Thriller and Horror Genre Moodboard

Thriller Genre:

• Fast Paced Action
• Suspense
• Cliff Hangers
• Villain driven plot
• Thrillers often take place wholly or partly in exotic settings such as foreign cities, deserts, Polar Regions, or high seas.
• Heroes are frequently “Hard Men” e.g. spies, law enforcement officers, seamen etc.
• Women lead characters are becoming more common

Some Thriller Based Films:

• The God Father
• Pulp Fiction
• The Dark Knight
• Fight Club
• The Bourne Identity
• Donnie Darko
• The Da Vinci Code

Types of Thriller Sub-Genres:

• Action
• Conspiracy
• Crime
• Drama
• Medical
• Political
• Spy
• Psychological
  

Horror Genre:

• Unsettle the audience
• Scare
• Horrify
• The cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a disturbing supernatural element into everyday human experience.
• Haunting is sometimes used as a plot device in horror fiction and paranormal-based fiction.

Some Horror Based Films:

• Psycho
• The Shining
• Frankenstein
• The Exorcist
• Night of the living dead
• Shaun of the dead
• 28 days later
• Halloween
• Dracula
• The Others

Types of Horror Sub-Genres:

• Thriller
• Crime
• Drama
• Psychological
• Sci Fi
• Fantasy
• Comedy