History: protagonist and antagonists. Classic Hitchcock (The Birds, 39 Steps.) Memorable conventions.
Target Audience: Masculine audience, although many women watch thriller movies. The conventions follow a more masculine feel.
Examples of films: The Bourne Trilogy, Memento, Bone Collector.
Sub-Genres: Action/Thriller (James Bond) Drama/Thriller (The Illusionist) Erotic/Thriller (Basic Instinct) Medical/Thriller, Psychological/Thriller, Spy/Thriller.
Conventions: Props e.g. Guns, bullets, cars. Police men or detectives. Foreign countries, villains, terror.
Representation: Ethnicity and Gender are the main areas of representation in the thriller genre.
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