Thriller Research

According to wikipedia - Suspense is a crucial characteristic of the thriller genre. It gives the viewer a feeling of pleasurable fascination and excitement mixed with apprehension, uncertainty, anticipation, tension, and anxiety. These develop from unpredictable, mysterious and rousing events during the narrative, which make the viewer or reader think about the outcome of certain actions. It also gives the person the so-called "on-edge" feeling. Suspense builds in order to make those final moments, no matter how short, the most memorable. They are the defining features in a thriller. The suspense in a story keeps the person hooked to reading or watching more until the climax is reached, and the thrill and amusement of being suspended, so to speak, finally come to a close. Suspense is about conflict and the obstacles between the protagonist and his goal.

Therefore we will try to implement suspense into our product and build it up to the final moments, giving the audience and 'on-edge feeling.' Suspense will also be created in the conflict between the protagonist and his enemy, Piggy, and the obstacles between the two characters. 

 According to IMDb - the highest user rated thriller films of all time are Pulp Fiction (8.9/10), Inception (8.8/10), The Usual Suspects (8.7/10) and Se7en (8.7/10).

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero thriller film directed and produced by Christopher Nolan. It had a budget of $185 million and it made a whopping $1 billion in the box office, making it the 18th highest grossing film of all time. Considered by film critics to be one of the best films of the 2000s and one of the best superhero films ever, the film received highly positive reviews and set numerous records during its theatrical run.