The document compares and contrasts the thriller and horror genres of film and literature. It defines thrillers as focusing on suspense, tension, and excitement to provoke a rush of emotions, while horrors aim to elicit negative and fearful reactions by including supernatural or fantastical elements that play on audiences' fears. The document lists examples of famous thriller films like Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Sixth Sense and horror films such as Halloween, Alien, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist.