Summary of the articles.

Why thriller thrive
- Why do people go to the cinema? To get 'thrills' hence the name thrillers. Our 'nature is such that we must have these 'shakeu-ups', these can be experienced in thrillers. As we don't experience these thrills in real life anymore because civilization has sheltered and screened us from having these thrills, going to the cinema to see a thriller is the best way of experiencing them artificially.
-In a thriller we see things happening that wouldn't usually happen to us in real life and therefore seeing a thriller is us experiencing something new but were in a safe and secure environment while we watch the turmoil and struggle that occurs around us.
-When your watching a thriller your putting yourself into the characters position. 'We don't sit by as spectators; we participate'.
-Thrillers are meant to capture the audiences emotions and get them involved in the film. Whether it's through tension, sadness, happiness or sympathy. By making the audience interested in the film, the audience begin to feel part of the action and react in specific ways that relate to what's going on.

Let 'em play god
- Directors want the audience to be on the edge of their seats, therefore they create films so that the audience get involved in the action and want to break the suspense. The audience wants to get involved in the action and also they want to find out what's going to happen and become very interested in the action.

By Victoria Pryor