Does Uses and Gratifications provide enough analysis in Thriller?

'Prisoners' - 2013 

The film prisoners is based on the kidnapping of two young girls. It doesn't really give you any real information e.g. historic or social events. However, it does provide us as an audience with information and footage of what happens during police investigations and how these crimes are investigated. 

 It allows the audience to identify the characters and relate to the feelings of the trauma which has happened. For example, the audience become aware of the feelings of anger and extreme torturous reaction which the father of one of the daughters takes on the suspect. It enables the audience to engage with the father as we are able to feel his pain and upset. In contrast, the audience are also able to engage with the feelings of the mother. These are feelings of not so much anger, just pain and guilt. This makes the audience feel from her point of view, we release the anger and just imagine the pain in the heart of a mother who had just lost her daughter. 

Prisoners is not a film which I would suggest watching for 'relaxation'. However, it would certainly be watched for entertainment purposes. This film is so twisted and thrilling that it keeps you on the edge of your seat, so it is extremely entertaining to watch. Your eyes would be peeled the screen throughout the film and then at the end it leaves you mesmerised and shocked at the different plot twists included in the film.

I think this film does provide social interaction for the audience, because it is so anticipating and the outcome is so unexpected. This means that once the film has finished, it will provide  the audience who watched it to interact with each other at how thrilling the film was. It will also create conversation between them as people will be stating how they sussed the storyline out before one another. 

Due to the fact Thriller films are so dramatic and realistic, it provides a sense of escapism and emotional release for the audience. This is because it allows the audience to relate themselves to one of the characters, either for the fact that they are heroic and they influence the audience or the character may be going through similar circumstances to the audience or may just have similar personalities and thoughts so it allows the audience to escape from their own life and experience someone else thoughts and feelings.