Thriller is a genre used in films and television programmes that uses elements of suspense,tension, drama and excitment. Thrillers are usualy very stimulant as tension is built as the viewer watches in anticipation, they are usualy filled with surprise, anxiety and terror. Thriller films are a popular genre as they have a fats pace keeping the viewer interested .
The aim of a thriller is to keep the audience alert throughout and wanting to watch more to discover the end plot. No matter what the sub-genre of the thriller is the film or programme will always lead to a highly stressful climax.
Early thriller films go back as far as the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock began a career in the late 20s were he created a successful "jack the ripper story" followed by another thriller "blackmail" which was also his first sound film. The sound films would have made his thrillers more successful as sound is a major part of a thriller and conventions, this would have lead to a new era of thriller films and letting them be more broad.
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