Perhaps no other genre will compete in the battle for spectator attention if a simple choice is offered - an interesting thriller or something else. What's the matter? What makes us, with a sinking heart, absorb this concentration of nightmarish negative emotions? And at the heart of the interest in the genre is the fundamental instinct of self-preservation. Man, like all living things in general, is characterized by fear for his life and for the lives of his loved ones. In this field, the genre of the thriller plays .
He has a long history
Mankind loves horror stories. There is nothing more attractive than to look in the face of horror and catch a look back. Many classics of world literature - from Edgar Allan Poe to Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol - were noticed during this occupation. Everyone from childhood is familiar with his textbook "Viy". This is an interesting thriller. Just like the numerous Gothic novels or the stories of Brem Stoker about Dracula. But the king and classic of the genre was, of course, our contemporary Stephen King. In all its power the genre unfolded together with the formation of cinema. Since its very inception, among the films most in demand from the public, there have always been interesting thrillers. This list they head today. To all else - this is also the most successful genre in the commercial sense. And it is exploited both in the tail and in the mane: the viewer wants to be made terribly. And he gets it.
At the top of the genre
But for the last hundred years the viewer has already seen everything, and much he managed to get bored. The ordinary cinema buff became very demanding. An interesting thriller he no longer associates with buckets of blood and dismembered corpses, unexpectedly revealed in the closet. Do not play a special role and numerous special effects. This was not enough to win and hold the attention of the public. This is the evolution of the genre: the skill of the playwright, director and actors comes to the forefront. The viewer wants to see an interesting psychological thriller. And he has something to see. Masterpieces created a lot, take at least the "Dead calm". There are no fierce horrors and tricked out special effects. And there is a strong drama and three brilliant actors in the proposed circumstances. Mortal struggle and struggle for life in the windless desert of the ocean. The film holds at the throat and does not let go until the final credits. In general, when there is a desire to see an interesting thriller - make sure that it was based on the books of Stephen King. It is almost unmistakable, rarely anyone managed to spoil such a masterpiece of literary material. The most successful works include "Fog" - one of the last adaptations of the king of horrors. The film, perhaps, turned out to be stronger than the book. Several random visitors to the supermarket are fighting for their lives with the gloom that has plunged the world and with the forces of primitive evil escaping from the parallel world. Simply shocking is the denouement of history. The protagonist won, and he managed to escape from the darkness, when there was no longer any hope. But how can he live after that, when he realizes what price he had to pay?