Thriller and it's Sub-Genres!!!

A lot of people however seems to think that Horror and Thriller are one in the same - it's not so as it's a genre that creates suspense, tension, and excitement as the main elements unlike Horror which causes fright and blood as well as killers.

The most common sub-genre are psychological thrillers and ever since the assassination of President Kennedy, political thrillers and the paranoid thriller films became very popular. Successful examples of thrillers are the films of Alfred Hitchcock who was British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres which is the reason why we have so many .like these today.

Usually when it comes to thriller, it normally comes another genres like horror or action and never on it's own. Here is a list of the many sub-genres of thriller:

• Action Thrillers: This is where the hero/heroine confronts dangerous enemies and situations in which they must overcome it all which does involves violence and suspension and sometimes the endings leaves you guessing. Films like The Bourne films, Hanna (2011) Taken (2008), Abduction (2011)Green Zone (2010) and Inception (2010)

• Conspiracy Thriller: The protagonists of conspiracy thrillers are often journalists or amateur investigators who find themselves  on small cases that will lead them to the biggest conspiracy threat that will lead to run for their lives. Films like Angels and Demons (2009), End Game (2009), Awake (2007), Haywire (2012) and V For Vendatta (2006)

• Supernatural Thriller: This is where in films it brings in an otherworldly element mixed with tension, suspense and plot twists. Sometimes the hero and/or villain has some psychic ability or superpowers or they are supernatural themselves - Werewolves, Vampires, Zombies, etc. Films like I Am Number Four (2011), The Others (2001), Legion (2010)

• Crime Thriller: This is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime or crimes. Sometimes films often focus on the criminal rather than a policeman however the center focus of a lot of movies include serial killers/murders, robberies, chases, shootouts, heists and double-crosses.  Films like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 & 2011), Tinker, Tailor, Soilder, Spy (2011), Ocean's 11 (2001) Pulp Fiction (1994) and Dark Knight (2008)

•  Psychological Thriller:  These films involves conflict mental and emotional for the main characters, rather than physical. The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the other's mental state or themswelves. Films like Black Swan (2010), Rebecca (1940), Memento (2000), Se7en (1995) and When A Stranger Calls (1979 & 2006)