THRILLER CONVENTIONS

                                                                       Thriller Conventions

Thriller is a broad genre of literature films and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. 

In Thriller movies they usually have fast pacing and frequent action. This is good because it keeps the audience entertained and interested in the movie and what is going on, as they don't want to miss out on what is going on. Thrillers also include resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains. This is good because they will be more engaged in what happens to that person, will he survive or no? In Thrillers they usually have a man as the main character who would also have an attractive young women along with him. So for example in the film Red the young man has a women along his side who he fell in love with. 

 A Thriller often has a villain driven plot. The villain present obstacles which the hero has to overcome, a good example of this is the James Bond film called Skyfall. This creates excitement to the audience because the

Thrillers also uses devices, such as red herring, this is where the audiences are fooled as well as the characters. In addition to that they use devices such as cliffhangers to keep the audience intrigued about whats going to happen next. And also suspense which leaves the audience feeling excited and anxious about what may happen next.The genre thriller is flexible and can change and it does engage the audience through dramatic rendering of psychological, social and political tensions. For example Hitchcock said "Thrillers allow the audience to put their toe in the cold water to fear to see what its like". 

At times thriller can sometimes be mixed up with mystery stories, however they both have a different structure to their plots. In a thriller the hero must thwart the future plans of the villain but in a mystery they have to uncover the crime which has already happened. When it comes to murder mysteries if we was to know the murders identity of the person then it would ruin the film, but in a thriller we do get to know the villain and we get to see how they get defeated, if they do. Usually the best bits of a thriller is the climax, this when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving his own life and maybe the life of others. Resulting in the audience receiving a sense of relief as the man character has been saved. 

Thrillers also have characteristics within their movie. Thrillers always usually take place in exotic settings such as foreign cities. An example of this is the film Taken which was set in Paris. The heroes in Thrillers are frequently "hard men" accustomed to danger e.g. policemen. But on the other hand they can also be ordinary citizens drawn into danger by accident. While such heroes have traditionally been men, women led characters have also become increasingly common: for an early example see journey weavers characters Ripely in the movie Alien in 1979. 

Thrillers differ from mystery murders this is because Thrillers often overlap with mystery murders, but they are distinguished by the structure of their plots. In a thriller the hero must thwart the future plans of the enemy rather than just uncovering the crime that has already happened. A murder story would be spoiled if we knew the murder's identity whereas in a thrillers the identity of a murder is already found out in beginning and they are trying to be stopped. Thrillers also normally occur on a much grander scale than mystery films: the crime that must be prevented are serial or mass murder, terrorism assassination or people trying to overthrow the government. Danger and violent confrontation are standard plot element of a thriller. Also the climaxes in thrillers are also different. 

Thrillers can be defined by the primary mood that they create fearful excitement. Basically if it "thrills" then it is a thriller.

There are all kinds of Thriller; legal thriller, spy thriller, action - adventure thriller, medical thriller, police thriller, romantic thriller, historical thriller, political thriller, religious thriller, high tech thriller, military thriller etc. The lis goes on with new new variations constantly being invented.  

Here are also 5 of the best Thriller movies: