A thriller film uses suspense and excitement to thrill audiences. It stimulates anticipation and raises tension throughout the film, building towards an ending with an unexpected twist. Common thriller subgenres include psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, and mystery thrillers. Hybrid genres combine elements of two genres, so an action-thriller would feature both fast-paced action sequences and a plot with surprises, drawing in fans of both genres.

1. Definition of a thriller film
What is a thriller film?
A thriller film is a film that solely works on making the audience think and Thrillers are a type of film
that uses suspense and excitement as its main elements. Thrillers stimulate a mood throughout the
film building up a high level of anticipation which raises tension. The ending involves a twist to the
story.
What are some of the subgenres or hybrid genres of thriller films?
The following are subgenres of thriller films; psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery
thrillers.
Here are some examples of hybrid genres:
Romantic comedy > Genres involved > Romance and comedy
Comedy drama > Genres involved > Comedy and drama
Action comedy > Genres involved > Action and comedy
Romantic fantasy > genres involved > romance and fantasy
Horror drama > genres involved > horror and drama
What do you expect in these sub or hybrid genre films?
In subgenres what you would expect is depending on the genres combined for example if the genres
are action and thriller combined the conventions of both will be used in the film. As action films are
fast paced and thrillers are driven with a plot with a twist both elements will be primarily used in the
film.
Hybrid Theory which can also be referred to as cross media due to two different genres merging
together for example a horror genre and an action genre combining together this means that there
will be horror scenes available in the film as well as action scenes this could attract more people to
watch a film due to having two genres in one film.