What is a thriller?

• Something that puts the audience in the position of feeling scared and vulnerable.
• Any film that gives you that heart-beating feeling.
• A film that makes you jump and has an element of danger.

Things they have in common,

• Elements of death
• Make the audience have an emotional response (worried, fearful, excited, tense).

There are differences in these thrillers though,

• Some are thrilling in an action way, some are thrilling in a psychological way.

An action thriller is for example Kill Bill, they are adrienaline packed.
A psychological thriller is for example Shutter Island, Iception, they are playing with the mind.