Thriller subgenres:
There a large variety of thrillers in which all fall under the same thriller genre, however this thriller genre also contains many subgeners, all of which create the same tension and mystery that we all expect. These concventions however are portrayed to us through slightly different plots. An example of some thriller subgeners are:
- Action thriller: A film consisting of lots of action scenes, usually ones in which cuase the audience to be on their toes and expectant of a specific outcome.
- Conspiracy thriller: Usually the protagonist will confront a large and substantial group who show threat towards that charecter. Normally the charecter will also have to confront these people alone.
- Crime thriller: A film consisting of lots of crime and illegal acts, usually the criminal will be on the run whilst the police will be attempting to discover useful infomation in relation to this person.
- Disaster thriller: Films in this particular subgenre will usually consist of a natural disaster where masses of people die or are left suffering, normally their death will be unexpected or the charecters will be attempting to save themselves quickly.
- Legal thriller: A subgenre which is usually based in the courtroom, usually the protagonist is trying to gather information as a lawyer against a particular crime.
- Romantic thriller: Still this subgenre follows the general conventions of a thriller such as tension, however whilst two charecters are trying to form a relationship the audience will be left suspicious of each charecters next move.
- Medical thriller: Usually a film in which consists of a deadly new medical weapon or disease in which infects an entire community.
- Spy thriller: A film consisting of some kind of secret task where a number of qualified spys set out to discover answers usually creating masses of mystery within both the film and also amongst the audience.
This is just a few and there are many more but here is a list of some film examples in which fits in with these catagorys:
Spy thriller: The Bourne identity
Medical thriller: Shutters island
Romantic thrillers: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Legal thriller: The client
Disaster thriller: The day after tomorrow
Crime thriller: Seven
Conspiracy thriller: V for vendetta
Action thriller: The dark knight
Here are a few more examples:
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