Recipe for a Thriller

A Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television that include numerous and often overlapping sub genres such as Drama, Action and Sci-Fi

Thrillers are characterised by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heros who must thwart the plans of more powerful and better equipped villains. This is evidential in films such as; The Batman, Superman, Hulk or James Bond. This also supports the fact the other genres overlap with Thriller as the films Superman and Hulk are also classified as Action and Sci-Fi films.

Superman 

Director: 

Richard Donner

Writers: 

Jerry Siegel (creator: Superman), Joe Shuster (creator: Superman)

Stars:

 Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.


Batman

Director: 

Tim Burton

Writers: 

Bob Kane (Batman characters), Sam Hamm(story)

Stars:

 Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.

Devices such as suspense, red herring and cliffhangers are used extensively. A thriller is a villain driven plot, whereby the present obstacles the hero must overcome. You can see this is the film Hulk

Hulk

Director: 

Ang Lee

Writers: 

Stan Lee (Marvel comic book character), Jack Kirby (Marvel comic book character),

Stars:

 Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly and Sam Elliott

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

The genre is flexible and can enable the audience through a dramatic reading of physical, social and political tension. Alfred Hitchcock said thrillers allow the audience 'To put their toe in the cold water if fear'. Alfred Hitchcock specialised in Thriller genre films, he is famous for his work and was the director of man of the worlds famous thriller films.