Why we love thrillers.

Each genre of film has a specific aspect of its style of entertainment that makes us, the audience keep going back for more. Comedies make us laugh and put a smile on our face, animated/family films enable us to enjoy watching something that would normally never happen and open up our own imaginations along with the rest of our family.

But what do thrillers do?

Thrillers let us go on an adventure along with the rest of the characters as the story unravels, but in a safe environment. One of the fun aspects of a thriller is that you are kept guessing as the storyline often leaves you in suspence. This means that you can try and work out what is happening along with the characters, by putting clues and evidence together to come to your own conclusion, which often will be wrong, as twists are often introduced, but we don't mind, as this keeps thrillers exciting and unpredictable.
I think thrillers are more appealing than horrors, mainly because horrors are often too graphic for a wide range of people, whilst thrillers are more subtle, they still give the shocks audiences want, but in a way that doesn't use images that could be disturbing.

I don't think younger audiences will appriciate thrillers as an older one will. Thrillers are often clever in putting together stories and requires the audience to really think about what is happening. Basically, younger audences may get lost or not understand.

I do think that you have to be in a thinking mood to watch a thriller, because usually you can't afford not to concentrate or you won't be able to get back into the film as you lose concentration or part of the story.