S L A M . PRODUCTIONS

 

 

Alfred Hitchcock started of with suspenseful thrillers:

First thriller, ‘the lodger’ (1926)

‘Blackmail’ (1929)

(‘German film M’ (1931) - directed by Fritz Lang)

(‘Murders in the Zoo’  - Edward Sutherland)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Saboteur (1942)

 

In 1950’s Hitchcock added Technicolor (colour motion picture) to his thrillers:

‘Strangers on a Train’ (1951)

‘Dial M for Murder’ (1954)

‘Rear Window’ (1954)

‘To Catch a Thief’ (1955) 

 

1960’s:

‘Psycho’ (1960)

‘J.Lee Thompson’s Cape Fear’ (1962)

‘Charade’ (1963) – directed by Stanley Donen

‘Wait Until Dark’ (1967) – directed by Terence Young

 

In 1970’s and 1980’s there was a more violent start in the Thriller genre:

‘Frenzy’ (1972)

‘John Boorman’s Deliverance’ (1972)

‘The Fourth Protocol’ (1987)

‘Dead Calm’ (1989) – Phillip Noyce

 

1990’s to present:

‘Misery’ (1990) – Rob Reiner

‘The Hands That Rock The Cradle’ (1992) – Curtis Hanson

 

In this decade there was also the popular theme for the Thriller genre of detectives/FBI agents hunting down a serial killer:

‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991) – Jonathan Demme

‘Seven’ (1995) – David Fincher

 

Thrillers now days do still use themes and element from the past decades but some also use aspects form the ‘Horror genre’, which includes more violence, brutality and terror.

‘Eden Lake’ (2008)

‘The Last House On The Left’ (2009)

‘Captivity’ (2007)

‘Vacancy’ (2007)

‘Funny Games’ (2008)

 

The thriller genre can also include sub-genres such as, Comedy thriller, crime thriller, psychological thriller, spy thriller or supernatural thriller.

 

Recent released thrillers:

• The Purge 2: Anarchy

• Into the storm

• Three days to kill

• Gravity

• Now you see me

• Dead man down

 

Marija Gustainyte