what a triller is

A thriller is a type of film that keeps the viewer on the edge of their seats with anticipation throughout the film. It has soundtracks that are upbeat or fast so that it helps keep the tension. The lighting is usually dim so that it creates a mysterious setting.

The definition of a thriller is:
“Something that thrills, especially a suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film”

Thrillers usually contains a “villain” who has had trouble in their past to make them so horrible. The “villain” usually goes around causing trouble for people and sometimes even kills them. There is also a “hero” who saves the people being tormented by the “villain” and usually gets rid of the “villain”. This sounds a lot like comic book stories and in a way it is. Most of the “heroes” and “villain” are played by men and the women are the people being rescued. However in the more modern film the prospective is being changed and more “villain” are being played for women.

The difference between horror and thriller is that horror contains more gory scenes and the “villain” doesn’t always have a motive of why he is like he is. Horrors can also contain things such as monsters, vampires and the un-dead. Also some thrillers have a twist to the end for example, in “the others” the main characters think they are being haunted and it turns out that it’s them who are haunting the owners of their old house. However thrillers don’t always have ghosts and killers in them. A film can be classed as a Thriller even if it doesn’t contain ghosts and killers. “2 fast 2 furious” is a thriller because it contains the anticipation and does contain a “bad guy” or a “villain” in it.