Thriller and Suspense films are known to promote the feelings of intense excitement, suspense, expectation, uncertainty and tension.
Cliff Hangers and thrills are often used to keep the audience " on the edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards the climax. The tension usually arises when the main character is placed in a dangerous situation of mystery and he or she become involved in a potentially deadly mission.
Plots in thrillers usually involve characters which come into conflict with each other or outside forces. Characters in thrillers included convicts, criminals, stalkers assassins or innocent victims.
Themes of thrillers include terrorism, political, conspiracy and pursuit.
There are different forms of thrillers however
Easy Thrillers:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
The Cat and the Canary ( 1927)
The Third Man (1949)
Blackmail (1929)
Hitchcock- considered as the master of the thriller and suspense genre producing over 53 movies. He manipulates his audiences fears and desires and taking the viewers into the plot of the movie. Often his films are placed with an innocent victim in a strange situation. He finds the darker side in human nature.
Thrillers With Convoluted Plot Twists: involves twisted plots and surprise endings
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Se7en(1995)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Momento (2000)
Tend to be a lot more frequent these days then easy thrillers.
Spy Film Thrillers: usually depict spies uncovering secrets from each other.
Borne Identity (2002)
JAMES BOND ESPIONAGE THRILLERS
Dr.No (1962)
Goldfinger (1964)
From Russia with Love ( 1963)
Components of the Thriller genre can be found in our film opening for the movie the "Black Rose":
The leading character Natalie Harland is mentally unstable and has an uncomfortable reactions to the small girl. She covers the characters the stalker and convict found in many thriller films.
The Black Rose would fit under the thriller film of "Thrillers with Convoluted Plot Twists" with the twisted plot and relationship between Natalie and the little girl. It makes the audience uneasy and surprises them.
The theme of the Black Rose would be obsession, pursuit and mental unstableness.
