Houses, hotels, asylums, and mansions are commonly used locations for horror films. Houses provide familiar settings where strange events can occur, while larger spaces like hotels and asylums increase tension as killers could be anywhere. Wooded areas and lakes are also typical horror locations due to their isolation and natural sounds that add unintended tension. Abandoned places effectively create an unsettling atmosphere and keep audiences on edge, like the abandoned hospital used in the film Boo.

1. Locations and Properties
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By Nicole McClelland

2. Houses
Houses are one of the key locations for filming a
horror film. Especially for paranormal activity like
films whereby the same location is effective, but
different things are happening which keeps the
audiences attention. Other older styled houses
with historical backgrounds also have a great
influence in horror films. Making the scarier.

3. Hotels, Asylums, Mansions
Big areas increase the riskiness of the film in
relation to the killer as its more on edge that
they might get caught more easily. In my
opinion the more big a space/ location to
more tension is created due to that fact of
the killer could be anywhere.

4. Wooded Areas, Lakes etc…
One of the key stereotypical locations for a horror. Wooded
areas are great due to their natural enclosure and camouflage,
big areas and natural scary sound effects which is great for
unintended tension on the audience. Many films have benefited
from using this as a location and been extremely successful, for
example Eden Lake, The Last House On The Left, Friday The 13 th
etc…

5. Abandoned Places, under run places
Abandoned places are naturally scary
and have an bad sense about them.
This is great for filming paranormal
happenings and your usual psycho
killer films. A very successful film in
using a location like this would be Boo
which used the location of an
abandoned hospital block, a very good
film in my opinion it constantly kept
you on edge and the location was
great in increasing the creepiness.

6. Stereotypical Horror Props
Usual convention of a weapon in a horror
movie, inflicts more pain and blood, is
more terrifying
Not usually used but would be
great as a challenging
convention
Mostly used by victims
oppose to killers as a
failed attempt to kill the
supposed killer. Usually
used and unsuccessful
hitting the wrong,
innocent person.
Used for older type films
including scream. Usually
used in paranormal films as
a flash back for example
seen in the Conjuring and
The Skeleton Key.
Used as a quick, unplanned
weapon either by the killer of
victims. Simple but effective
and also leaves the audience
to wonder sometimes if the
people are really dead.

7. Stereotypical Horror Props
Usual convention of a weapon in a horror
movie, inflicts more pain and blood, is
more terrifying
Not usually used but would be
great as a challenging
convention
Mostly used by victims
oppose to killers as a
failed attempt to kill the
supposed killer. Usually
used and unsuccessful
hitting the wrong,
innocent person.
Used for older type films
including scream. Usually
used in paranormal films as
a flash back for example
seen in the Conjuring and
The Skeleton Key.
Used as a quick, unplanned
weapon either by the killer of
victims. Simple but effective
and also leaves the audience
to wonder sometimes if the
people are really dead.