Saturday 14 November 2015

Sub-genres of a Thriller

A Psychological thriller is a film, which places emphasis on the psychology of its characters and their unstable emotional states. An example of a psychological thriller is Shutter Island. Shutter Island explores the mental issues and instabilities of a young patient at a correctional centre with serious delusional issues.  The following film can be classified as a psychological thriller because it mainly develops upon the protagonists psychological and emotional state as the film progresses.





An Action thriller is a film that melds together the main characteristics of a thriller together with recurring action sequences, tension and suspense. John Wick is an example of an action thriller. The film is mainly composed out of action sequences separated by thrilling builds up and an atmospheric suspense that drag the audience into the film. The following film is model exemplar of a film that is able to meld together the aspects of an action and thriller film together so well, that the film simply flows.




An erotic thriller is a movie that places emphasis on eroticism and most commonly revolves around some sort of sexual relationship. An example of an erotic-thriller is Basic Instinct. Erotic Thrillers are not very common an dare rarely well received. The latest widespread erotic-thriller 50 Shades of Grey was generally received very poorly by the public.


A disaster thriller is a film that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device, whilst being enriched with the characteristics of a thriller such as suspense and tension. Into The Storm is a disaster thriller thats main plot device is a storm that is gradually laying destruction to to the local setting. The film is composed in a similar manner to John Wick, as it consists of action sequences separated by thrilling builds up and and atmospheric moments and dialogue. Most commonly disaster films display a character or group character attempting at escaping or facing a natural disaster.

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