Some genres are easier to define than others.
Werewolf movies are movies with werewolves in them.
Family movies are intended for all audiences.
But thrillers can be tougher to nail down.
After all, a lot of movies want to thrill you.
That doesnt mean they all have life-or-death situations, serial killers, and kidnappings in them.
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Will they prove their innocence?
Will life ever be the same again?
Theres a lot of overlap, but its worth noting that thrillers arent necessarily horror movies either.
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Horror movies are generally about confronting our fears of death.
Theres a reason the body count is usually much higher in a conventional horror movie.
Horror movies are about dying.
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Thrillers are about staying alive.
Thrillers are also about plausibility.
Thats what makes them captivating.
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It could happen to you.
But he wont let that stop him from pursuing his wifes murderer.
And that makes all of us horrifically easy to trick.
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But to Harry, theres no problem that cannot be fixed.
Its a horrifying thought, and a horrifying film.
Then again, what is truth in a David Lynch film?
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Hes already found love, hes already found wealth.
Cavanis slick, matureGameis half twisted character study, half crime thriller, and always underhanded.
Over the top and ruthless and unexpectedly poignant,Oldboyis one of the most unforgettable thrillers.
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(The American remake?
Not so much.)
What it reveals about the characters inCache, and what it reveals about the audience, is uncomfortably damning.
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The drivers seat has been rigged to be nearly death proof.
The passenger seat… not so much.
Zodiacis everything a thriller could be.
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Its a harrowing catalogue of the killers murders.
Its an insightful drama about obsession.
Its a detail-oriented history of a riveting investigation.
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Intelligent and absolutely enthralling,Zodiacisnt just one of the best thrillers of the century so far.
Its one of the best movies of the century so far.
The problem is, the child they return to her isnt Christines son, and nobody will believe her.
There arent many modern thrillers as righteously upsetting asChangeling.
