Why ''Thrillers'' Thrive article

The article itself is a summary of why people go to see films. It points out that people enjoy films that have action, suspense and the way that it puts the audience in the position of the main character. The writer then went on to say that people do not enjoy the prospect of being taken away from their comforts of safety and used an example of people complaining about a thrills stall that had pillars falling above the person but stopping before causing any damage to the person. Whereas, in a cinema, the viewer knows subconsciously that they are safe, that their imagination can play tricks on them.

The article makes note of how the use of film enables the actual story feel more real for the audience, comparing the same scene done on a live stage to one that is done by film; the stage requires telling the audience everything that is not actually there on the stage is meant to be their, in this case it was crocodiles and the film just showed the crocodiles to the audience with more detail being used to create more reality to the audience yet the storyline is still fairly surreal.

There is then a comparison between thrillers and horror films. The writer states that he believes the producers of horror films have gone too far and that, because the producers realized about this they 'tone down' the product. This writer clearly believes that horror films are pointless and that thrillers are the way forward due to the reasons above.