The audience

 

The thriller genre has one of the widest audiences in the film industry because of its many subgenres. In fact many who aren’t interested in thrillers in general could be interested in a comedy thriller or a horror thriller just because it will either make you laugh or scar your brain forever. The type of subgenre will also attract different age audiences such an action thriller is more entertaining for younger men than an espionage film because they like to be entertained and not muddled with a highly extensive plot.

The thriller genre is agreeable really to everyone in society its one of the few genres that actually reaches out to the whole of society. However audiences are more likely to be older than 14/15 to watch a good thriller because under that age they are more into comedy and animation films.The BBFC ratings are also usually rated at 15 + because of the content the thriller genre contains.

However it is hard to see a young man or teenager going top watch a political thriller because that also doesn’t appeal to that age group. It is necessary to realise that the type of thriller that is watched nowadays depends in what generation the audience was brought up in such as espionage thrillers were very popular, as well as psychological thrillers, back when television was still black and white. Today on the other hand people are brought up with fast pace action being the normality in everyday life so movies are pretty much the same in that aspect. The prime example is that a James bond today is hardly the same as the James Bond’s made in yesteryear. They had less action than today’s more appealing James Bond movies of fast, hard hitting action.

The audience has to finally enjoy having to sit on the edge of their seat to enjoy a good thriller or otherwise you won’t enjoy it.