What is a thriller?

Saul Bass said; "Settle them down and create a sense of anticipation.. hit the ground running", which means complexity within simplicity.
What is a thriller? The thriller genre is incredibly large, and often overlaps with other genres. There are certain things to spot in a film to tell whether its a thriller;
Conventions of a thriller: Thrillers typically involve;

- Sudden plot twists

- Red herrings; keeps viwers uncertain about what is going to happen

- Narrative builds up to the action; creates tension & leaves the viewer in suspense

- Intricate plot; creates fear, causes tension

- The hero/ine seen in situations that threaten danger/ peril

- Ordinary location, extraordinary events/ behaviour

- Villian ensaires hero/ine through a series of intricate moves

- Typically centered on a crime; often murder

- Hero/ine is fallible, vunerable, likeable, flawed

- Audience are put in position of voyeurs

- Often includes mistaken identity; relates to red herrings

- Themes of mirroring (reflections)

- Mazes and Labyrinths often feature; physical or physcological

- Women/ children often victims

- Powerful man often villain