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Earliest Thriller
One of the earliest thriller films to be released was Safety Last, a comic written by Harold Lloyd. This thriller was very basic and climaxed with the american character performing a stunt on the side of a tall building in the city. -
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock - the english film maker and director - contributed to the shaping of what the Thriller genre is today. He released his firt silent film (The Lodger) in 1926. This had a thrilling Jack the ripper type storyline. -
First sound Thriller
Hitchcock the first british film with sound. The first sound featured in Blackmail 1929. Hitchcock became known for experimenting with various cinematic techniques. -
Colour
Alfred Hitchcocks first colour film was released in 1948 and it was called Rope. -
Change
Hitchcock soon developed his dark and thrilling pictures into a more glamarous affair. They includded glamarous stars and released various classic films including strangers on a train (1951), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Vertigo (1958). 1960 saw the release of prehaps Hitchcocks most well known film Psycho. This was quite a shock to the industry and audiences as it gained mixed reviews but it bought a new level of socially acceptable violence and sexuality into the media.
