This document discusses various subgenres of thrillers. It notes that thrillers usually contain an intense, fast-paced storyline that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. The main character often encounters death, either their own or someone else's, as they undertake a quest to solve a mystery. Two subgenres mentioned are adventure/action thrillers, which contain lots of action scenes, and disaster thrillers, which depict events like aliens invading or ships sinking that affect large groups of people. Additional subgenres discussed include medical thrillers, historical thrillers, religious thrillers like The Da Vinci Code, and serial killer thrillers focused on catching a murderer.

1. Sub-genres

2.  THRILLER CONVENTIONS Thrillers usually contain an intense, fast paced
storyline.The aim is to keep audience members on the edge of their seat.
The main character encounters death. Either their own, or someone else’s.
The main storyline for the protagonist is usually a long, enduring quest.
The main plotline focuses on a mystery that must be solved.The film is
dominated by the main character’s point of view All action and characters
are usually extremely accurate and realistic.This is what makes thrillers so
entertaining. A major theme is justice and what is morally the right thing to
do.There is often innocence in a corrupt world.

3. Action adventure/Disaster thriller
 AdventureThriller - Usually a fast-paced film, with a unique
storyline. But also contains lots of action and fight scenes
which make the film intense.
 DisasterThriller - Any kind of disaster that can affects a large
amount of people such as Aliens invading or a Cruise sinking,
or a story line that brings about ‘the end of the world

4. Sub genres of thriller
 . 'MedicalThriller - Robin Cook introduced us to the medical thriller, where
modern medical technology that is supposed to help people and improve
society is usually turned into something dangerous and harmful.
 HistoricalThriller -Thrillers set in the past, usually combined with other
subgenre.
 ReligiousThriller –The most common Religious thriller isThe DaVinci Code.
This subgenre uses the long history of religion in a film usually with high
religious stakes and deadly politics.
 Serial KillerThriller-This is an extremely popular subgenre of thriller. In this
subgenre, a serial killer is terrorizing a group of people with horrific violence.
Usually it is a main character; a detective. It is his job in the film to stop the
killer before he takes his next victim and kills more people.