Camera Shots of Horror films

In some horror films where it has an attacker and a victim the typical camera shots that are used for this specific area would be a high angle camera shot showing the victim being attacked. This would represent the victim being the vulnerable person in the situation. The camera shot/ angle that would be used on the attacker would be a low angle shot telling the audience that he/ she is in more power/ has all the power in the situation.

Some horror/ thriller films tend to use point of view (POV) shots, found footage or hand held shots to make the audience connect with the characters more. Certain films that use this are Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield (shown below and on the right).
 

Extreme close-ups are used within horror films to emphasis something, to either show someones face, a specific prop, a dead body etc. Close ups are used to usually show the emotion/s that is on the subjects face i.e. someone crying
Tracking shots are mainly used during a chase scene in horror films where the main protagonist/s is/are chased by the attacker.