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And then when you grip them, thereвЂ™s something more to it as opposed to being just a one-dimensional feeling the whole movie. If nothing else, it just gives some contrast. I learned pretty quickly that you need a little bit of the comedy you need to give the audience at least some moments of release. When I made the shift to focusing more on thrillers, I struggled at first with incorporating comedy, because I wanted it to be completely relentless. Sparling: Very early on I used to write comedy, so thatвЂ™s kind of what my focus was. 'You need to give the audience at least some moments of release.' IвЂ™m always writing jokes when IвЂ™m writing the script, but I think the last layer is really working the scene to find every funny moment I can find. To give the audience release is kind of a gift to them. Jungermann: I think itвЂ™s about the build up and release and keeping the audience engaged. Humor вЂњIn the mystery and suspense genre, a tongue and cheek approach is indispensable.вЂќ -В Alfred Hitchcock The challenge is to humanize the villains the challenge is to make it seem like this could actually happen. You need to be the villain you need to be the victim. You need to put yourself in the perspective. But, oftentimes we get angry at them because we know that theyвЂ™re doing things narratively just to lead to a cool kill and not something that we would do ourselves or that our friends would do. If you want tension, thereвЂ™s no recipe, but if the people arenвЂ™t human or relatable in a very direct way then youвЂ™ve got nothing. Jeremy Saulnier: I think itвЂ™s about them being human. 'You need to put yourself in the perspective. 'Get me out of here, you bitch!вЂќ ItвЂ™s very human. And when Foster finally gets there, sheвЂ™s pissed that she doesnвЂ™t rescue her right away. SheвЂ™s not waiting around waiting to rescued by Jodie Foster.

Tally: Well, the girl thatвЂ™s been kidnapped and kept in the pit, Katherine Martin, is a great character because in 99 out of 100 films like that, the victims are just there to be killed. William Cusick:В In The Silence of the Lambs, there are many victims, but the one victim that Clarice manages to save is actually pretty ungrateful. Can you talk a little about the concept of making a powerful villain thatвЂ™s never seen at all? Hannibal Lecter like the Sherlock Holmes of evil.Д¬hris, in both your films, Buriedand ATM, we never actually see the villain. HeвЂ™s a great villain because heвЂ™s so unpredictable, because heвЂ™s so smart, and because heвЂ™s funny, because heвЂ™s witty. I was very, very, very lucky to inherit that character. The better the villain, the better the plot, because the villain is the one whoвЂ™s usually driving the plot. The better the villain, the better the hero.

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The whole movie revolves around him, because heвЂ™s the key to the plot. Ted Tally: HeвЂ™s only on screen for 15-20 minutes, but the effect is as if heвЂ™s on for an hour because so many scenes are about him and heвЂ™s not there. The economy of how often we see the villain himself. IвЂ™m interested in your approach to the 'less is more' of having the villain on screen. William Cusick: Hannibal Lecter has been voted the greatest villain of all time by AFI, but heвЂ™s only on screen for about 15 minutes. Villains вЂњThe more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.вЂќ вЂ“ Alfred HitchcockДЄnthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs' Most of moderator William Cusick's questions were preceded with a quote from FranГ§ois Truffaut's legendary interview with Alfred Hitchcock, which would later make up the basis for his book Hitchcock: The Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock. The panel was chock-full of generation-spanning masters of the genre, from Ted Tally ( The Silence of the Lambs)В to Jeremy Saulnier ( Blue Ruin and Green Room) to Ingrid Jungermann (whose film Women Who Kill marked the invention of 'lesbian horror') to Chris Sparling (the man responsible for putting Ryan Reynolds in a box for two hours in Buried). Those that imparted this wisdom are certainly names to be trusted. Plausibility takes a back seat to the pursuit of messing with audience expectations.ДЄs we learned from theВ Horror and Suspense Screenwriters Panel at the WGAE Lower East Side Film Festival last week, however, the most important part of a successful part of a horror/thriller may be the humanity of its characters.

More than anything, this blending of genre provides filmmakers with the opportunity for playful experimentation. The best films from the horror and thriller canon manage to weave together the rules and intricacies of both genres into one suspenseful, terrifying experience.