Genre of Thriller

Thriller films are amongst the most popular film genres because they keep the audience 'on the edge of their seats', which makes the film more exciting to watch. Lots of popular thriller films are in fact, hybrid genres like thriller/action/adventure. 

Alfred Hitchcock is renowned for creating thriller films, such as 'North by Northwest' (1959), 'Psycho' (1960) and 'Vertigo' (1958).

Below is a Scribd Document I have created which analyses the thriller film, 'Se7en', in terms of the narrative, iconography, characters, camerawork and setting, which give it typical conventions of a thriller.

Genre of Thriller