There are many key elements that you see in horror movies that all coincide with one another to make the stereotype genre of horror.
1.The setting is always in a dark scary looking place, usually a mountaintop. Surrounded by lighting and the feel of danger. In a place where a normal person is least expected to go. But due to unavoidable situation the "hero" is given no choice but to go.
2.The inside the cattle or setting, it is always infested dirt and cobwebs with creatures of the night like rats, mice, spiders, bats, and any other creature that has been a common fear upon man.
3. The hero or heroine some odd reason is always noisy. They are always indulging further into an area or situation that clearly screams death and danger. In essence there curiosity always overcomes fear.
4. The victim is usually a female or damsel is distress.
5.Horror always has the element of mystery behind horror. The suspense that always keeps us coming back for more. No matter how scary and disturbing it may be.
