The Thriller Genre:
Thrillers heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, anxiety and/or terror. Thriller films tend to be adrenaline-rushing, gritty, rousing and fast-paced. Common subgenres are psychological thrillers, crime thrillers, erotic thrillers and mystery thrillers. Some of the worlds most popular Thriller films include; Alfred Hitchcocks 'PSYCHO', STRAW DOGS, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE SIXTH SENSE.
The Horror Genre: Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.
Popular Horror Films Include: MAMA, TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, SINISTER, JAWS, THE EVIL DEAD, THE SHINING.
The Drama Genre: A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, sexuality, poverty, class divisions, violence against women and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenomena. Drama is probably the broadest movie genre and includes subgenres such as romantic drama, sport films, period drama, courtroom drama and crime.
Most popular drama films include: THE GREAT GATSBY, THE GODFATHER, TITANIC, TROY, PULP FICTION.
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