The difference between thrillers and horror is not that much:
Thriller Films
- For thriller movies, this genre was created so as to “thrill” the viewers. That's is often why thrillers are successful at building up tension and keeping the audience attention at all times.
- In thriller movie the plot seems to be unpredictable, and it seems to have a better plot than thriller films, thrillers films also contains a lot of twists. Read This! http://bibatmediastudies.blogspot.com/2014/11/conventions-of-thrillers.html
Horror Films
- By contrast, horror films are designed to “horrify” their viewers. Horror films usually uses real life "Fears" to portray it into a film and centers it to scare the audience.
- In horror movies the plot seems to be predictable for the audience, but why do they still keep watching? Read This! http://bibatmediastudies.blogspot.com/2014/11/why-do-we-watch-scary-films.html
WELL THRILLER VS HORRORS
1.Thrillers are meant to thrill while horror films are meant to horrify the viewers.
2.Thrillers are contain better plots while horror films are, more often than not, predictable.
3.Horror films are often less practical and less realistic than thrillers.
4.Horror films usually have more supernatural elements than thrillers.
EXAMPLES OF HORROR AND THRILLER FILMS
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| THE CABIN IN THE WOODS = HORROR + THRILLER |
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| SEVEN = THRILLER |
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| SHUTTER ISLAND = THRILLER |
| A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET = HORROR + THRILLER (MEH) |
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