Audience-What audience may be drawn to the thriller genre?

Audience- What audiences may be drawn to the thriller genre? Which types of thriller could appeal to different audiences?

Action thrillers :        Normally feature a race against the clock, containing lots of violence, and an obvious antagonist. These films usually involve large amounts of guns, explosions, and large elaborate set pieces for the action to take place. This type of thriller is normally suitable for teenagers and young adult ranging from 15-25. This will be suitable for such age groups as they are interested in being tense and left in suspense in the moment. Enjoy films that leaves them excited and wanting more which appeals to an action thriller. It could also be said that this genre will appeal to men more than women as males enjoy destruction and mayhem. A key film that will fulfill this genre is Bourne Conspiracy which is packed with action and suspense.


Crime thrillers This particular genre is a hybrid type of both crime films and thrillers that offers a suspenseful account of a successful or failed crime or crimes. These films often focus on the criminals rather than a policeman. Crime thrillers usually emphasize action over psychological aspects. Therefore the age rating of of this genre should be 15-20. This is because a crime thriller is constantly building suspense and tension as the audience wants to know whether the criminal will be caught or not. This genre is filled with close shaves and a lot of evasion ( trying not to get caught) which appeals greatly to this age group. A good example of this is Strangers on a train by Hitchcock.


Disaster thriller In which the main conflict is due to some sort of natural or artificial disaster, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc., or nuclear disasters as an artificial disaster. this genre would be suitable for groups that can grasp visual content as they can understand the cause of the problem, this age group will be 12-20 as it is normally filled with visual guidance to the plot rather than verbal guidance making it appropriate for young audiences. A good example of a disaster thriller is 2012.



Erotic Thriller this genre involves forms of erotica and thriller. it rose to popularity since the 1980s and after the dramatic rise of VCR market penetration. This form of thriller is normally suitable for 15-30 due to some adult content. An example of an erotic thriller would be fatal attraction and body heart.

Psychological thriller is a genre that involves mental and emotional well-being that dr

ives a character to act as a catalyst. This sort of genre is suitable for 1

8-30 because the audience would need to be intelligent enough to anticipate the chara

cters action and mentality. this genre was captured extremely well in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

Religious thriller is where the is closely connected to religious objects, institutions and questions. While suspense stories have always shown a significant affinity for religion and philosophical issues. This film is suitable for ages 12 and about due to the fact that it only requires religious understanding. An example of a religious thriller in the Omega code as it is a billed as an apocalyptic thriller based on Revelation.