History of The Thriller Genre

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. It first came popular in America after the assassination of President Kennedy and an example of the directors of these films is the famous Hitchcock. There are usually us genres that are in thrillers and these can be psychological thrillers, crime thrillers and mystery thrillers. It group is a film that provides thrills and excitement that puts the audience on the edge of their seats as the plot builds to a climax. The highest point of tension usually comes when the victim is placed in an uncertain situation were the audience don't know what will happen to them. For an example when their life is being threatened by the killer who usually no one knows who he actually is. Thriller is also very closely coincided  with the horror genre which means there is usually a lot of blood and violence and there is always death but they both use atmosphere to grab the audiences attention. Thrillers are used in many ways to create an atmosphere which excites, thrills and entices the audience to carry on watching a film. This is done in several ways, such as through the use of lighting, mise-en-scene and also with the added use of non digetic and digetic music. The thriller genre was a popular genre during the past fifty years and is still increasingly popular within the industry today. There are many modern films such as Inception and the Dark Night Rises that are being lover the consumer and it is an ever growing genre that is widely regarded.