Thriller As A Genre

To get a better incite into the thriller genre, so that our thriller would fit into the 'Thriller genre', we investigated into what a 'Thriller' is defined as and what sub-genre ours would come under:

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, television, and gaming that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres.
Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively.

Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories, but are distinguished by the structure of their plots. In a thriller, the hero must thwart the plans of an enemy, rather than uncover a crime that has already happened. The plots usually go along the lines of, serial or mass murder, terrorism, assassination, or the overthrow of governments.
Jeopardy and violent confrontations are standard plot elements.

Similar distinctions separate the thriller from other overlapping genres: adventure, spy, legal, war, maritime fiction, and so on. Thrillers are defined not by their subject matter but by their approach to it. Many thrillers involve spies and espionage, but not all spy stories are thrillers. Thrillers may be defined by the primary mood that they elicit: fearful excitement. In short, if it 'thrills', it is a thriller.

There are also many 'Subgenres' which are listed below:

• Techno Thriller
• Supernatural Triller
• Action Thriller
• Spy Thriller
• Psychological Thriller
• Political Thriller
• Legal Thriller
• Medical Thriller
• Horror Thriller
• Erotic Thriller
• Eco-Thriller
• Drama Thriller
• Disaster Thriller
• Crime Thriller
• Conspiracy Thriller

We thought that our Thriller '3igma' would best come under:

Horror Thriller:

In which conflict between the main characters are mental, emotional, and physical. What sets the horror thriller apart is the main element of fear throughout the story. The main character(s) is not only up against a superior force, but they are or will soon become the victims themselves and directly feel the fear that comes by attracting the monster's attention.

AND

Psychological thriller:

The conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical.

We thought it would be under these two genre's: horror because we plan to carry the feeling of fear all the way through the story, the main character makes victims out of people but also he is a victim of his own actions. And psychological because he has something wrong with his head and his feelings towards the 3 girls and his thought process of how he treats the girls.

Bryony