Target audiences

Target audiences of Thriller films. 

Thriller films usually are 15+ but sometimes 18+ in extreme cases where the content in the film is extremely explicit. This can be due to containing violence and/or psychological issues which could be disturbing for sensitive or younger viewers.
Thrillers are particulary popular with the 25+.
Figures show that on average, Thriller films are more popular to females than males.
Editing in many thriller films like fast cuts and fast pace are used to create more of a dramatic outcome. Music that is passy also creates more suspense and tension towards the climax of the scene. The codes and conventions are mainly what the audience expect to see in a thriller. The codes and conventions within a thriller mainly allows a female protoganist to be a victim of a dominant male character. This enables the audience familarise themselves with the general stereotype, females being the vunerable dependant victims, and the dominant male figures being dominant.
Psychological thrillers include creating a story that will play with audiences minds or a plot to keep the audience guessing and thinking; this also help to intrigure the audience into the film and they urge for more. Other sources show that thriller films genrally appeal to a lot of teenagers. The target audience is one of the most important things the marketing and producers will have to create as the film has to engage audience that can relate or intrigure them.