Genre: Thriller Films

Thrilling My month of thrillers has come to an end and I have gained a lot of perspective about the different types of thrillers and how different the perception of what is thrilling can be. The films I watched had build and each one built at a different speed and reached a peak that came […]

The Spy who Came in From the Cold – 1965

John le Carré is the master of the spy thriller and as with his later novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy he created a masterpiece of suspense with this Cold War thriller. Set during the height of the red scare, this film masterfully turns paranoia into fear and back again. Featuring the remarkably talented Richard Burton […]

Gravity – 2013

The terror of being stranded in the most desolate location imaginable is enough to keep anyone awake at night, but for Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), that nightmare just became real. There are certain films that could only be made in the past few years, and Gravity is definitely one of them. The amount of CGI […]

All the President’s Men – 1976

Probably one of the most upsetting true stories of all time. The Watergate scandal is one of those stories that doesn’t need to be revisited, and yet it is compelling every single time. Americans love a good scandal, but this story, now forty years old is a dangerous story with the potential to repeat itself […]

Psycho – 1960

Norman Bates is creepy. Norman Bates is terrifying. Norman Bates is iconic. There are few films that last for decades without ever growing stale, but Psycho is definitely one of them. This film feature a great performance from Anthony Perkins who delivers one of the most heart-stopping performances in cinema history. Most would agree that […]

Jaws – 1975

Suspense is best built up by keeping the audience in the dark. The villain of Jaws is a shark, but for most of the movie the shark’s presence is shrouded in shadow and the fear it induces is one-sided. The danger of the shark comes to a head when a trio of unlikely allies team […]