Some common elements of horror:
- Set in the past (a 'romantic era')
- Old locations, such as a castle, with a history behind it
- candle light, or dimly lit locations
- Lightning/bad weather
- Skulls/dead bodies
- Sudden, loud noises
- Mysterious or disembodied sounds (like music)
- Cemeteries
- Digging up graves
- Foreign countries/ new locations unfamiliar to protagonist
- Laboratories
- An inherited scenario or reputation
- Notoriety
- Mountains, secluded areas
- Secret passages
- Secret locations (labs, rooms)
- Playing God, scientific mishaps
- Trios of characters (protagonist, girlfriend/boyfriend, comic relief)
- Black and white footage (or high contrast)
- Phantoms
- Full-moon nights
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