typical example of a supernatural thriller is 'The Exorcist'.
The key theme of thrillers/horrors can also be voyeurism. The word voyeurism derives from the French word 'voyeur' which translates as 'someone who watches.' (usually without their object of interest knowing that they are being watched) People who make thrillers use the idea of voyeurism to create a creepy storyline. The voyeur in these films is usually a stalker, watching the person or people he is about to kill or torture. There is a lot of irony in this as we (the audience) know the killer is there, yet the killer's victim does not. In some cases, the style of filming forces us as an audience to become the voyeur. This is when we are made to watch a character being killed, tortured or placed in an equally terrible situation. This makes us feel slightly uncomfortable as, again, we are seeing something we shouldn't be seeing.
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