history of sub-genre psychological thriller
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PsychologicalThriller
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Alfred Hitchcock helped shape the genre byexperimenting more with different cinema techniquesand has visual motifs. He also experimented withsexuality, guilt, punishment, paranoia and obsession tocreate a more psychological thriller.
This era consisted on silent films
Gothic literature came from the Victorian Era It also was thought that psychological thrillers
originated from Japan due to there use of ghosts andsupernatural consequences which happen duringtheir films.
1920s
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Hitchcock was told that he was perfecting hisrecognisable brand of suspense thrillers which later on
was known as psychological thrillers. The man that knew too much (1934)
The lady vanishes (1938)
1930-40s
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Hitchcock added technic-colour to his film as well as usingfamous actors in this era to intrigue the audience.
Other producers, Henry Hathaway also tried to create apsychological thriller, Niagara (1953), which followed thebasic structure of this genre from Hitchcock therefore astructure was made.
During this nuclear charged atmosphere, horror films
changed from gothic literature towards becoming moremodern. During this era, horror films edged towardsmore psychological using alien invasions, mutations,plants and insects.
Also 3-D was created in cinemas
1950s
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1960s was the era that the main development of the genre
was created. The first film that introduced this sub-genre was Alfred
Hitchcocks film, Psycho. This film of the new genre madeHitcock famous during this era. Consisted of a plot with violence and terror The new born genre was experiemented with by building
suspense, creating impossible choices and hiding acharacters true character.
Hitchcock tried to twist the mind of the audience to createa psychological reaction from the audience as he wastwisting both the audiences and characters minds withinthe film.
Sound was also introduced into films
1960s
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During this era restrictions on language, violence adult
content and sexuality had become less strict.
This era directors were fascinated with paranormal andsupernatural themes
The Exorcist (1973) which was directed by WilliamFriedkin was released which was a famous psychologicalthriller
Psychological TV series were released called Thriller
Horror was the main genre that audiences wanted to seeso this new genre made the films more visceral.
1970s
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The evil dead (1982) was a famous psychologicalthriller
This is the era where they film producers used morespecial effects and increased budgets to an average ofover $18 million, where previously was $4.
By the end of this era, the thriller genre took over.
This means that psychological thrillers also took overas producers needed to find new ways to scare theaudiences through different techniques.
1980s
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This was the era that psychological thrillerstransformed as producers wanted to loose a rigid set of
expectations that any audience would expect andchange it to something subverted, i.e. psychologicalthriller.
The recognisable theme It's Always The Quiet Ones
Some themes follow the murders of Ed GeinThe Blair Witch Project (1999) was a very famouspsychological film.
1990s
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Due to the recession film budgets went down
Independent film producers became more popular
Paranormal, ghosts films became more popular
Psychological thriller film Paranormal Activity(2009). Budgeted at $15,000
Filmed in 2007 in only ten days, it was budgeted atonly $15,000.
2000s