Research into history of Thrillers

In my time i have had for doing some research i have looked into books, used the internet and watched films. For now i have been basing my reseach around the history of thriller films and how they have changed etc.

The following information i got from the book "Cinema Today - By Edward Buscombe)

The film, The God Father (1972) earned around $86 million with a budget of $40-50 thousand. The film was shot in a murky half light to resemble an underworld.

The film: The Terminator 2 (1991)
was the biggest box office success of 1991 and earned over $514 million worldwide with a budget of £80-100 million.
*awarded an oscar for best visual effects and makeup*

It looked like the films which began to introduce clever visual effects and SFX makeup were the ones which were more successfull and made more money overall.

I have also looked at some stills from different successful thriller movies.


above is a still from a film called Dressed to Kill (1980) its a murder in the shower scene where a stranger smothers the woman in the shower. The interesting camera angle gives the viewer a blury vision of the killer which creates a lot of tension as the victim is clueless.

There was also a shower scene in the film Phsyco 1960). Where the woman was murdered, the same way as the other film.


By Luke