Suspense movies

I think it depends on what the movie is based on. Is it a story of horrific encounters or is it a mystery with crafty turns and scarey parts. The main basis of the plot is what counts. Surprises around every bend. That's suspense. Blood and goar and ugly monsters, that's horror.

Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead-up to a big event or dramatic moment, with tension being a primary emotion felt as part of the situation. In the kind of suspense described by film director Alfred Hitchcock, an audience experiences suspense when they expect something bad to happen and have (or believe they have) a superior perspective on events in the drama's hierarchy of knowledge, yet they are powerless to intervene to prevent it from happening. In broader definitions of suspense, this emotion arises when someone is aware of his lack of knowledge about the development of a meaningful event; thus, suspense is a combination of anticipation and uncertainty dealing with the obscurity of the future. In terms of narrative expectations, it may be contrasted with mystery or curiosity and surprise. Suspense could however be some small event in a person's life, such as a child anticipating an answer to a request they've made, e.g., "May I get the kitty?". Therefore, suspense comes in many different sizes, big and small. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspense i looked it up.. and judging by this, i think a suspense film would fall into the category of a thriller or a horror. thriller and horror are genre's.. but i don't think a suspense film is entirely a genre.. more of an indication of the genre of the film if you get what i mean?

SUSpense: is when u cant figure out what is actually going on..and that feelings..scares u..but still u not sure which to believe..it can be in a horror film,or thriller/action, say like DECEPTION..is suspenseful ..acted by Hugh jackman,,and ewan mcgregor. even movie like THE OTHERS..or SIXTH SENSE is so suspenseful..right towards the end of the movie..u will be baffled.