Synopsis Thriller Sub-Genres

Main Sub Genres

• Conspiracy
• Crime
• Mystery
• Political
• Religious

Other Sub Genres

• Techno
• Supernatural
• Disaster
• Action

Crime Thrillers

• Crime thrillers are a classic sub-genre of a thriller
• Mainly set in an urban society
• It focuses either on the criminals and their plot leading to the crime
• Or mainly the detective trying to solve the mystery
• Usually a mixture of action and psychology and often with a twist at the end
• Main investigation scenes consist of murders. robberies, chases, heist and investigations.

Mystery

• Relates to all thrillers because without mystery and suspense there is no thrillers
• Usually links mystery with crime
• Uses mainly detectives or investigators to solve the mystery
• Also allows the audience to solve the mystery
• Usually involves a dramatic twist that shocks the audience

Conspiracy

• The storyline usually involves a sort of hero
• Usually either a journalist or investigator
• Find corrupt secrets that the government are involved in (a secret organisation or cult)
• Secret powerful organisation goes after protagonist to keep the secret organisation alive
• Protagonist takes down the organisation
• Conspiracy thrillers usually plot against the secrecy of governments

Political

• Usually relies on a hero to save the government to prevent a bad thing form happening
• Usually consists of assassinations of presidents/ prime ministers
• Links mainly to conspiracy thrillers

Religious

• The plot is linked to religio. The narrative focuses closely on religious objects, institutions and questions (enigma codes)
• Religious thrillers often contain conspiracies as part of the narrative
• Within the narrative, it unravels the good and bad elements related to religion in particular the catholic belief