psychological thrillers are one of the genres that don't always stick to todorovs narrative theory, instead they tend to lack a clear structure like most action films, such as star wars the empire strikes back, but this isn't a bad thing, as some psychological thrillers, like ex machina, reinvent structure, ignoring the recognition stage, as is is unclear if there even is a hero in the film, and if they are rewarded. It has to be remembered that psychological thrillers are a niche genre. These push the boundaries for structure, and may even advance the progression of inventive film ideas. Not having a return and recognition stage may allow the film to have a sequel, earning the company more money from devoted fans. propps character types. these refer to the types of characters that most films have
once again, propps character types are often disregarded in psychological thrillers, this could be because in psychological thrillers outcomes aren't always controlled by humans, but by fate or some other force. This dispels the need for a villain. also, using ex machina as an example again, it is often unclear if a character is a hero or a villain, like Ava ends up leaving Caleb to die at the end, which is a villainous thing to do as the audience followed him through the whole film, however we do feel pity for Ava because she has human emotions, and wants freedom, essentially being Nathan's prisoner. This links with the idea that psychological thrillers are open to interpretation by the viewers, instead of spoonfeeding it to you, like with star wars where its obvious Darth vader is the villain, him having no redeemable qualities and being fairly unrealistic of a character bacause of this etc.
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