An early psychological thriller is Gaslight (1944) directed by George Cuckor. It was about a scheming husband trying to make his young wife go insane in order to gain her inheritance.
Alfred Hitchcock is known for being a master of suspense thrillers by "manipulating his audience's fears and desires" and allowed the audience to associate the reality in which the character faced. His films often followed the plot of an innocent victim falling into a life threatening or terrorising situation due to a false accusation or mistaken identity. All of his films also featured similar techniques such as:
- extreme zooms
- cross cutting
- screeching violin scores
- fast paced editing
All of these techniques helped to heighten anticipation and are often used in both thrillers and psychological thrillers today.
Thrillers by Hitchcock include The 39 steps and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
In a thriller, the conflict between the main protagonists and antagonists is normally physical. However, in a psychological thriller the harm is mental and emotional. In these films, a character is brought into a situation in which they are not prepared to solve. In order to escape the situation they are going to require a a mental source as opposed to a physical one.
In a thriller, the conflict between the main protagonists and antagonists is normally physical. However, in a psychological thriller the harm is mental and emotional. In these films, a character is brought into a situation in which they are not prepared to solve. In order to escape the situation they are going to require a a mental source as opposed to a physical one.
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