History of psychological drama/thriler

HISTORY:

A psychological thriller is a sub title of a thriller and can be differentiated by the heavy focus on the unstable emotions of the characters throughout a film. They can still incorporate the common elements of mystery and drama but emotional status is the main focus within a drama like psychological.

The mental state of a character is more important than the physical active performance of them, this is because the majority of the time the character is battling with their own mind. The story is normally told through first person narrative of the person throughout the events in the film taking place, in essence talking to themselves like the stereotypical psychotic person.

There are a set of themes within the psychological thriller genre such as:

• Black comedy
• Identity
• Death
• Mind 
• Perception
• Reality and existence

These themes give off the shape of the characters throughout a psychological thriller, and also depending on the theme, the personality of the characters and how it differs from usual.

1950'S HISTORY:

In the 1950s, a film was created named 'Rear window' that was a psychological thriller, in this film was a man named Jeff Jeffries in which witnessed his neighbour murdering his wife, as he was disabled and was looking out of his bedroom window, and saw the murder occur, this sent him psychologically mental and was a successful psychological thriller created.

1960'S: 

In the 1960s, a well known film named 'Psycho' was created. The story is based on a man who visits a motel where the manager is disturbed. This film included some very gory scenes, such as the shower scene where the girl was stabbed several times and killed in the shower.

1970'S:

'Night flight' was a psychological thriller film made within the 1970s, which is another example of psychological thriller history throughout the many years the genre has been known. Where a man steals important documents, which don't turn out to be real in the end of the film, this shows the psychological problem of the main character.

1980's:

'Dead ringers' was created in 1988, about two twins who are which both doctors except one is more disturbed mentally than the other










1990s:
Stir of echos was a psychologically created film,a person was hypnotised by their sister in law and begins seeing haunted images of a girls ghost and the mystery unfolds









2000's:
There are a variety of different psychological thrillers/dramas that have been created throughout the many different years in the 2000's, one of which is called The Mist.