Thrillers are designed to hold your interest and elicit feelings of suspense and anticipation. You’ll often hear the term ‘nail-biting’ and ‘edge of your seat’ attributed to a thriller.
Movies categorized as thrillers can produce anxiety towards characters within the narrative. The protagonist will more than likely be in danger from the very beginning of the film.
Thrillers generally don’t include a lot of graphic violence unless specifically included with another genre.
Chiara King plays a version of herself in The Influencer Project, a found-footage stalker horror that sends a rising social media star to Copenhagen with a documentary crew.
Last girl on earth, one very committed Halloween and a few unwelcome guests. A quick, unpredictable Shudder horror with a sweet core, real bite and a lead worth rooting for from the first scene.
A guy who films everything convinces himself it’s art, and the people around him pay for it. A stalker thriller that taps into the slow, sick feeling of recognition.
One of my favorite movies to release in 2026, It Ends has one location and one car. Sometimes, that’s all you need.
A 23-minute horror short that leans into practical blood and second-viewing clues. Jade Warwick and Tom Michaels starts with a flat tyre and leads to a violent payoff.
Above & Below blends real shark footage, cage-dive claustrophobia, and drug-money violence on a cramped deck in the Canary Islands. The logic leaks, but Banderas and the practical shark work keep the pressure on. This review keeps the ending off the deck.
