Research: Thriller Genre

So, I've been doing some reading/researching about Thrillers. Rather than copy and paste everything, I'll just link you.

Thriller genre (Wikipedia)

By these standards, it seems just about anything can become a 'thriller'. Howeeever, I'm going to try hone in on one specific area of the genre - Psychological Thrillers.

Psychological Thriller (Wikipedia)

I thought I'd mainly read about thrillers in the last ten years, just to save on time. 

List of Thriller films - 2000's. (Wikipedia)

'Not all jokes are funny.'

I've been watching teaser trailers, just for some kinda wider viewing, without having to go into real deep analysis.

My favorite one is probably for The Dark Knight, which you can watch here;



The thing that got me about this trailer was it's simplicity. There isn't even any footage from the film, just dialogue. The only real hook there is Caine's voice, which is pretty recognisable. There's no actual images of Bale/Batman, only the bat logo. And there's nothing about Ledger, although this was released before his death, so there was less hype about his performance then. The only link between the Joker and the dialogue is the Joker card that spins from the bat logo.

Before the Dark Knight's release, 42 Entertainment and Warner Bro's began a huge viral campaign to promote the film's release, which you can read about here;

Dark Knight Marketing (Wikipedia Article)