Target audience for different types of thrillers

Target audience to thrillers different to mine

Examples of thriller sub genres which are different to ours and involve a different target audience are: religious thrillers, eco-thrillers and medical thrillers.

Eco thrillers involve the protagonist who must stop and prevent a threat to the environment (man-made or natural) that will have consequences for society if left unchecked. The damage could be local, but nation or even world-wide stakes are more dramatic. These type of thrillers normally involve a target audience of males, ages 18 to late 30s. An example involves the film “Jaws”. The film Jaws is about a great white shark attacking the Amity island, a police chief,a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman go out to hunt the shark and prevent victims from getting hurt.

Medical thrillers- this sub-genre involves something usually used for medical purposes becoming a deadly weapon. Often it is a virus that is leaking out to the public. The protagonist, antagonist or both are usually doctors. Example of medical thriller film is Shutter Island. In the first seconds of the Shutter Island trailer the audience is introduced to an actor called Leonardo Dicaprio which immediately targets a female audience of ages between 16-40 as he is a famous attractive and known male actor. However as the trailer continues it is seen that the film is targeted at both males and females due to tis interesting plot. In shutter island a US marshal is set to investigate a missing patient from the Shutter Islands hospital. this targets an audience of both males and females between the ages of 16-40.

Religious thrillers films incorporates religious themes, including religious questions, ceremonies, and objects. Some religious films may include supernatural experiences, exorcisms, demon possession and church cover ups are the most common and typical religious thrillers themes. An example of a religious thriller is Blessed. In the film Blessed there is a couple who desperately want to have a baby unfortunately the lady has been diagnose as infertile and the couple can't afford the medical treatments that might allow her to conceive a baby.However the woman eventually becomes an expectant mother of twins, but the closer her due date appears the more she suspects that she has become the unwilling victim of a pact with evil. The target audience for this film is late 20s- 40s.