"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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