key points of 'why thrillers thrive'

We have to experience thrills artificially and the screen is the best medium for us to do this. For us to appreciate what a character on stage is going through we have to receive thrills vicariously, which is not the best method. The cinema can leave the spectator with a subconscious assurance of safety and yet surprise his/her imagination into playing tricks on them. Scenes in which set the blood pounding through the veins are highly beneficial for indigestion, gout, rheumatism, sciatica and premature middle age. But the 'horror' film has been loosely applied to films which exploit sadism, perversion, bestiality and deformity. This is wrong, being vicious and dangerous. A film can fully well be horrific, but not horrible. Producers of horrible films realize that there is a growing body of opinion inside and outside the film industry so they 'tone down' their product to make it acceptable. A 'thriller' must be whole hearted, the more exciting the better. That is why the authentic 'thriller' will live and thrive and the 'horror' film will die.