Martin Rubin wrote a book called "Thrillers" in which he described what a thriller is. Martin Rubin said that there is no such thing as a 'thriller", as the "thriller" is a meta-genre that gathers several other genres under it's umbrella. Thriller components work better with some genres than others, for example it works well with spy, crime and horror films but not so well with musicals or war films.
I totally agree with this analysis as when has there ever been a film which was described as just a thriller, the answer is never. Instead whenever you see the word thriller it is always associated with something else so can never be a genre on its own. Thrillers can never be associated with all films as it definitely works better with some films than others as can you imagine High School Musical combined with a thriller; you'd have Zac Efron dancing around when all of a sudden he'll stop and creepy music begins to play as a hand grabs his shoulder but its just VANESSA HUDGINS!! Ha ha.
In my opinion an effective thriller film should make the audience sit up in anticipation as they wonder what may happen next. A thriller must make a person think and also try to figure out what is going on. Thrillers must have many twists and turns within the films and end in a way that leaves them wanting more. The thriller I would most like to produce is a psychological thriller with a bit of violence thrown in for good measure. Psychological thrillers are my favourite kind of thriller films as they give me a chance to predict what may happen next which as I am mostly right most of the time gives me a happy feeling. But even when I get the predictions wrong these sorts of films always make me go "how did that happen" or "I did not see that coming", these sort of statements are what I want to give to the audience as they watch my opening as I want to give my audience the same feeling I get when watching psychological thrillers, the feeling of not knowing what may happen next.
I totally agree with this analysis as when has there ever been a film which was described as just a thriller, the answer is never. Instead whenever you see the word thriller it is always associated with something else so can never be a genre on its own. Thrillers can never be associated with all films as it definitely works better with some films than others as can you imagine High School Musical combined with a thriller; you'd have Zac Efron dancing around when all of a sudden he'll stop and creepy music begins to play as a hand grabs his shoulder but its just VANESSA HUDGINS!! Ha ha.
In my opinion an effective thriller film should make the audience sit up in anticipation as they wonder what may happen next. A thriller must make a person think and also try to figure out what is going on. Thrillers must have many twists and turns within the films and end in a way that leaves them wanting more. The thriller I would most like to produce is a psychological thriller with a bit of violence thrown in for good measure. Psychological thrillers are my favourite kind of thriller films as they give me a chance to predict what may happen next which as I am mostly right most of the time gives me a happy feeling. But even when I get the predictions wrong these sorts of films always make me go "how did that happen" or "I did not see that coming", these sort of statements are what I want to give to the audience as they watch my opening as I want to give my audience the same feeling I get when watching psychological thrillers, the feeling of not knowing what may happen next.
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