History of Thrillers

Many think of Alfred Hitchcock a his movies like Psycho (1960) and Frenzy (1972) however the thriller genre began much before these movies ever hit the screens let's take a brief look at the thrillers history. 

Homers odyssey

the odyssey of homer is a greek epic poem that tells us the return journey of odysseus to the island of Ithaca from the war of troy.

this poem uses many techniques that are used today in modern thrillers. So the first thriller was actually a greek poem. 

One of the earliest thriller movies was Harold Lloyd's comedy Safety Last! (1923) with a character doing a daredevil stunt on the side of a skyscraper 

Alfred Hitchcock definitely changed the thriller genre for ever with films like psycho (1960) and Frenzy (1972)

Psycho was a huge game changer and really gave the Thriller genre a whole new meaning.