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Films that are thrillers are known to promote excitement, tension and other similar emotions such as anxiety, heightened expectation and uncertainty.
They are strictly defined, a thriller is a film that relentlessly pursues a single-minded goal, which keeps the audience gripped and in suspense as the plot builds towards a climax. Tension is usually arisen when the main character is put in a menacing situation, or mystery. Life is usually threatened, often because the protagonist is unknowing or unsuspecting of being in a dangerous situation.
Thrillers are often hybrids of another type of genre. I.e. action/adventure thriller, sci-fi thriller, western thriller, crime thriller and film-noir thriller.
Thrillers have developed greatly since the 1920s. These were helped shaped by English director Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1950s Hitchcock added technicolour to his films. The 1970s-1980s saw a more violent beginning to the thriller genre.
Modern thrillers are now mostly psychological that usually deals with obsession, domestic violence, revenge, mentally ill characters and the protagonist's goal to escape.
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