My favourite thriller films

MAIN CONTAIN SPOILERS. 

Information and films are all from IMDd website. 

I Am Legend.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller 
Description: Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Characteristics: 

• Dark/gloomy (dark rooms)
• Suspension  (when the sun is slowly moving down putting Sam (the dog) closer to the infected dogs)
• Sadness (Sam dying from being bitten) 
• location (deserted city) 

I really enjoyed watching this film. There are many twists to the film, the ending shocked me most, as it was very unexpected, at no point did you expect the main character to kill himself. The deserted city made it feel more unsafe with the lack of people. 

Trailer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewpYq9rgg3w&feature=related

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Thriller
Description: During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.
Characteristics: 

• Deserted underground tunnels (possible symbolising no escape) 
• Dark, wet locations (tunnels)
• Invisible threats (the predator and aliens)

This film, for me, was a "sitting on the edge of the sofa" film, you had no idea when the creatures would pop out and take away one of the crew. It being set in a dark temple, means often the backdrops were dark, making it feel like the characters were never safe from the aliens or predators, making it one jumpy film. 
Trailer- http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1538785561/

Final Destination 
Genre: Horror, Thriller 
Description: After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Characteristics:  

• Dark situations (Death often occurred during night time)
• innocent victims (All of the characters who die are innocent)
• suspension (we never quite know when they will die) 

This film was defiantly gory a film, as well as being a very suspending film, like "AVP" you never quite know when someone is going to die.
Trailer- http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi128385305/

The Last Excorcism
Genre: Drama, Horror, thriller 
Description: A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Characteristics:  

• Hand held camera (Through entire film, being filmed by one of the characters)
• Dark (Nearly everything takes place during the night) 
• menaced/possessed women (the young women with the devil inside her)

This film got me scared a teeny tiny bit, when I'm watching a scary movie, I don't get scared...it's only after watching it, when my mind is left to its own devices does it start freaking me out. 

The use of hand held camera work really put you in the story, made you feel like you were there. The style is in a documentary way making it even more scary, putting you as the first person, not third, so when the camera man dies...you die.

Trailer- http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4275897881/ (gessh, just watching the trailer again makes me shiver)

The Fourth Kind 

Genre: Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller 

Description: A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. 

Characteristics: 

• Based on a true story (look it up!)
• Dark (a lot happens during the night)
• Innocent victims (the victims who have the recurring dream) 
• Isolated village 

I, myself, didn't find the film that scary, but a good plot, you don't ever see the aliens, so this keeps you watching, hoping for a glimpse of the aliens. But my friend was completely freaked out by this film...and still can't get over it. Overall though it was a good film, good background to the aliens, and kept me wanting more and more from it. 

Trailer- http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi120390169/

The Hills Have Eyes 

Genre: Horror, Thriller 
Description: A suburban American family is being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert, far away from civilization.
Characteristics: 

• Isolated place (in the middle of a desert) 
• psycho-fiends (humans effected by the radiation) 
• freaky abnormal humans 

This film was very good. There started off with six characters, the characters you least thought would die, died. The man who was arrogant, big headed ended up the only man alive, with a 13 year old kid, a baby and a daughter who's parents died. It was defiantly a film with many twists and plots to keep you on your toes. 
Trailer- http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2750611737/


Taken
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Description: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.
Characteristics: 

• Innocent victims (the kidnapped girl)
• criminals
• dark, illegal going ons 

A film with an excellent plot, a film with no double agents or twisted people. Just a hardcore, shoot, kill, action film. Great film
Trailer- http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3488219417/