Audience Expectations of Thrillers

When somebody goes to watch a thriller, they would expect to see certain things in the film or they would have particular expectations..... for example, they would NOT expect to see any kind of UFO or Spaceship, because those are the types of things you would see in a Science Fiction film. They would NOT be expecting to see flowers, cupcakes, and princesses, because those types of films would (commonly) be labelled as 'Chick Flicks'.  Therefore, i was posed the question of "What makes up a thriller?" and "What are the audience expectations of a thriller?"

After doing some research of my own, and some internet surfing, i found a list of things an audience would expect to see in a thriller film:

• a death
• shaddows
• the hero, and the bad guy, the 'cool' guy
• tense music
• some sort of relationship
• to be kept on the edge of my seat
• confusing
• dark cunning plans
• night time shots
• light bulbs
• guns or knives
• sound effects
• a twist in the story line
• unexpected events
• excitement-adreleline/thrills
• scary bits
• creepy parts
• depth in the plot
• intriguing moments
• build up in the story line, or in a scene

As well as most of the above, there are two main things that make up a thriller overall....and that is suspense and mystery. Without either of those two concepts, the movie would definitely not be a thriller!