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Thriller films, literature and television generally comply to elements such as suspension and mass tension in order to engage it's reader. Sub-genres may also occur in things such as psychological thrillers, mystery and crime. Hithcock's movies are the most popular of this kind, gaining popularity mainly after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Films of the thriller genre are characterised by an atmosphere of violence, crime and often a murder, as well as showing society and the world around us as dark, shady and dangerous, however thrillers often entale a happy ending in which the culprit is either killed or arrested. Thrillers encorouge on certain literacy devices, such as red-herrings, plot twists and often finishing on cliffhangers. They also promote on certain feelings, such as a anticipation, uncertainty, anxiety and ensuring the viewer enlists on an adrenaline rush.

Some examples of films from a thriller genre are seen below;