Why "Thrillers" Thrive

The reason why 'thrillers' thrive is down to the way in which the story is portrayed on the screen, whether it be in the comfort of your own home or at the cinema, the thriller shall always draw the audience into the thriller as if they themselves were in the film, "Watching a well-made film, we don't sit by as spectators; we participate."

During a 'thriller' film, there is always a sense of reality that the audience would want to be a part of, for example, their "same life but with a difference." The 'thriller' can capture the emotions of the audience by using different shot types such as emotional shots, action shots and revealing shots e.g. "We see hi face - grim, tense, even horror-stricken - as his plane swoops down. Then we are transferred to the pilot's seat, and it is we who are hurtling to death at ninety miles an hour; and at the moment of impact - and blackout - a palpable shuddering runs through the audience."

The main competitor to the 'thrillers', is the 'horrors'. However, the 'horror' films are now coming to a abrupt end as the audiences can't imagine themselves living in a 'horror' film. The main reason why 'thrillers' thrive over 'horrors' is that they are a lot more exciting and fulfilling for the audience, for example "The cinema can leave the spectator with a subconscious assurance of absolute safety, and yet surprise his imagination into playing tricks on him." Furthermore, the 'thrillers' attract the audience in a way to absorb them into the film and try to get them to perceive the storyline from the perspective of the characters involved.

Overall, 'thrillers' will live on as the producers can keep on creating exciting, intense storylines with protagonists and antagonists always going against each other in different types of stories each and every film. 'Horrors' shall not carry on much longer as producers can't think of any ideas that have already been done in previous films, therefore 'thrillers' are the way forward as they shall "live and thrive".