History of Thriller

History of Thriller

 Thriller is a genre That uses Suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. the primary subgenres are mystery, crime and psychological thrillers.

After the assassination of president kennedy, political thriller and paranoid thriller films became very popular. the brightest examples of thrillers are the Hitchcock's movies. the cover up of important information from the viewer and flight/chase scenes are common methods in all of the thriller subgenres, although each subgenre has its own characteristics  and methods common methods in crime thrillers are ransoms, captivities, heists, revenge and kidnappings. More common in mystery thrillers are mind games, psychological themes, stalking, confinement deathtraps, horror -of-personality and obsession.

Thrillers mostly take place in ordinary suburbs cities. though sometimes they take place in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, polar regions, or the high seas.

The heroes in most thrillers are frequently ordinary citizens unaccustomed to danger. however , more common in , crime thrillers, they may also be 'hard men' accustomed to danger, like police officers and detectives.