What is a thriller?

The genre thriller are known to promote intense excitement, suspense and high levels of anticipation. The tension usually rises when the main character is placed in a situation or mystery, when life itself is threatened. There are many types of thrillers: 

Types of thrillers: 

• Comedy thriller
• Crime Thriller
• Psychological thriller 
• Supernatural thriller
  

Above are a few thrillers from each genre. 

Characters in thrillers:
There are different characters which include convicts, criminals, stalkers, assassins, innocent victims, prison inmates, menaced women, drifters and romantic triangles. Obviously there are other types of characters that create thrillers however these are the type of characters I have seen in thrillers. 

ALFRED HITCHCOCK-
Hitchcock helped to shape the modern day thriller genre. His first silent film was "The Lodger"(1926) which was a gripping story. Although Hitchcock was nominated 5 times as Best Director her never won an academy award. 

In many of his films there was an inevitable life and death chase ending with a showdown. One of Hitchcock's most shocking thriller is Psycho (1960) which is about a loner mother which a 'shower scene.'

Hitchcock inspired
There are a number of Hitchcock inspired films such as 

• Niagra (1953)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Touch Of Evil (1958)
• Cape Fear (1962)