Target Audience - Age Ratings.

I have been looking at the age ratings for the most popular thriller films, here are a few examples:

Inception - 12A                                                                 
The Dark Knight - 12A                                                      
Psycho - 15                                                                      
Goodfellas - 18                                                                  
Fight Club - 18                                                                  
Silence of the Lambs - 18
Se7en - 18

The ratings of thrillers are usually quite high because the themes of the genre (crime, death, mental illnesses etc.) make them unsuitable for younger audiences. So by looking at the ratings I have come to the conclusion that my target audience will be adults and older teenagers.

Silence of the lambs is rated as an 

18 because of language, sexual 

content and violent scenes of gore.

According to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of    America) Fight Club is rated 18 "for disturbing and   graphic depiction of violent anti-social behaviour, sexuality and language."