Thrillers

Surely it was a ruse, it couldn’t possibly be true; Facebook must have it wrong. This thought looped through her mind all morning long, the possibility of it being real was in the back of her mind until the television rang out a truth she couldn’t believe. Michael Jackson was dead. “I saw something on social media, but I just assumed it was one of those hoaxes that pops up once in awhile. But then the news came on, and I heard it. And I remember being shocked. Absolutely shocked.”…

Baskerville. Sherlock is called upon by the nephew of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir Henry Baskerville, and accepts the mystery after a bit of convincing speech. The detective novel, The Hounds of Baskerville, is a mix of the subgenres crime fiction, thriller, gothic, and police procedural. Doyle uses these and the creation of his two main characters to create a crime fighting duo which the mastermind, Sherlock Holmes uses no bias. All these subgenres make up what is the detective fiction novel,…

organizations. Jackson was one of the pioneers in popularizing music videos and MTV. He earned many Grammy awards for his achievements in the entertainment industry and gained the title of the King of Pop. Jackson published phenomenal albums like Bad and Thriller. He also was an amazing altruist. Money, he donated, helped many people around the world. Jackson’s legacy probably will impact the music industry and the world for a long time and his achievements will be remembered through the…

successful presentations of “Beat It” and “Billie Jean,” was the music video for “Thriller.” Premiering in 1982, “Thriller” was “a 14-minute film that had the impact of a hit movie” (Herbert 93). The video included aspects of “montage and alternation conventions, but organizes the image flow by framing it with a powerful storytelling or narrational direction which provides continuity and closure” (Mercer 37). The story of “Thriller” looks at Michael Jackson taking his girlfriend to a date at the…

understandably regarded as the greatest British filmmaker. During this time Hitchcock released several recognizable films in the horror genre like; The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), and most importantly, Psycho (1960). Psycho is a psychological thriller that was a game changer to the film industry at the time, and every horror film with any type of plot twist has this movie to look up to as the creator of plot twists in psychological…

Michael Jackson was known as the “King of Pop”. He is an international superstar loved by all who listens to his albums and sees him live. He has won many awards and recognition of written songs that became classic we love like such as “Thriller, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, etc.” Throughout his life, he suffered great trouble and overcame it with Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Katherine Jackson, his mother, was a homemaker and a faithful Jehovah's Witness.…

Romance. These movies hold no true form of discomfort to a mature audience. The audiences may experience some form of uncultured actions but nothing extremely grotesque that can be compared to severed body part or blood-spattered scene in horror and thriller films. In David Lynch’s psychological horror Blue Velvet, viewers are introduced to the character Jeffrey Beaumont who is a young man who helps a young attractive club singer investigate the case of her missing child. Dorothy Vallens appears…

megahits in the 1970s and 80s. Along with big hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music helped define the disco era. Temperton died of cancer last week in London, according to a statement from his publisher. He was 66. Temperton wrote such hits as "Thriller," "Rock with You," and "Boogie Nights." But even disco had songs that were layered with great harmonies and robust horn parts. Temperton's ability to craft a song with funk and soul earned him comparisons to Stevie Wonder. Temperton grew…

KEY News is a series of thrillers written by one of the best media thriller writers, Mary Jane Clark. The novels feature several characters that work in the KEY News news agency in New York City. The first novel in the series was the 1998 published Do You Want to Know a Secret? The series of novels are best classified as suspense thrillers. KEY News is one of the premier news stations in New York City that is inspired by Jane Clark’s time working with CBS before she became an author. The…

Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name. In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer…