Key Films

Gone Girl

This film is a key film from our particular genre as Gone girl is an example of a successful modern day psychological thriller, incorporating conventions of drama, mystery and also crime. Its budget was $61 million and the overall box office was $164 million. Although psychological thrillers are not the most popular of films, Gone Girl is a great example of a psychological thriller that has captured audiences in the modern day, changing their initial opinion on the genre. This is personally one of my favourite films of this genre - it is gripping and keeps you constantly calculating the situation as the mystery unfolds throughout the film (just what a psychological thriller should make you do). It is interesting that in this film you follow the protangonist and antagonist, Amy and Nick, through their journey of mystery and crime, and also hear them both narrating different parts in the film.

The Shining

Noted as one of 'The Top Psychological Thrillers of all time' this film is a famous in this genre category, and is widely known as 'one of the greatest horror films ever made'. It is a 1980 British-American psychological thriller based on the book by Stephen King. Its budget was $15million and its overall Box Office was $44.4, for the time this film was made this was very successful indeed. This film never fails to strike fear into audiences - as they watch a once nurturing father and husband warping into a murder. The question is asked 'where can their safety lie, if not in the ones who nurture?'.