the secret behind horror

When it comes to horror it's not the makeup or the setting or the characters, though they are obviously part of it, no the secret of horror is the sound. sound plays a key role in horror movies it can turn a rather subtle scene of a man walking down a street into into a tense fearful situation. Of course the best way to use sound in horror is to use music. Melodies that seem out of place work the best. An example of this would be a scene of a horrific murder being accompanied with a upbeat jazz orchestra, this makes the scene even creepier then it all ready is by taking something like gore and handling it very subtly. A real world example of this could be taken from video game trailers like Fallout 3 which took a catchy 40's tune and combined it with a ravaged washington DC.