Programmes which give you an insight into thriller/horror!

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead  is an award winning series that has got America on the edge of their seats! The Walking Dead is an American TV series  which is based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman. It's a horror/thriller series which involves the likes of an zombie apocalypse. This programme gives an insight on the thriller/horror genre because it's shows elements of what thriller/horror programmes are about. For example in The Walking Dead they shows a group of people trying to survive having to protect themselves whilst going through obstacles of getting attacked by the zombies. Another key element they include is death, where they show the death of zombies and humans either getting killed by a weapon or getting infected and eaten alive. The series also shows the fights and struggles the group of survivers go through, including the tension between them  which creates enigmas for the audience because they start to analysis the programme and wonder how this all started, which grips the audience, because they want to see more.

True Blood  

Another thiller/horror programme is True Blood which is another programme that has done well in the USA and the UK. True Blood is a little different to The Walking Dead, although both series includes supernatural elements. True Blood is an American TV series created by Alan Ball and is based on the novel called The Southern Vampire. True Blood is a series that follow a woman called Sookie Stackhouse, who can read minds, but her life gets turned around when the 'Vampire Bill' (a group of vampires) comes into her life.  True Blood also shows some conventions of the genre seeing as the main characters are innocent people trying to get on with their life but are targeted by hungry vampires. It also shows elements of death because the vampires can sometimes kill the humans by drinking all their blood. The series also shows elements of tension as they add romance into it which creates also of tension for the audience because it includes the 'Will they or won't they?' story. This is also another popular convention in horror/thriller genre because there is always a strong man defending their girlfriend/partner.True Blood also creates enigmas for the audience aswell as they would anaylsis the series and want to find out who will survive and what will happen in the ending as the series also tells a story which the audience are likely to follow.