2. OVERVIEW
• THRILLERS ARE CHARACTERISED AND DEFINED BY THE MOOD THEY EVOKE. THEY GIVE VIEWERS
HEIGHTENED FEELINGS OF SUSPENSE, EXCITEMENT, SURPRISE, ANTICIPATION AND ANXIETY.
THRILLERS GENERALLY KEEP THE AUDIENCE 'ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS' AS THE PLOT BUILDS
FROM START TILL FINISH.
• THRILLER FILMS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT SUB-GENRES SUCH AS ACTION-THRILLER OR
FANTASY-THRILLER ETC.
• OUR FILM ‘BEYOND CONSCIENCE’ IS A CRIME-THRILLER WITH THE TYPICAL ELEMENTS OF A
THRILLER BUT ALSO FEATURING ELEMENTS OF CRIME AS OUR FILM IS BASED ON A MURDER CASE.
3. 1920-1929
• (1925) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - RUPERT JILIAN
• (1927) THE LODGER - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• (1928) THE MAN WHO LAUGHS - PAUL LENI
• (1929) BLACKMAIL - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
4. 1930-1939
• (1931) RICH AND STRANGER - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• (1932) FREAKS - TOD BROWNING
• (1936) SABOTAGE - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• (1938) ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES - MICHAEL CURTIZ
5. 1940-1949
• (1940) THE ROAD TO FRISCO - RAOUL WALSH
• (1943) JOURNEY INTO FEAR - NORMAN FOSTER
• (1944) MINISTRY OF FEAR - FRITZ LANG
• (1948) ROPE - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
6. 1950-1959
• (1950) HOUSE BY THE RIVER - FRITZ LANG
• (1951) STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• (1954) DIAL M FOR MURDER - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• (1956) THE KILLING - STANLEY KUBRICK
7. 1960-1969
• (1960) PEEPING TOM - MICHAEL POWELL
• (1960) PSYCHO - ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• (1965) THE NANNY - SETH HOLT
• (1969) Z - COSTA-GAVRAS
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8. 1970-1979
• (1971) DIRTY HARRY - DON SIGEL
• (1973) DON'T LOOK NOW - NICOLAS ROEG
• (1975) JAWS - STEVEN SPIELBERG
• (1978) HALLOWEEN - JOHN CARPENTER
9. 1980-1989
• (1981) EYE OF THE NEEDLE - RICHARD MARQUAND
• (1982) THE THING - JOHN CARPENTER
• (1987) THE UNTOUCHABLES - BRIAN DE PALMA
• (1988) DEAD RINGERS - DAVID CRONENBERG
10. 1990-1999
• (1990) GOODFELLAS - MARTIN SCORSESE
• (1992) RESERVOIR DOGS - QUENTIN TARANTINO
• (1994) SHALLOW GRAVE - DANNY BOYLE
• (1997) DONNIE BRASCO - MIKE NEWELL
11. 2000-2013
• (2001) OCEAN'S ELEVEN - STEVEN SODERBERGH
• (2006) THE DEPARTED - MARTIN SCORSESE
• (2008) TAKEN - PIERRE MOREL
• (2011) SOURCE CODE - DUNCAN JAMES
