Thursday, 31 January 2013

Thriller sub-genres

There are many types of Thriller films and the target audience is usually depending on the genre of the film.

The different sub-genres:


  • Action/adventure
  • conspiracy
  • crime disaster
  • disaster
  • drama
  • science fiction
  • horror
  • erotic 
  • legal 
  • medical
  • psychological
  • religious
  • Techno
  • spy
  • supernatural
  • serial killer

The most common films are Action, drama, horror and serial killer.
    Action-adventure thrillers - Usually a fast pace film with a unique storyline but also contains a lot of action and fighting scenes which make the film intense such as Taken.

    Disaster thriller - Any kind of disaster that can affect a large amount of people such as alien invading or a storyline that brings the 'end of the world' such as I am Legend and 2012.

    Serial-killer thriller - This is an extremely popular subgenre where a serial killer is terrorising a group of people and the main character is usually in the end is still alive and kills or escapes from the bad guy.

    Horror thrillers - Horror thrillers are similar to serial killer thrillers but they normally include non-existing creatures to be the negative side such as zombies or some sort of ghost.

     

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