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Thriller + military + spying = POLAR STATION ZEBRA. An American nuclear submarine goes to help a polar research station in the 1960s, gets caught in a spying/treason ring.
Thriller + spying + drama = THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. An American soldier captured during the Korean War is brainwashed and turned into a programmed killer.
Thriller + spying + drama = THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. An American soldier captured during the Korean War is brainwashed and turned into a programmed killer.
Books mentioned in this topic
Metzger's Dog (other topics)The Singing Detective (other topics)
The Armageddon Rag (other topics)
Combine the thriller genre +1 one other established genre, and in your reply, propose an example of same.
For instance:
thriller + noir = Metzger's Dog
thriller + musical = The Singing Detective
thriller + social commentary = The Armageddon Rag
Some combinations are multiples. All three of the above are also mysteries. Two of them are also comedies.
I know a thriller + western (but I won't cite it because its a killer trivia stumper)
You can also cite movies:
thriller + black comedy: "99 and 44/100% Dead"
Have at it.