Thursday, 3 February 2011

The history of the "thriller" genre.

"Homer's Odyssey is one of the oldest stories in the Western world and is regarded as an early prototype of the thriller."

Alfred Hitchcock is the pioneer of the suspense & psychological thriller industry. The most famous of his films being "Psycho" (1960) a base for the modern thriller movies. It has inspired many other films and a 1998 remake.
Also Wes Craven is a successful thriller director, with huge hits, such as A Nightmare on Elm St, with 8 sequels and a 2010 remake.

Thrillers are made to be realistic, making us question everday things in our own lives. Most thrillers are about obsession, the main character will be a victim to an obsession, usually resulting in crime.
A main theme of psychological thrillers are Mental Institutions. In psychological thrillers, the charachter usual has a mental health problem, unbeknowst to them. There is also usually a huge twist towards the end.

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