Behind The Mask

ALL ABOUT THRILLER

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ALL ABOUT THRILLER
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THRILLER TRIVIA

“Thriller” is a modern term, but thrillers have existed throughout history. The first thrillers were works of literature including Greek poet Homer’s Odyssey (725 BCE), German academics’ the Brothers Grimm’s Little Red Writing Hood (1967), and French Writer Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo (1844).

Thrill comes from an Old English word meaning “pierce,” suggesting the metaphor of being “pierced by emotion.” Thrill is often used in a strictly positive sense, though it can also refer to the unique combination of terror and pleasure that some people experience in certain situations

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Below, I list a collection of thought-provoking tips on writing the thriller genre. It's not that easy to pinpoint what a thriller is, because a lot of descriptions focus on the tone. But this doesn't help writers much. From a writing point of view, the thriller must contain certain things, otherwise it's not a thriller.

Thriller is a hybrid genre of mystery and horror with crime and action elements. Each thriller story will have its own balance of these things. This explains why we can still be surprised by a thriller, even though the genre conventions are so strict.

The thriller is difficult to write. You're writing characters who don't tend to act as people do in real life, yet the audience has to believe they could behave like that, given the same outlandish circumstances. So when writing a thriller you have to come with all the reasons why the hero doesn't just call the authorities.

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So what are thrillers for? Thrillers are first and foremost entertaining. Thrillers heighten the audience's moods, producing anticipation/ultra-heightened expectation, surprise, anxiety and terror. Thrillers tend to be adrenaline raising, gritty and fast paced.

Thrillers are simultaneously terrifying and reassuring because the villain almost always gets killed or arrested. Thrillers uphold surprisingly conservative values, but only if you watch them right until the end. The thriller is basically a Cautionary Tale For Adults.

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ROMANTIC SUB PLOT

Woven through all and any of these, there might be a romantic hook. (Despite using the term, I have a problem with the concept of subplot.) Often, in any of the suspense genres, there's a romance between a couple which gets 'suspended' (amping up the romantic suspense along with the life and death suspense) due to more pressing issues relating to the action, adventure or crime situation of the film, e.g. Speed.

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