30+ Horror Tropes for Your Next Spooky Story

Tropes are like seasonings. You add them to your story to give them flavor. Certain genres have a particular flavor—a set of tropes that are predominant (if not exclusive) to that type of story. For romance, you have the meet-cute, just one bed, or the third-act breakup. For fantasy you have the Chosen One, magic forests, and training montages. And for horror… well you have this blog post.