Genre research

In Fridays lesson we were discussing what genre we would, as a class, like to make our 2 minute film opening. Most of the class were thinking of a horror/thriller as we thought this would be a fun, more straight forward genre which you can do a lot with. Other people were thinking of doing a comedy which I think would be the hardest genre to do as we would have to put a lot more thought and careful planning into it and it may end up not being funny at all.
I would like to do a thriller movie opening as I think we can create a lot of suspense and it would be a fun, interesting genre to explore. When i researched this genre this is what i found from the website http://www.filmsite.org/thrillerfilms.html:

"Thriller and Suspense Films are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features.
If the genre is to be defined strictly, a genuine thriller is a film that rentlessly pursues a single-minded goal - to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the main character(s) is placed in a menacing situation or mystery, or an escape or dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible. Life itself is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspecting or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy."

Examples of some thriller films are:
Pulp Fiction, The Shining, Phone Booth, Psycho and Memento.