By Joe Davies

Who Watches Thrillers?

A lot of the target audiences for Psychological thrillers are 18+ as they involve a lot of violence and psychological issues which would be disturbing for younger viewers, this could cause nightmares for younger viewers and cause them to be very scared for a longer period of time

There is also research that shows that females are more attracted to psychological thrillers because they enjoy the story behind the events that take place in the movie, it has also been shown females like the intellectual side of strange psychologically challenging behaviour that features in psychological thrillers

Psychological Thrillers

Normally a mature audience as most contain strong language and violence scenes. Age rating is usually a 15 so people above the age of 15 watch the movies.

Dominated by males who like high intense action but also some women as most actors are male so if the female is attracted to the male character that could influence them to watch a action thriller and also vice versa if a male finds a particular female character in the film attractive.

Action Thrillers

Mainly males as the protagonist is usually a male which sets a role model for the male, showing Maslow’s theory of Self Actualization from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Usually above the age of 15 as that it usually the age rating due to scenes of violence.

Spy Thrillers

James Bond Spy Who Loved Me

Political Thrillers appeal to an older target audience of both genders, as it has more political interest which stereotypically interest the older generation rather than the younger generation.

But it is more swung to the males as it has an element of action in which stereotypically appeals to males more than females.

15+ is usually the age rating so people above the age of 15, but also 18+ as you have to be over 18 to vote politically and be involved in publics so that has a factor

Political Thrillers

Thriller Audience StatisticsAs you can see, these are the statistics for audiences that watch thriller movies as a whole 36% males under 35, 57% males over 35, 45% women under 35 and 60% of women over 35. 66% of which are parents