Target Audience of Psychological Thrillers

Usually the target audience of most psychological thrillers is 18+, this is because they contain many disturbing characters with psychological illnesses. However a majority of psychological thrillers attract primarily females, aged 18-35. Research shows that women are more attracted to psychological thrillers, because they enjoy the mystery and story behind events that take place in thriller films. It has been shown that females prefer the intellectual side of the mental illnesses and strange psychologically challenging behaviour that features in psychological thrillers. We have researched a lot about all different types of thrillers and have decided we are going to do a psychological thriller, as we have a detailed idea and understanding of our target audience, and how to please our target audience with the appropriate film content.