Thriller is a genre that centres on creating feelings of
suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety within the audience.
They often try and keep the audience on the “edge of their seats” as the film
builds towards a climax. Common elements of thriller films are; the cover up of
important information from the audience, fight/chase scenes, red herrings, plot
twists, and cliff-hangers.
Mystery films focus on the efforts of a detective, private
investigator, or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a
crime or situation through the use of clues, investigation, and deduction.
Mystery is a subgenre of both the categories of crime films and thriller and
horror genres. An important plot element of mystery is suspense. This is often
done through the use of soundtrack, camera angles, heavy shadows, and plot
twists.
The Mystery-Thriller genre mixes elements of both thriller
and mystery to create a film the centres on the investigation of odd goings on
but also keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.
Examples of Mystery-Thrillers include:
- Crimson Peak
- Sicario
- Gone Girl
- The Maze Runner
- Inception
- The Bourne Trilogy
Mystery-Thrillers often have villain-driven plots, where the
antagonist creates problems that the protagonist must overcome to either defeat
the villain or find the truth.
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