Horror movie settings differ depending on different stories and sub-genres. Slashers for example are usually have a long expanse for the victim to run through, whereas a a psychological horror is typically set in a public building familiar to the audience, such as a hospital or school. The setting is chosen specific to the requirements of the story or fear the directors need to create, but generally stick to a very creepy or vaguely mysterious location to have a predisposed sense of fear for their movie. For example, the house in "The Woman in Black" is enclosed so their is nowhere to hide when the woman in black appears and as their is no electricity within it's historical context, the rooms are almost always very dark and gloomy.