Thriller Sub genres

Psychological thrillers- This type of thriller usually involves conflict between the two main characters or any two characters, but the conflict is mental rather than physical. A psychological thriller can be seen as more emotional for the audience as there is not a lot of explicit images and blood. Also mystery plays a big part in this genre. An example of this would be The Talented Mr.Ripley and Shutter Island

　

Supernatural Thrillers - This type of thriller shows something out of the ordinary to happen. The main characters usually end up to have some sort of magical power which could lead to theirs or someone’s downfall. The Genre usually has a unexpected twist in the story which build more tension through out the film. Examples of this would be The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby.

Crime thrillers - Crime thrillers are usually fiction based and psychological thriller is closely linked into this genre, this is because Crime thrillers usually show the psychological state of the person leading up to the crime. Crime thrillers commonly revolve are murders, robberies and chases. Examples of this genre would be Sin City and Se7en.

Disaster thrillers - This genre follows someone or a group of people go through some kind of tough situation, either a natural or man made disaster. These could be a hurricane, floods, storms. The audience usually becomes attached to most of the characters which makes it more dramatic when the disaster happens, which happens in the middle of the film or the end. Examples of this would be The Day After Tomorrow.

Action Thrillers - Action thrillers show some sort of adventure with characters. These adventures usually trigger the audiences childhood dreams/experiences. This genre attracts the male audience more as it has a lot of high pack action scenes like shootings and guns. Examples of this would be Inception and The Bourne Identity.