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Thriller (genre)

Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. This genre is well suited for making thriller films and…

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Thriller (genre)

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples13
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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thriller thrillers suspense common often genre plot crime films characters story may man detective excitement anticipation protagonist film include horror

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red herringsinstance ofLiterary devices0.80text
plot twistsinstance ofLiterary devices0.80text
unreliable narratorsinstance ofLiterary devices0.80text
and cliffhangers are used extensivelyinstance ofLiterary devices0.80text
fringe theoriesinstance ofElements0.80text
false accusationsinstance ofElements0.80text
paranoia are common in paranoid thrillersinstance ofElements0.80text
police officersinstance ofaccustomed to danger0.80text
detectivesinstance ofaccustomed to danger0.80text
foreign citiesinstance ofalthough sometimes they may take place wholly or partly in exotic settings0.80text
desertsinstance ofalthough sometimes they may take place wholly or partly in exotic settings0.80text
polar regionsinstance ofalthough sometimes they may take place wholly or partly in exotic settings0.80text

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