1. What is a thriller ?

2. Words associated with a
thriller
• Tension
• Excitement
• Suspense/plot twists
• Adrenaline rush
• Anticipation
• Arousal
• Ultra heightened expectation
• Anxiety
• Terror
• Menace
• Crime/violence

3. Subgenres
• Thriller films have many different
subgenres.
• Super natural ( Lady in the water,
what lies beneath, Unbreakable)
• Physiological ( The talented Mr
Ripley, panic room, Phone booth
• Mystery ( Memento, Vertigo,
shutter island)
• Crime ( No country for old men,
Silence of the lambs, Entrapment)

4. Characters in Thriller films.
Characters in thriller films often are
• Criminals/ police
• Stalkers
• Assassins
• Innocent victims
• Characters with dark pasts
• Psychotic
• Terrorists

5. Some Thriller themes
• Love triangles resulting to a
murder
• Political conspiracy
• Terrorism
• Crime

6. Thriller settings
Thrillers can be set anywhere but
usually they are set in ordinary
cities anywhere in the world.
Foreign countries
The suburbs
Exotic settings ( deserts, Arctic,
high seas)