The thriller is a literary and cinematographic genre that focuses on generating suspense.
The term thriller is not part of the dictionary developed by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ). The concept is used with reference to the literary or cinematographic genre that is based on the generation of suspense (expectation or curiosity full of anxiety on the part of the reader/viewer to know what will happen in the plot next).
As a genre , the thriller tries to generate fear in the recipient and move them through unexpected events. Generally, the protagonist or hero is a character who generates empathy in the audience: people, therefore, worry about their situation in the future of the actions. Villains , for their part, are usually those who, with their actions, generate the events that produce suspense (the protagonist, for example, must save his life from a trap set by the villain, rescue another character who is kidnapped, etc. .).
The thriller is also characterized by its agile pace and the emotions provoked by its action through chases, explosions and fights. Typically, at the end of the story, the hero ends up defeating the villain and accomplishing his goals.
Thriller genre novels
The list of novels classified as part of the aforementioned thriller genre is endless, since there are many authors who have specialized in it in order to satisfy the tastes of millions of readers around the world. However, among the most praised works of this type are these:
– «I know what you are thinking» . John Verdon was the one who published this work in 2010 in which a retired police officer will have to carry out the investigation of a blackmail case that ends up becoming one involving a series of murders from the present and the past that are related to each other.
– «The men who did not love women» . Stieg Larsson is the author of this novel, the first of the successful "Millennium" trilogy , which revolves around the figure of an investigative journalist, Michael Blomkvist , and a hacker with a complicated life, Lisbeth Salander.
– «Misery» . One of the best novels that the American writer Stephen King has written to date is this one, published in 1987. A shocking thriller that keeps the reader continually in tension due to the kidnapping of a writer by a fan.
"Thriller", by Michael Jackson, is one of the most successful albums in history.
A great hit for Michael Jackson
"Thriller" , on the other hand, is the title of a Michael Jackson album that was released in 1982 . It is the most successful album in history worldwide, with more than 65 million units . "Thriller" is also the title of a song on this album, which gave rise to a famous fourteen-minute video clip that has a structure similar to that of a short film.
Rod Temperton was the composer of that single, produced in turn by Quincy Jones , which was originally called "Starlight" . It is considered one of the great songs by the aforementioned American artist and has been covered throughout history by numerous singers, such as Ian Brown , Ben Gibbard or Imogen Heap , among others.