Alfred Hitchcock was an English film maker/director who greatly influenced the thriller genre with his silent film, The Lodger (1926) which was based on the story of Jack-the-Ripper. He then went on to produce his first sound film called Blackmail (1929). These early films made Hitchcock be considered as the auteur of the Thriller genre by creating suspense and capturing the audience with the reality of the storyline.
Many of his films placed innocent characters into a life threatening or strange situation and even includes a plot to try and distract the audience from the real plot which unfolds to create even more anxiety and suspense.
All of these ideas conform to what we would call a typical thriller genre however nowadays, young film makers try to break these moulds.
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