'Thrillers' is a wide genre of films, litrature and television that inculdes numerous and ofter over lapping sub-genre.
Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing frequent action and resourceful heroes who must thawart the plans of more powerful abd better equipped villans.
Devices such as suspence, red herrings and cliff hangers ate used extensively. A thriller is a villan driven plot, whereby he prestents obstacles the hero must overcome.
The genre is flexible and can engage the audience by a dramatic rendering of physilogical, social and political tensions. Hitchcock said Thrillers allow the audience "to put their toe in the cold water of fear to see what it is like"
