Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 27, 2018 19:39:15 GMT
Sometimes horror and thriller are interchangeable.
If it has supernatural elements it is usually horror but there may be exceptions.
King Kong was originally classified as horror (although it had thrills so maybe it was also a thriller).
Jaws likewise.
Peeping Tom for example is listed in More Classics of the Horror Film.
In the Seven/Lambs cases I think the horror or thriller element is secondary to the police procedural so I would consider them crime thrillers.
In fact, stories in which cops are the protagonists I would think makes them something other than horror...then again the main character in Jaws was a cop. But the sharks fits the role of a monster character in the story so I suppose that is an exception anyway.
If it has supernatural elements it is usually horror but there may be exceptions.
King Kong was originally classified as horror (although it had thrills so maybe it was also a thriller).
Jaws likewise.
Peeping Tom for example is listed in More Classics of the Horror Film.
In the Seven/Lambs cases I think the horror or thriller element is secondary to the police procedural so I would consider them crime thrillers.
In fact, stories in which cops are the protagonists I would think makes them something other than horror...then again the main character in Jaws was a cop. But the sharks fits the role of a monster character in the story so I suppose that is an exception anyway.