Supernatural Horror - Film Genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCi3t3vMwrY&pp=ygUYcG9sdGVyZ2Vpc3QgdHJhaWxlciAxOTgy - Poltergeist (1982) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyW5YXDcIGs&pp=ygUUdGhlIGV4b3JjaXN0IHRyYWlsZXI%3D - The Exorcist (1973) Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb-jRz7HWqs&pp=ygUXdGhlIGNvbmp1cmluZyB0cmFpbGVyIDE%3D - The Conjuring (2013) Trailer

Supernatural horror films often include the use of tense, or disturbing music/soundtrack, such as implementing violin strings for some - Insidious (2010). They also have quick shots and camera cuts, along with shadows, often used to hide the antagonist - usually there to seek revenge on the protagonist. The protagonist sometimes has close up camera shots of their face to convey the emotion they are feeling at a current time - likely fear. They will most likely be a female, possibly troubled by something that occurred in their past which would make other characters unsure of the alleged supernatural occurrences until it's too late.

Religious imagery/figures are used often, portraying the literal battle of good and evil: crosses, holy water, priests and churches. The entity is, almost all the time, too powerful for the priests who either leave or are killed in a gruesome manner.

After the 80's, supernatural films often adopted the "haunted house" stereotype of a typical innocent family or newly-wed-couple moving into a house that is either haunted, built on top of an ancient burial ground or was the scene of a tragic event, or they have lived there for a long time and only recently discover the history. This has conveyed a really stereotypical approach to supernatural horror films which has been used in a variety of different films based in this genre E.g. Sinister (2012), The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016).

The lighting is often dark and bleak, mainly with back lighting and/or low-key lighting to convey shadows in the form of silhouettes. Along with violin strings mentioned earlier, orchestral music is also used to properly convey the other-worldly power of the antagonist in the narrative of the scene. Lastly, screams and cries, when unexpected, are predominantly used to get a fearful reaction from the audience.