A psychological thriller- 'characters are no longer reliant on physical strength to overcome their brutish enemies (which is often the case in typical action-thrillers), but rather are reliant on their mental resources, whether it be by battling wits with a formidable opponent or by battling for equilibrium in the character's own mind. The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the other's mental state'.
Psychological thrillers have the main conventions which can be included in various thrillers, these include:
Central theme of identity- example of how this theme is explored including mistaken identities, amnesia, stolen identities, dual identities.This usually happens to the protagonist in the movie as the storyline is always based around the main character.
Memory is another key theme - The torture of an individual of bad or traumatic memories. The trauma of a lost memory. This could be caused from an accident happened to the character or they could have been born with the condition.
Reality of perception - A person's perceptions of what is and what isn't real is also explored. Events are shown from the viewpoint of multiple characters.
Mind - The human consciousness; the location for personality, thought, reason, memory, intelligence and emotion. The mind is often used as a location for narrative conflict.
Purpose - The reason for which something exists; an aim or a goal humans move towards to understand their reason for existence.
Stream of consciousness - A literary technique which seeks to describe an individual's point of view by giving the written view of the character's thought processes. In psychological thrillers, the narrative tries to show the character's psyche through word usage, descriptions, or visuals.
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