Within the horror genre, theres a select few locations which will almost always occur within almost every film.
The first of which locations, is a creepy woodland path. This type of location is almost always used when the victim (typically female) will be chased by the killer which will result in her falling over because she tripped on a branch and then getting caught. creepy woodland is also great for keeping the audience on edge. By this, I mean that the victim character could have finally managed to find a hiding place and give the audience a sense of hope that the character has managed to evade their killer. However, that sense of grace is soon disrupted by the jump scare of the killer catching the victim and killing them suddenly which is usually seen within the opening sequence and the rest of the film based on finding who the killer is with the killer making an eventual return.
The next location which is more typically seen within a supernatural horror is a large house in a secluded area, usually surrounded by the type of woodland i just mentioned as it gives the whole location a sense of no escape. The following house is from the supernatural horror "the conjuring" which is as stereotypical as possible to a supernatural horror to the extent that it even has a creepy tree at the bottom of the garden which is perfect for a person to be hanged from which it is in the film.
A final location which is less common within a horror film but than the above two locations, but is still used and worth a mention as we are going to use similar locations in our own sequence is abandoned locations. These vary from abandoned mansions, to abandoned warehouses to even castle ruins which we are going to use. The abandoned locations, in my opinion are very effective to use in a horror film as they already carry a sense of unease with them because they give the impression that there is a reason for the location to have been abandoned in the first place.
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