Jesus Removes All Suspense!

You might be surprised to learn that Jesus once kept a crowd in suspense! What was going on?

Do you like suspenseful movies? If so, which films would be at the top of your list as the most suspenseful ever made?

If you need help recalling some such flicks, Google "Most suspenseful movies," and you'll be presented with several lists. We checked four of them and found that these movies were mentioned at least once: Silence of the Lambs, Jaws, Rear Window, The Sixth Sense, Psycho, Inception, The Shining, The Prestige, Shutter Island, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Memento and Scream. And there are more.

Suspense is a tried-and-true element of storytelling, so it's often found in novels as well. Top New York literary agent Noah Lukeman says that, as long as a writer can maintain suspense in his or her stories, many readers will keep reading even if the plot is thin, and the character development is weak. This means suspense is an important tool for novelists.

Ian Irvine, Australian author of 29 novels, also says that a good story at the very least has a strong hero figure and an...