a play hugely dependent on plot surprises and twists. Example: "The Shirkers," a thriller by C. M. S. McLellan, 2m1f.
Thrillers are films that use action and suspense to create an environment of suspicion and tension. In these films, unreliability of characters is at a premium, and there is often a central mystery to solve.
a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
a novel of suspense with a plot structure that reinforces the elements of gamesmanship and the chase, with a sense of the hunt being paramount
a piece of writing whose plot development depends on violence
a story intended to evoke strong feelings of suspense and danger, usually involving a high-stakes hunt, chase, or a race against time
a type of film that usually instills excitement and suspense into the audience
a wine spritzer compared to the Scotch straight up of horror
a work designed to hold interest by suspense, mystery, intrigue
A fast-paced, high stakes crime story in which the protagonist is generally in danger at every turn, with the most danger coming in the final confrontation with the antagonist.
Thriller was, along with The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, one of the great anthology television series of the 1960s, running from 1960-1962 on NBC-TV. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing an entertaining mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers. Created by Hubbell Robinson for Revue Studios (later purchased by Universal Studios) and produced by Fletcher Markle, William Frye, and Maxwell Shane.
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Thriller is a collection of 30 thriller short stories from multiple authors in one book. It is edited by James Patterson.