Religious traditions.

Evil and demonic forces.

Or Evil embodied in a character.

The Devil Inside is a prime example, as it

Features all of these conventions.

Most of these features in a supernatural horror, dueto them being constant fears within the audience’sminds.

Ghosts

Spirits

Evil/Demonic forces

A prop that is the cause of possession

Or other similar demonic/unusual ideas

For example: The Possession, The Conjuring and Insidious all include one of those features.

Tense scenes/ action scenes are accompanied by fast upbeat music.

Piano music or soft low key music is sometime used to set the scene, and confirming the equilibrium for the audience.

This is portrayed at the opening and ending of ‘The Possession’ trailer. Building suspense in both areas.

Suburban house

Isolated house/area

Other locations within supernatural films include:

Hospitals (the possession, the devil inside) or an unknown land (insidious).

Within some supernatural horrors, the use of a handheld camera is portrayed within the Paranormal Activity franchise, as well as in the some segments of The Conjuring.

This giving the narrative a more realistic feel, by further terrifying the audience due to them realising that the characters within the movie are just normal people making them question their own personal security.