Themes Of Psychological Thriller

Psychological thrillers have become very popular over the past few years, all in various different media platforms. Despite different storyline and different representations general themes of the genre have appeared of representation, general trends have appeared. These themes include:

• Reality
• Perception
• Mind
• Existence/Purpose
• Identity
• Death

In psychological thrillers the character normally has mental health problems because of something that has happened in the past or just due to a mental health problem. The main character normally has a center around death they may be threatened with death, be forced to deal with death or fake their own deaths. There is may sub genres within a physiological thriller it can often be linked to crime drama e.g. Dexter.