Thriller Questionnaire



1) Are you: Male Female

2) What is your favourite colour?
Red
Blue
Pink
Green
Yellow
3) Do you prefer death in the:
Beginning
Middle
End
4) What are you scared of?


5) When credits are big and central, do you feel they get in the way?

Yes No

Why?

6) Should the killer be revealed in the beginning?

Yes No

Why?

7) Do you prefer linear or non-linear? (chronological or mixed order)


8) Do you prefer sound effects, music or both?


9) What sounds scare you?


10) Do you prefer a male or female protagonist?


11) Does graphic violence put you off?


12) Do you prefer a 15 or an 18?




13) What is your favourite thriller?
Se7en
Angels and Demons
Die Hard
Silence of the lambs
American Psycho

14) What is your least favourite thriller?
Se7en
Angels and Demons
Die Hard
Silence of the lambs
American Psycho

15) Do you prefer a film that slowly builds up suspense like jaws or one that
has a lot of frequent jumps in it like Halloween?


16) Do you prefer seeing what the characters see through point of view shots?


17) Do you prefer to be sympathetic to the killer, or do you like the killer to be
sadistic?


18) Are swearwords appropriate?


19) Are weapons necessary?


20) Do you like flashbacks during the beginning of the thriller to allow you to
see what has happened previously?