2. • Thriller films are often plotted around a twisted
of mysterious plot, which use suspense,
tension, excitement as their main elements.
There are many emotions in which the audience
have in watching a thriller film such as; Fear,
nerve, excitement and tension.
• Thriller films often use cliff hangers as a big part
of the film giving the audience huge panic and
terror, but it not only does that but engages
them in the film. Asking themselves the
question of ‘What comes next’?
3. Different examples of thriller films;
• Horror thriller – For example, “the shining”
directed by Stanley Kubrick. A family heads to an
isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and
spiritual presence influences the father into
violence, while his psychic son sees horrific
forebodings from the past and of the future.
• Adventure thriller- for example “ die hard”
directed by John Mctiernan. John McClane and a
store owner must play a bomber's deadly game
as they race around New York while trying to stop
him.
4. Different examples of thriller films;
• Erotic thriller – for example, “secret things”
directed by jean Claude Brisseau two young
women find themselves struggling to survive in
Paris, street-wise Nathalie, a stripper, and naïve
Sandrine.
• Psychological thriller- for example “alien”
directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 200 years after
her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful
human/Alien hybrid clone who must continue her
war against the Aliens.
5. Different examples of thriller films;
• Psychological thriller – for example “The
talented Mr. Ripley” directed by Anthony
Minghella. In late 1950's New York, Tom
Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to
Europe to retrieve a rich and spoiled
millionaire playboy, named Dickie Greenleaf.
But when the errand fails, Ripley takes
extreme measures.
6. Different examples of thriller films;
• Spy thriller- For example “Salt”. Directed by
Phillip Noyce, A CIA agent goes on the run
after a defector accuses her of being a Russian
spy.
• Western thriller- for example “high noon”.
Directed by fred zinneman. A marshall,
personally compelled to face a returning
deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses
to help him.
7. Different examples of thriller films;
• Action thriller- for example “Taken“ directed
by Pierre Morel. A former spy relies on his old
skills to save his estranged daughter, who has
been forced into the slave trade.
• Romance thriller- for example “basic instinct”.
Directed by Paul detective is in charge of the
investigation of a brutal murder, in which a
beautiful and seductive woman could be
involved. Verhoevan.
8. Typical props used in a thriller;
• Props such as masks, are usually used in thriller
films to hide the identity of the villain. For
example, the movie SCREAM uses this prop, to
not only create mystery for the audience, but to
also scare them a little.
• Blood is also another prop used in thriller films; it
connotes danger, and death.
• Ropes are also used a lot in thriller films. When
the villain captures his victim, they usually tie
him/her up so ensure that they don’t get away.
9. Typical props used in a thriller;
• The cross that represents Jesus Christ is also used
in some thriller films. This is because some
thriller films link their narrative to religion.
• And finally props such as knives and guns are also
one of the main conventions that are used in
thriller films, as it connotes death. Everybody
knows that knives can kill or seriously hurt
someone, therefore when a person is watching a
film and sees knives; they know something bad is
going to happen.
