"Characters are no longer reliant on physical strength to overcome their brutish enemies (which is often the case in typical action-thrillers), but rather are reliant on their mental resources, whether it be by battling wits with a formidable opponent or by battling for equilibrium in the character's own mind. The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the other's mental state".The webpage also lists some key themes typical of the genre:
- Reality – The quality of being real. Characters often try to determine what is true and what is not within the narrative.
- Perception – A person's own interpretation of the world around him through his senses. Often characters misperceive the world around them, or their perceptions are altered by outside factors within the narrative.
- Mind – The human consciousness; the location for personality, thought, reason, memory, intelligence and emotion. The mind is often used as a location for narrative conflict, where characters battle their own minds to reach a new level of understanding or perception.
- Existence/Purpose – The object for which something exists; an aim or a goal humans strive towards to understand their reason for existence. Characters often try to discover what their purpose is in their lives and the narrative's conflict often is a way for the characters to discover this purpose.
- Identity – The definition of one's self. Characters often are confused about or doubt who they are and try to discover their true identity.
- Death – The cessation of life. Characters either fear or have a fascination with death.
[Please note that this research is no longer relevant to our final idea, only our original idea, as we changed our concept: see our change of idea post]
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