5. The Creepy, Isolated Place
You know the location - somewhere scary as hell in the woods, completely cut off from the rest of the civilised society where it's set. However the 'cabin in the woods' is more than it being a literal, physical cabin - this kind of trope exists outside of whether or not there is a) a cabin or b) woods. This cliche is about every abandoned spooky motel off the beaten track, the creepy old mansion at the end of the street or the abandoned school bus - it's about being cut off entirely from the things that normally would keep you safe, the confines of society that the lead characters are trying to escape are usually the same ones that would keep them safe. The 'abandoned place' trope largely exists in American and some British horror films, indicating that in Western culture, we often seek to escape the mundanity of our lives, the daily humdrum - but ironically, it's the very being of out of our comfort zones in somewhere alone and unexpected that is scary and terrifying.