History of Thriller

The History of a Thriller Genre

The History of a Thriller Genre 

Thriller (also Suspense) is a broad genre of literature, film, and television programming that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. A thriller provides the sudden rush of emotions, excitement, sense of suspense and exhilaration that drive the narrative, sometimes subtly with peaks and lulls, sometimes at a constant, breakneck pace thrills. In this genre, the objective is to deliver a story with sustained tension, surprise, and a constant sense of impending doom. It keeps the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. Thrillers tend to be fast-moving, psychological and threatening, and they will have chase scenes, and at times involve larger-scale villainy such as espionage, terrorism and conspiracy, alongside action.

This some of the factors/conventions that you will find in a thriller genre film

The history of a Thriller Genre goes back to 1920s to 1930s great thrillers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Walter Forde, Victor Saville, and George A. Cooper. Throughout the year he develop more into his great works, as the years goes on many more great director start to fellow his lead. During the 1940s great directors like George Cukor created psychological thrillers such as Gaslight throughout the 1940s. In 1950s more and more thriller film are been created by great directors such as Henry Hathaway, as the year goes till this day great thriller directors are creating amazing film that gets the audience out of their sits, with the advance in technology director can create many different affect to set the scene for the films that they are creating and presenting to the audiences.  Many movies of the 21st century are most made of different sub-genre of thrillers with amazing plots and storyline that create very imaginative enigmas for many of the audiences that will be watching the films.

This are example of modern day thriller film and 1920s thriller film. 

This one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest works

This a thriller film by David Slade