Genre is a category or type. This includes; Action, Romance, Thriller, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Western, Adventure, Musical & Rom/Com.
Alfred Hitchcock - Rope (1948)
This thriller tells the story of two young wealthy men, Brandon & Philip, who strangle and murder a friend just to see if they could get away with it. After the murder, they invite close friends, including the murdered mans parents to their apartment for a dinner party whilst hiding the murdered body in a chest/box in their sitting room, right under everyones noses.
What do I think is going to happen?
I think either during or after the dinner party someone is keen on what’s inside the chest/box and once asked whats in there, the two men will be under pressure to come out with a believable explanation which will make them look slightly suspicious.
Hitchcock’s ‘Maguffin’
McGuffin also known as Maguffin, is a plot device that motivates the characters and advances the story, but has the little other relevance to the story. In other words it’s a significant nothing. An example of a Maguffin is in the film, Transformers. Everyoneone in the film is running around hoping find the location of something called the 'allspark' however it doesn't mean anything and yet it's such a significant item to everyone in the film.
The ‘Psychological’ Thriller: The Mind, Conflict & The Past
Suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another’s minds, either by playing deceptive games with others or by merely trying to
