During the 1920's to 1940's there where three major film makers in the thriller genre. The first Alfred Hitchcock, the second Fritz Lang and the third George Cukor.
Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock helped to shape the modern day thriller genre with his silent film The Lodger in 1926. This film was a suspenseful jack the ripper film. Hitchcock continued to perfect his recognisable brand of the suspense-thriller throughout the early thriller time releasing Blackmail 1929, 39 steps in 1935 and Foreign Correspondent in 1940 as well as many more.
Fritz Lang
Lang directed the film German film M, in 1931 which was based on a serial killer. The main character being a criminal deviant using the thriller genre to create suspense and shock throughout his film.
George Cukor
Cukor made a pscyological thriller Gas light in 1944 whic was about a scheming husband plotting to make his innocent young wife go insane in order for him to acquire her inheritance. The thriller genre helped to create suspence and shock at the plot of the film and throughout.
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