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Topical Term
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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Film thrillers
Movie thrillers
Psycho thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Psychological thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Psychothrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Suspense films
Suspense television programs
Suspense thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Suspense videos
Suspensers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Television thrillers
Thriller films
Thriller movies
Thriller television programs
Thriller videos
TV thrillers
Video thrillers
Movie thrillers
Psycho thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Psychological thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Psychothrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Suspense films
Suspense television programs
Suspense thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Suspense videos
Suspensers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Television thrillers
Thriller films
Thriller movies
Thriller television programs
Thriller videos
TV thrillers
Video thrillers
Broader Term
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Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.
Related resource
Work cat.: Harmon, R. Create the suspense film that sells, 2000.
GSAFD, 2000 (Suspense films. UF Thrillers)
The moving image genre-form guide, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2004 (Thriller. UF Psychological thriller. Related to the crime genre in that the subject is usually some aspect of criminal activity, but with the emphasis away from a detective, gangster, caper, or even the crime itself. An individual or group is placed in a dangerous situation whose outcome hinges on sudden reversals of fate. Frequent themes are political conspiracy, terrorism, innocents on the run, romantic triangles leading to murder, and individuals suffering from psychosis.)
Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993 (Thriller (suspense film, suspenser, suspense thriller). To qualify as a thriller, a film requires a substantial degree of suspense as its main ingredient. Most thrillers are found in the subgenres of the crime movie, the horror movie, and the adventure film.)
Konigsberg, I. The complete film dict., 1997 (thriller: Any film that creates excitement and suspense, especially a mystery or crime film, though the term is also employed on occasion for spy or adventure works. See suspense; under suspense: so called "suspense thrillers" are adept at bringing the audience to a paralytic state of near hysteria)
Congleton, P.C. Critics corner : a guide to film critique, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2004 (Suspense: Films that keep secrets from the audience. The outcome is always kept secret in the best way possible. Thriller: Sub-genre of suspense. No Mystery. The audience still is gripped until the end.)
Thriller and suspense films, via www.filmsite.org, Mar. 17, 2004 (Thriller and Suspense Films are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features. Defined strictly, a thriller is a film that relentlessly pursues a single-minded goal - to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy. Thrillers are often hybrids - there are suspense-thrillers, action- or adventure-thrillers, sci-fi thrillers, crime-caper thrillers, western-thrillers, film-noir thrillers, even romantic comedy-thrillers. Closely-related genre is the horror film genre. Suspense-thrillers come in all shapes and forms: there are murder mysteries, private eye tales, chase thrillers, women-in-danger films, courtroom and legal thrillers, erotic thrillers, surreal cult-film soap operas, and atmospheric, plot-twisting psychodramas. Thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, crime, or the detective, focusing more on the suspense and danger.)
Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2004 (Thriller film. Thriller films are movies that primarily uses exciting action and tension to engage the audience; emphasizes nervous tension and anxiety; distinct from a horror movie which emphasizes fear, or an action movie which emphasizes exhilaration.)
Aguado, V.L. Film genre and its vicissitudes : the case of the psychothriller, 2002, via WWW (PDF), Mar. 17, 2004: abstr. (the contemporary psychothriller and its matrix genre, the thriller; psychothriller as a borderline sub-generic category borrowing features from both the thriller and the horror film) p. 164 (the suspense thriller; the (suspense) thriller) p. 165 ("The most characteristic feature of the thriller would therefore seem to be the psychological effect that unremitting relentless suspense produces on the audience, rather than elements that we could identify as generic features in terms of iconography, plot or formal structure."; "'Thriller' ... could be employed as a generic term under which we may include precisely detective films, police procedural films, spy films, political thrillers, courtroom thrillers, erotic thrillers or psychothrillers, that is to say 'all films dealing with the perpetration or prevention of crime', which share another common and structurally crucial characteristic: suspense.") p. 169 ("Admittedly, the use of the term (or suffix) 'thriller' generates confusion as it is often employed lightly to describe films that have clear connections with film noir or horror.)
Internet movie database genre browser, Mar. 17, 2004 (thriller; thriller movies; 10,359 titles in this category, including TV series, TV movies, films, and videos)
Australian Film Commission searchable film database web site, Mar. 17, 2004: feature genres (Thriller) TV drama genres (Thriller)
The American Heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000 (thriller: One that thrills, especially a sensational or suspenseful book, story, play, or movie)
LC database, Mar. 17, 2004 (thrillers, the thriller film; the thriller; the suspense film; suspense films; the suspense thriller; thriller movies; movie thrillers; thriller for television)
Google search, Mar. 17, 2004 (television thrillers; thriller television movie; thriller television series; thriller television shows; movie thrillers; film thrillers; thriller films; thriller movies; thriller videos; suspense films; thriller and suspense films; thriller/suspense films; thrillers/suspense films; suspense-thriller films; TV thrillers; psycho thrillers; psychological thrillers; political thrillers; sci-fi thrillers; science fiction thrillers)
GSAFD, 2000 (Suspense films. UF Thrillers)
The moving image genre-form guide, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2004 (Thriller. UF Psychological thriller. Related to the crime genre in that the subject is usually some aspect of criminal activity, but with the emphasis away from a detective, gangster, caper, or even the crime itself. An individual or group is placed in a dangerous situation whose outcome hinges on sudden reversals of fate. Frequent themes are political conspiracy, terrorism, innocents on the run, romantic triangles leading to murder, and individuals suffering from psychosis.)
Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993 (Thriller (suspense film, suspenser, suspense thriller). To qualify as a thriller, a film requires a substantial degree of suspense as its main ingredient. Most thrillers are found in the subgenres of the crime movie, the horror movie, and the adventure film.)
Konigsberg, I. The complete film dict., 1997 (thriller: Any film that creates excitement and suspense, especially a mystery or crime film, though the term is also employed on occasion for spy or adventure works. See suspense; under suspense: so called "suspense thrillers" are adept at bringing the audience to a paralytic state of near hysteria)
Congleton, P.C. Critics corner : a guide to film critique, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2004 (Suspense: Films that keep secrets from the audience. The outcome is always kept secret in the best way possible. Thriller: Sub-genre of suspense. No Mystery. The audience still is gripped until the end.)
Thriller and suspense films, via www.filmsite.org, Mar. 17, 2004 (Thriller and Suspense Films are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features. Defined strictly, a thriller is a film that relentlessly pursues a single-minded goal - to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the "edge of their seats" as the plot builds towards a climax. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy. Thrillers are often hybrids - there are suspense-thrillers, action- or adventure-thrillers, sci-fi thrillers, crime-caper thrillers, western-thrillers, film-noir thrillers, even romantic comedy-thrillers. Closely-related genre is the horror film genre. Suspense-thrillers come in all shapes and forms: there are murder mysteries, private eye tales, chase thrillers, women-in-danger films, courtroom and legal thrillers, erotic thrillers, surreal cult-film soap operas, and atmospheric, plot-twisting psychodramas. Thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, crime, or the detective, focusing more on the suspense and danger.)
Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 17, 2004 (Thriller film. Thriller films are movies that primarily uses exciting action and tension to engage the audience; emphasizes nervous tension and anxiety; distinct from a horror movie which emphasizes fear, or an action movie which emphasizes exhilaration.)
Aguado, V.L. Film genre and its vicissitudes : the case of the psychothriller, 2002, via WWW (PDF), Mar. 17, 2004: abstr. (the contemporary psychothriller and its matrix genre, the thriller; psychothriller as a borderline sub-generic category borrowing features from both the thriller and the horror film) p. 164 (the suspense thriller; the (suspense) thriller) p. 165 ("The most characteristic feature of the thriller would therefore seem to be the psychological effect that unremitting relentless suspense produces on the audience, rather than elements that we could identify as generic features in terms of iconography, plot or formal structure."; "'Thriller' ... could be employed as a generic term under which we may include precisely detective films, police procedural films, spy films, political thrillers, courtroom thrillers, erotic thrillers or psychothrillers, that is to say 'all films dealing with the perpetration or prevention of crime', which share another common and structurally crucial characteristic: suspense.") p. 169 ("Admittedly, the use of the term (or suffix) 'thriller' generates confusion as it is often employed lightly to describe films that have clear connections with film noir or horror.)
Internet movie database genre browser, Mar. 17, 2004 (thriller; thriller movies; 10,359 titles in this category, including TV series, TV movies, films, and videos)
Australian Film Commission searchable film database web site, Mar. 17, 2004: feature genres (Thriller) TV drama genres (Thriller)
The American Heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000 (thriller: One that thrills, especially a sensational or suspenseful book, story, play, or movie)
LC database, Mar. 17, 2004 (thrillers, the thriller film; the thriller; the suspense film; suspense films; the suspense thriller; thriller movies; movie thrillers; thriller for television)
Google search, Mar. 17, 2004 (television thrillers; thriller television movie; thriller television series; thriller television shows; movie thrillers; film thrillers; thriller films; thriller movies; thriller videos; suspense films; thriller and suspense films; thriller/suspense films; thrillers/suspense films; suspense-thriller films; TV thrillers; psycho thrillers; psychological thrillers; political thrillers; sci-fi thrillers; science fiction thrillers)
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