The History of the Thriller Genre.
Thriller is a genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements. There are lots of subgenres of thrillers, 3 of the main ones being mystery, crime and psychological thrillers. Thriller films became very popular after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, specifically political thrillers. One of the earliest 'thrillers' was Harold Lloyd's comic Safety Last (1923), with the all-American boy performing a daredevil stunt on the side of a skyscraper. The most famous thriller movies are the Hitchcock movies, specifically Psycho, a 1960 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Click to watch Psycho - the famous shower scene
This timeline shows the increase of thriller movies made and watched from 1960-2010
Thriller Film Timeline
1920s:
Safety Last (1923),
Blackmail (1926) - directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Alice White, detective Frank Webber's girlfriend, is invited by an artist to visit his studio. The man tries to rape Alice and she kills him with a knife to defend herself. A criminal sees the murder and he keeps the lady's glove from the crime scene in order to blackmail her. Frank is assigned to the murder case
The Cat and the Canary (1927) the cat and the canary clip
Safety Last (1923),
Blackmail (1926) - directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Alice White, detective Frank Webber's girlfriend, is invited by an artist to visit his studio. The man tries to rape Alice and she kills him with a knife to defend herself. A criminal sees the murder and he keeps the lady's glove from the crime scene in order to blackmail her. Frank is assigned to the murder case
The Cat and the Canary (1927) the cat and the canary clip
1930s:
The Bat Whispers (1930) the bat whispers clip
M (1931)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931) Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug it is already too late...
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Bat Whispers (1930) the bat whispers clip
M (1931)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931) Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug it is already too late...
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
1940s: Rebecca (1940)
Laura (1944)
Gaslight (1994)
The Spiral Staircase (1945) Disabled women in small town at the beginning of century are becoming prey of a serial killer. Helen, mute girl who works for the Warren family, fears that she could be the next victim.
Notorious (1946)
Sorry Wrong Number (1948) watch clip
the Lady From Shanghai (1948)
The Third Man (1959)
Laura (1944)
Gaslight (1994)
The Spiral Staircase (1945) Disabled women in small town at the beginning of century are becoming prey of a serial killer. Helen, mute girl who works for the Warren family, fears that she could be the next victim.
Notorious (1946)
Sorry Wrong Number (1948) watch clip
the Lady From Shanghai (1948)
The Third Man (1959)
1950s: Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954), The Wrong Man (1956), Vertigo (1958), North By Northwest (1959)
1960s: Pyscho (1960), The Birds (1963), Torn Curtain (1966),
1970s: Frenzy (1972) The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part 2 (1974), Jaws (1975)
1980s: The Shining (1980)
1990s: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Leon (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Fight Club (1999)
2000: Memento (2000), The Dark Knight (2008)
2010: Inception (2010)
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