Stereotypical Filming techniques in horror movies

Reverse Zoom:

A reverse zoom gives the effect of the background or foreground melting or stretching away from the object. Its works well to convey tension.

This is used many times in the film “The Shining” which creates an unsettled anxious feeling when used with appropriate sound effects.

Close up zoom with background distortion:

A good effect would be to zoom into and focus on the characters face, and blur the background with the scary thing, so it gives the impression that something is creeping up to the character. This creates a high tension effect.

This is used hundreds of times in the film “The Others” as well as “Disturbia” This is highly unsettling as the character/characters doesn't know that their in immediate danger, however we do. 

Sound effects:

Sometimes what we hear can be scarier to what we see. It’s a good idea to just have a scary sound effect at one point, without visual scares, so that the reader is left to imagine what’s going on. This can be quite a scary effect.

“The Shining” and “Jaws” use sound effects for tension, and in my opinion its what make them scary. If we do a horror film, then i'll defiantly use this technique 

Unexpected shocks:

Shocking the viewer when they are least expecting it is a great, and highly effective way to scare them.

Stanley Kubrick in “the shining” uses still images, appearing for only a second. This is effective, however i'll be using "Slugs" which are black frames in-between empty spaces on the edit, this will be ideal for running credits

Uncomfortable setting:

Using an uncomfortable setting takes the viewer away from their safe zone, and creates tension. 

In all the “Saw” films, an uncomfortable setting is used to create tension. I'll be using a backroad in an industrial estate to do this.