Psychlogical thriller conventions

The conventions of a psychological thriller are Drama/ mystery and contains a certain amount of danger mostly on a mental level but can sometimes evolve to physical level, usually it has two characters preying on each others minds or one solitary character struggles with his/her mental state. The characters will have a fear or even a fascination with death and will be trying throughout the film to discover their purpose. The narrative is usually confused in the film to what is real and what is not.

The film that i have chosen is Fight Club, this film complies with nearly all the psychological/thriller conventions written in my list. The Narrator meets a soap salesman, together they start a underground fight club, the two characters are constantly testing each other mentally, which slowly pushes the narrator over the edge of sanity.

Both the characters have a fascination of death and pain, as they beat each other and members of the fight club up