Thriller Synopsis

1. Thriller Synopsis's

2. One Hour Photo
Robin Williams stars in this thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek. Sy Parrish
(Williams) is a middle-aged loner who works as a photograph developer in a
supermarket. He has gradually become obsessed with one family, the Yorkins, who
regularly come to his counter, making duplicates of each film they bring in to be
developed and pinning the photographs to the walls of his apartment. When Sy realises
that Will Yorkin (Michael Vartan) is cheating on wife Nina (Connie Nielsen), he steps up
his silent interaction with the family, placing evidence of the infidelity in an envelope of
photos he has recently developed for young Jake Yorkin (Dylan Smith). Soon however,
Parrish reveals his hand, and the Yorkin family realise the full horror of their situation.

3. The Call
Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin star in this thriller in which a woman races against time
to prevent a serial killer from taking another victim. Emergency services telephone
operator Jordan Turner (Berry) answers a call from teenager Leah Templeton (Evie
Thompson), who is trying to evade the clutches of a murdererous man (Michael Eklund).
When their conversation is disconnected, Jordan calls Leah back but the ring of the
phone alerts the killer to the girl's whereabouts and he subsequently takes her life. Six
months later, Jordan is still struggling to come to terms with what happened but soon
finds herself facing a similar situation, with the killer this time after another teenage
girl, Casey Welson (Breslin). Can Jordan save Casey from meeting the same fate as the
previous caller?

4. Shutter Island
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the
disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital.

5. The Lovely Bones
Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her
killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for
her family to heal.

6. What they have in common
● Each synopsis, are based round someone having mental health
problems.
● The Call and The Lovely bones both involve two young girls who get
murdered by older men who are mentally unstable.
● There all American films.
● American actors.
● They don't give too much away to keep the suspense.
● All involve pain or emotional harm.
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7. What they have in common
● Each synopsis, are based round someone having mental health
problems.
● The Call and The Lovely bones both involve two young girls who get
murdered by older men who are mentally unstable.
● There all American films.
● American actors.
● They don't give too much away to keep the suspense.
● All involve pain or emotional harm.
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