How has the thriller genre developed over the 30 years?
Over the years the thriller genre has developed due to the advance in technology, audience and narrative.
70's thriller films:
The thrillers in the 70's were violent and we based or real-life fears. Films such as Jaws which was made in 1975 was based on real life shark attacks. The film is based on a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. This made the audience in that particular time anxious because there fears were of real life situations.
80's thriller films:
The thrillers in the 80s developed toworards the supernatural thriller genre.Film such as Beyond Evil is about someone who moves into an island mansion that has been vacant for 100 years. The last person that lived there was a black magic practitioner. She has made a pact with the devil after being murdered by her husband to come back and get revenge. She does this by possessing the person living in the house.
90's thriller films:
Thrillers in the 90's continued to change developing to the psychological thriller. The thirller The silence of the lambs is an example of this. in the film a young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist.
Over time the conventions to the triller genre has change. There has been a increase of blood and gore and over time they have used twists to shock the audience.
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