Originally, it means "to pierce"
A thriller relies on intracacy of a plot to create fear, apprehension and suspense in the hearts and minds of the audience. It plays on our most basic worries bby drawing on most infanticle and therefore repressed thoughts. These thoughts can be voyeuristic (watching without the person knowing), sexual or violent.
The thriller acheives this by raising questions or Engima codes, the unkwn, in the mind of the audience. Most thrillers have universal themes at their core- the struggles over love, death or money. It is this struggle that often engages the audience. It is also done through a sense of delay. When something does happen there is a sense of relief from that tension.
In many ways the thriller genre is sadomasoclistic (enjoy other peopls discomfort), the audience enjoys watching the director cause pain and suffering to the characters. Our pleasure is derived from there discomfort because believing what happens, getting us emotionally involved and leaving us with gut-level feelings produces a great thriller.
This is an example of a supernatural sub-genre
This is an example of a spy sub-genre.
This is an example of a psychological sub-genre
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