Alfred Hitchcok.

Alfred Hitchock was the ,master of suspense whiose films cae to be the benchmark for 'psychological thrillers'. He says that the only way to get rid of his fears was to make films about them. The suspense thriller - Hitchock model. 'Under the strong influence of ALfred Hitchcok, thrillers often begin with a crime and the accusation of an innocent bystander. Were the accused to contact the authortities, no doubt the case could be promptly soolved, but instead the poor bystandewr runs from the law thus further jeopadizing life an d limb'.Rick Altman - Film/genre. An example of this is 'The 39 steps' 1935, 'North by Northwest' 1959.