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Hitchcock releases first thriller
A story on Jack the Ripper, it was a silent movie. -
Hitchcock's first sound thriller
Blackmail, was the first thriller film with sound, and the first with sound from the UK -
M: Based on real life events
A German film, it was based on the life of a serial killer -
Hitchcock Refinements
Hitchcock was developing a recognisable brand of suspense thriller. -
War Inspired
Cloack and Dagger, by Fritz Lang, was about a developer of the Atomic bomb -
A mini 3D Craze
Dial M for Murder was shot in Technicolour and 3D -
Pyscho
One of the most famous thriller films of all time, by Hitchcock of course... -
Spy Films
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold was one of many spy thriller films released in the 1960s. -
Increasing Violence in Thrillers
Hitchcock's Frenzy was an R rated film. It had a strangling scene. Many thrillers were becoming more violent. -
Obsession and Trapped Protagonists
Dead Calm, starring Nicole Kidman, had elements of obsession and trapped protagonists who needed to escape. This inspired many thrillers of the early 1990s -
The other major 1990s theme...
Involved an FBI agent/detective hunting down a serial killer. The most famous example of this is The Silence of the Lambs, with Anthony Hopkins -
Borrowing from the past
Today, thriller film borrow elements and themes from thriller films of old. Among these is Unknown (2011)
