Key Features of Horror Films.

Mise en scene:

-lighting and colours
-setting
-props
-costume
-hair/makeup
-positioning of characters

Characters:
-victim
-killer/monster/zombie
-hero
-family/friends
-police/detective
-villain

Editing:
-quick transitions
-jump cuts
-filters

Camera:
-pans
-focus pulls
-180 degrees
-1st person point of view
-close up
-tracking

Location:
-abandoned house
-forest
-hospital
-graveyard
-haunted house
-mental asylum
-campground

Plot:
-historical death
-found footage
-moving to a new house with a history
-serial killers/zombies

Sound:
-diegetic (ambient)
-tense music/ sound FX
-dripping
-creaking
-footsteps
-(children) laughing
-violins/ string instruments
-non diegetic (scare/ sound FX/ added sounds)