Definition 1
Psychological thriller – a sub-genre that focus’ on elements
that are related to the mind or process of the mind; they are mental rather than
physical in nature. Sometimes there is conflict between two main characters
leading to an often violent resolution; the conflict between the characters
usually mental and emotional, rather than physical.
Sometimes the suspense comes from within one solitary
character where characters must resolve conflicts with their own minds. Usually,
this conflict is an effort to understand something that has happened to them.
These conflicts are made more vivid with physical expressions of the conflict in
means of either physical manifestations, or physical torsions of the characters
at play.
Definition 2
Characters are no longer reliant on physical strength to
overcome their brutish enemies (which is often the case in typical
action-thrillers), but rather are reliant on their mental resources, whether it
be by battling wits with a formidable opponent or by battling for equilibrium in
the character's own mind. The suspense created by psychological thrillers often
comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by
playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the
other's mental state.
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