Questionaires

The Questions We Used:

Are you male or female?

How old are you?
16-17  18-19  20+

Do you like thriller films?

What's your favourite sub-genre of a thriller film?
Murderous passion  Psycho-traumatic  Identity
Innocent on the run  Film Noir

What do you like about thrillers?
Suspense  Plot line  Costumes  Location
Special effects

What do you not like about thrillers?

What is the most recent thriller film that you have seen?

Do you think thriller films appeal more to males or females?
Males  Females

Do you think thrillers appeal to an older or younger audience?
Younger  Older

What would you expect to see in a thriller film?


As we were in college, all of the people we surveyed were in the 16-17 category, and the majority were female. The most popluar subgenre was psycho-traumatic, with murderous passion coming second. The most popular aspect of a thriller film was suspense, and plotline came second. Some people do not like that thrillers can be repetitive, it seems they want new ideas. Other people believe the horror genre gets too mixed up within the thriller, and the movie then involves too much gore. Most of the people we surveyed believed thrillers are targetted more at males, rather than females (but, this could be linked to the fact that the majority of the people we surveyed were female). With regards to what age group thrillers could appeal to, I think we could have been more specific, rather than just providing 'younger' and 'older' for the answers, as it doesn't really give any idea, as older could be either teenagers, adults or the elderly, whereas, younger could be children, teenagers or young adults. However, the majority said older. A lot of people said that they would expect to see suspense, mystery, tension, death, twists, action, gore, low lighting, and questions within a thriller.