2. WHEN DID THEY START?
β’ The earliest thrillers date back to the
1920's/early 30's.
β’ In the early 30's (around about the time
that the thriller genre was introduced)
there was a certain line that film makers
had to restrict themselves too when
creating a thriller, in fear that it would be
too much for the audience of this time to
handle. The Bourne Identity (1980) was the
first thriller written in the modern style
that we know today.
3. WHAT'S THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF
THRILLERS?
β’ The most common sub genres in
thrillers are mystery, crime and
psychological thrillers. The film
thriller genre developed from early
novels. The very first being Little
Red Riding (made in 1697)which
some people say is a Phyco thriller.
The novels then being made into
thriller films.
4. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A FILM IS A THRILLER?
β’ A film is considered a thriller when
the audience have that rush of
adrenaline and excitement when
watching the film. Obviously, as the
audience changes and develops, this
will also have to change. The
reasons that thrillers change over
the years is because audiences
adapt to what is considered
'thrilling' and therefor seek more
exciting plots.
5. WHAT EFFECT HAS TIME HAD ON THRILLERS?
β’ As time went on, more and more
sub genres were introduced into
the thriller genre, some of the
more well known ones being in
the sixties when the 'spy-thriller'
was created with the Bond Films
being made. This franchise was
the start of the 'spy-thriller'
genre and many other film
makers take this as inspiration.
