The Suspense Thriller: Films in the Shadow of Alfred Hitchcock

Film critiques have agreed that there is a suspense thriller film genre, but have not been able to agree on its specific criteria and features. Derry (writing and film criticism, Wright State U., Dayton, Ohio) develops a generic classification and vocabulary as a framework within which to analyze these films. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)