What's the difference between a "Horror" and "Thriller" in terms of movies?

Examples would be "Pulse", "Omen" or "The Thing". Are these Horror or Thriller movies? Asked by jap71173 46 months ago Similar questions: difference Horror Thriller terms movies Entertainment > Movies.

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Horror generally is more of a subset of thriller to me...! I always felt that "horror" was just a sub-category of "thriller" movies, just like some (but not all) "science-fiction", "action", "fantasy", and "drama" (to name a few) films. According to Merriam-Webster, "thriller" is "a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense". Additionally, "horror" is defined as "painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay; intense aversion or repugnance; repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or character".

So if the movie has you intrigued and glued to your seat waiting for the next shoe to drop, you are watching a "thriller", despite what sub-category in which it falls. For me, "Pulse" (December 2006) and "Omen" would be "thriller, drama", and "The Thing" is more "thriller, horror". Because of the different perspectives on categories, trying to find a particular title in your video store using their catagorization is always a challenge!

Hope this helps. Regards, Dana Sources: merriam-webster.com/dictionary .

Horror is a bit more graphic than a thriller I think of a thriller as a move that builds up tension and fear, but doesn't show the villian hacking anybody up..Horror is more graphic, they show you exactly whats going on - blood, gore and all. I think of Alfred tchcock movies as Thrillers and you never saw a drop of blood (except maybe the catsup circling the drain in Psycho). Pulse - didn't see it, but it calls itself a horror movie, I understand there are gruesome death scenesOmen = I think it is more of a thriller although I think creepy little evil kids are more horrible than anything!

The Thing is horror - a lot of splatter and goreHope this helps! ; 0 Sources: opinion .

Horror movies contain gore, thriller movies are more about suspense I have not seen the movies listed above so cannot comment on them specifically, but, in general, horror movies contain blood and gore, like "the Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "Scream" and the Halloween movies, etc. Thriller movies are suspenseful, like most of Alfred which usually don't show the actual violence (although we do see the blood running down the bathtub drain in "Psycho"). The "Bourne" movies I would classify as thrillers - they do show people getting killed but the gore is not the focus of the movies, the suspense is, same as "the Fugitive". When you are seeing body parts, a LOT of blood and people being bludgeoned, heads cut off, etc. , and a lot of screaming, you are generally watching a horror movie!

When you are on the edge of your seat for the whole movie but there are no parts where you feel sick to your stomach or that you might have to look away, you are probably watching a thriller/suspense movie!.

Those are horror Thrillers are any sort of exciting film. They can be car chases, explosions, or suspenseful situations. The film "Phone Booth" is classified as a "thriller", even though it's mostly about people talking on a telephone, though several people also get shot.It need not even involve any violence at all, such as tchcock's "Rear Window".

Horror makes its excitement in very particular ways, through use of graphic violence and pain. It's more about being scared than being excited, especially if there's a strong dose of physical revulsion involved.At its broadest, "thriller" can include "horror", but most thrillers avoid using graphic violence. But there can be considerable overlap.

"Silence of the Lambs", for example, is primarily a psychological thriller, with the focus on the relationship between the cop and a deranged informant. But it also has elements of horror, whenever it shows the killer that they're tracking at work. The Omen is called (by the IMDB, at any rate) both "horror" and "thriller", for the same reason: there are many deaths in it, which are horror, but there are also scenes of suspense without immediate threat of physical harm.

Horror films tend to involve a lot of meaningless deaths, and the thrill is about the fear, and the focal character is often the villain, especially when that villain is a motiveless killer. Thrillers are more about pursuit, and the focal character is either a hero or an anti-hero whose motivations are explored. Sources: http://imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Thriller/ .

Just my opinion, but ... I would say that "horror" movies usually involve supernatural evil stuff, like zombies, people with demonic powers, serial killers that control stuff (your dreams, fire, etc). "Thrillers", on the other hand, tend to be action, edge-of-your-seat movies that have little or no supernatural component. Examples would be spy stories, detective (or private eye) stories, scifi action movies, and so on.

I am sure there are some movies that blur these boundaries, but this is essentially how I see the division between the genres.

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