1. Thrillers
By Ashley Joseph

2. Thrillers use suspense, tension and
excitement as its main elements.
 After the assassination of JFK, political
thriller and paranoid thriller films became
very popular.
 Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer‟s
moods such as a high level of anticipation,
heightened expectation, uncertainty,
anxiety, suspense, excitement, tension
and terror.
 CLIFFHANGERS are used extensively to
build up tension and keep the viewers
guessing.
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3. Common methods in crime thrillers are
mainly ransoms, captivities, revenge and
kidnappings.
 Common elements in psychological
thrillers and mind games, stalking, horrorof-personality and obsession.
 Many thrillers involve spies, but not all spy
stories are thrillers.
 There are many thrillers, the legal thriller,
spy thriller, action-adventure thriller,
medical thriller, police thriller, romantic
thriller, historical thriller, political thriller,
religious thriller, high-tech thriller, military
thriller.
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4. 1920s-1930s
 A man called Alfred Hitchcock made his first
thriller which was his third silent film in 1926 and
was called “The Lodger” a Jack The Ripper based
story filled with suspense and excitement.
1990s-Present
 The 90s started with Rob Reiners “Misery” which
was based on a book by Stephen King, “Sleeping
with the Enemy” followed in 1991.
 David Fincher brought us “se7en” in 1995 which
was about a search for a serial killer who
conducted the seven deadly sins.
 Uncertainty plays a big factor in thrillers as
humans posses a fear of „not knowing‟.
History of Thriller

5. Top 10
1.Alfred Hitchcock
2.Steven Spielberg
3.James Cameron
4.Quentin Tarantino
5.Martin Scorsese
6.Christopher Nolan
7.Roman Polanski
8.David Fincher
9.John Carpenter
10.David Cronenberg
Iconic Thriller Directors

6. David Cronenberg
 Top 4 movies: The Dead Zone (1983), The
Fly (1986)A History of Violence, (2005)
Eastern Promises(2007)
 Total Movies: 23
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7. John Carpenter
 Top 4 Movies: Halloween (1978) Assault
on Precinct 13 (1976) Dark Star (1974)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Total Movies: 24
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8. David Fincher
 Top 4 Movies: The Social Network (2010)
Fight Club (1999) Zodiac (2007) The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
 Total Movies: 8
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9. Roman Polanski
 Top 4 Movies: Chinatown (1974)
Repulsion (1965) The Pianist (2002) Nóz
w wodzie (1962)
 Total Movies: 26
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10. Christopher Nolan
 Top 4 Movies: The Dark Knight(2008)
Memento (2000) Inception (2010)
Insomnia (2002)
 Total Movies: 8
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11. Martin Scorsese
 Top 4 Movies: Goodfellas(1990) Taxi
Driver(1976) Raging Bull (1980) The
Departed (2006)
 Total Movies: 32
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12. Quentin Tarantino
 Top 4 Movies: Pulp Fiction(1994) Kill Bill:
Volume 2(2004) Reserviour Digs(1992)
Kill Bill: Volume 1(2003)
 Total Movies: 7
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13. James Cameron
 Top 4 Movies: Titanic(1997) Aliens(1986)
The Terminator (1984) Terminator 2:
Judgment Day(1991)
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Total Movies: 13
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14. Steven Spielberg
 Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981) E.T. The
Extra-Terrestrial(1982) Jaws(1975) Saving
Private Ryan (1998)
 Total Movies: 32
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15. Alfred Hitchcock
 Top 4 Movies: Rear Window(1954)
Psycho(1960 Vertigo(1958) Shadow of a
Doubt(1943) Total Movies: 58
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