Monday 9 November 2009

Sub-Genres

Thrillers usually contain sub-genres, to make a different type of a thriller. Some of the thriller sub-genres are:

A Drama Thriller
This type of film is the mix of both the drama genre and the thriller genre. For instance the film will include getting to know a character more deeply and possibly watching as they develop emotionally or psychologically. Drama thrillers tend to be a bit of a slower pace.

A Crime Thriller
This type of thriller, will contain many characteristics found in crime films. Therefore the film will probably, create alot of attention about an account of a crime. They also mainly emphasize on the action taking place of the character/s mental state/s, because these thriller films mainly follow the story of the criminals involved.

An Action Thriller
This type of film would be a thriller film that would consist of the normal violence, guns and general mayhem found in action films. An example of an action thriller is Bourne Supremacy.

An Erotic Thriller
As well as being a thriller film, these type of films also included the erotica genre. Since the 1980's these types of films have become very popular, and include the likes of: Dressed To Kill, Color of Night, Eyes Wide Shut, In the Cut and many more.

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