It’s important for a distributors and producers to target a particular audience because everybody has different taste in films. For instance someone could enjoy watching romcom or sci-fi films, nevertheless when it comes to action films they might completely dislike it. This connotes that if a film is released and its genre is action the person who dislikes that genre will not go and watch it and see it, so this is why films target particular audiences to allow them to make the greatest profit.

When it comes Thriller films they are usually target at young adults who are 15-21 year due to the content of the film being violent and terrifying olds because they find the plots exciting and they enjoy the feeling of the suspense and mystery.

Thrillers film are appeal to both men and women. Usually men are attracted in thrillers because to the action and they like to see something that is exciting and gets their heart beating fast, and women are generally appealed to thriller films because they like to watch something that plays questions in their heads and makes them wondering what will happen next.