Sub-Genre

Sub-genre

The thriller genre is changing and there are now many form of sub-genre linked with the thriller films.

Among the new age in thrillers there are conspiracy thrillers. This type of genre consists of some sort of hero or heroines who are stereotypically journalists or armature investigators who find themselves trapped in a very powerful organisation, examples of this can be Alfred Hitchcock north by west, the game and the Bourne ultimatum. These films sway from the original thriller films to create a tension building film. The story later unravels powerful evidence in addition to many enemies who try to keep the secret of their organisation; another convention would be to do anything to keep the secret of their organisation. Through lies propaganda or through killing the person investing the organisation.  The conclusion of the film normally ends in the organisation being brought down by the protagonist character. This type of genre plays with the identification of good to overrule the evil unknown world. Conspiracy thrillers often play with secrecy of government and major organisation in history, this creates an enigma which makes the film more entertaining. In the image bellow we see evidence of conspiracy in the thriller film. both people look like they are part of a conspiracy. 

There are also crime thrillers which is a hybrid between crime and thriller. Crime thriller creates a more suspenseful account to showing successful and failed crime acts on film. Crime thrillers stress action over psychological aspects although there is also a psychological part to this genre as-well. Topics covered are usually double-crosses, heists, shootouts, chases, robberies, killers and murders; an example of this would be the film taken. Crime thrillers focus more on the criminals and their activities.

The sub-genre which is disaster thrillers follows a certain groups or persons survival in conflict with natural or artificial disaster like floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcano eruptions. Some disaster films have also had causes of human activity that has brought mankind on the fence of extinction through nuclear disasters which are artificial. An example of this would be the 1997 film volcano which highlights the genre is all about the future and what could happen to mankind if such disasters were to happen. These films are very enticing as the audience can relate to the situation. And could create the question what would you do in the situation? 

The mystery thriller sub-genre clashes with the crime sub-genre. Conversely it focuses mostly on the efforts of the detective or the private investigator in order to solve the films enigma. The sub-genre looks at the happenings of the enigma or the crime itself in order to try and figure out what the clues add up to. This is commonly seen in most horror films such as insidious, paranormal activity, women in black ect. Audiences are made to take part of the search as they usually follow the protagonist and grow a strong bond with them. This brings a more dramatic effect to the films mystery during the investigation.

The political sub-genre looks into the hopes and stability of the government and the reliance on a hero or heroine (protagonist) that must ensure the stability of the government that employs him in order to prevent bad things from happening. This can be seen in the film the knowing repeatedly used scenarios are the US presidential elections and the preventions of world wars occurring.
 

The religious sub-genre looks at the plots closely religious objects, institutions and questions. Many religious related films usually unravel the positive and the negetive points about religion and how it overcomes the bad in films, through a quest to finding out the truth

The supernatural thriller sub-genre often brings an otherworldly element that shows something out of the ordinary happening to a protagonist that had to overcome this powerful factor. An example of this would be the new film sinister which overlaps over with the horror genre. Supernatural thrillers are also mixed in with tension and suspense in addition, to having unsuspected twists during the film. The hero and the villain usually have a close link to religious thrillers as usually daemons entering the human body, alien life form, apparitions or the possession of a pivotal character is a element of a super natural thriller film

The techno thriller sub-genre is all out the sophisticated technology playing a prominent part in taking over the world, giving the new world order where mankind is then run by robots. This can be seen in the film i-robot, where will smith try’s to save the world from mankind distinction. This subgenre is mainly based on fictional speculations on life that tend to follow a science fiction trend. There are many common themes that fall well into these categories like world wars, action and science fictional occurrences like aliens taking over with a new manipulation of technologies.