It seems like every scary movie that comes out has the same kind of base template. Sure, the story line and kind of characters change, but at the core, they are all mostly the same. Whether it is a zombie movie, an exorcism movie, one about a murderer, or one about aliens; they are all the same. They all present a situation at the beginning of the movie that seems realistic so that you sympathize with the characters and you imagine yourself in their shoes, adding to the scare factor later in the movie. Then they start to show the little things that make up the building actions of the story. These add to the suspense and psychological effects because they are just little bits of weird things that creep you out, but not really scare you. They also set up for the next part of the story. Then they start the climax of the movie, which is where they start all of the really creepy scenes or all the suspenseful scenes one after another. This usually begins with an unexpected action which scares people.
Along with suspense, scary movies like to use music to help make the scenes even scarier. Sometimes the music heralds the scary scene that is coming soon, or it is kept calm before a surprising scene to help keep its element of surprise. Another thing that scary movie directors tent to favor is using themes in their movies that strike at the deepest fears of their viewers. The fears like what is lurking in the darkness while they are sleeping or maybe what would happen if some crazy escape convict found their house and he kidnapped their whole family or something along those lines. When people start to visualize themselves in these situations, they are easily scared because they are basically living out what would happen if they were ever in one of those awful situations, which I guess is why they like it.
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