The History Of Thrillers

2. The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film,
and television. It includes numerous, often
overlapping sub-genres.
They usually have the characteristics of fast
pacing, frequent action, and resourceful
heroes who interrupt the plans of the more
powerful and dominant villains. Literary
devices such as suspense and slow music
extensively.

3. Thrillers began as ancient epic poems for
example:
• Epic of Gilgamesh
• Homer’s Odyssey
• Mahabharata
Little Red Riding hood is a common early
example of a psycho-story which is a well
known thriller.

4. ‘The Andromeda Strain’ in 1969 is thought it be
the first novel of a thriller. It is known as a
Medical-Thriller.
Thrillers reply on anticipation (suspense
scenes) and cliff hangers.
Early thrillers almost all of them were set in a
common structure; a problem, an escape, a
mission or a mystery.

5. One of the earliest thrillers was by Harold
Lloyd named Safety Last. This was a comic
written in 1923.

6. Hitchcock was known as ‘The Master Of
Suspense Thrillers; this began with ‘The
Lodger’ in 1927, a story involving Jack the
Ripper. His second film was ‘Blackmail’ in
1929, this film was also released as a silent
version. His third film ‘The Wrong Man’ in
1956. This third film was nominated five times
for Best Director throughout 20 years.
Hitchcock has had a few more films since.