Audience for Thrillers

who is the target audience for thrillers?

The target audience for a thriller is usually a male audience as it is men who are more likely to like the thrill of a thriller film whereas women are more likely to like cross genre thrillers for example a 'Romantic Thriller'. This is because of the 'romance' part of the film, however men can also enjoy this type of film because of the 'thriller' part.

This is an example of a 'Romance Thriller'

Furthermore it is the older generation who are more likely to watch thriller films as they can be intellectually demanding. An example of this is a 'Psychological Thriller', this is a type of thriller where you must work out what is actually going on. Although it can be mistaken that it is the younger generation who is the target audience for thrillers as it is them who are more likely to want their adrenaline pumping whilst watching a film. 

Although many thrillers do have younger children actors in them, thrillers are mainly directed at people 12 years of age or older, this is because of the 'intellectually' demanding point but also because thrillers can be seen as too scary for a child to watch an example of this is ... the film 'ORPHAN' the star of this thriller is a child but this film is aimed at an older audience as it features a lot of killings and murder.