Blog Post 1

Blog Post 1
Genre : Thriller
These movies typically contain a female protagonist whos young and in distress and a man as the foil serving as the antagonist. The setting normally carries the characteristic of isolation such as the woods, abandoned warehouses, and fields. Often there is romance involved.




Sample #1: Get Out- in this film a black man plans to meet his girlfriend's parents for the weekend at their house but when he gets there something doesn't sit right with him. He meets a young black man who is his age married to an elderly woman with the same jargon as she. This film poses a psychological thriller because it is based on the deep-rooted racism that still exists in our society but in an extreme form. It turns out the whole family and community in which they live switch brains of dead or elderly people and place them into the bodies of able-bodied, healthy black people because they are seen as less significant. The mother of the girlfriend is a psychologist and hypnotizes the man into a psychotic state in which he falls into his own subconscious.


Sample #2: Psycho- gives a good example of a typical thriller movie. This movie and one scenario, in particular, give examples of what many directors use. There is a scenario in which the young protagonist takes a shower and is overtaken by the male protagonist and is killed. This scene gives way to the atmosphere of having nowhere to run or hide.


Examples:



Gerald’s Game

Split

Gone Girl

Red Sparrow

Black Swan