Stereotypes in horror and thriller movies

In horror movies there are classic stereotypes that have never been changed in society and for the most of it horror films would never be the same without them. These stereotypes include middle aged, Caucasian men this is shown in nearly every classic horror movie. This description is most typical in Dracula movies in which he is played by a Caucasian middle aged man. The reason to why this movie is the way it is, is because the story originated from Transylvania, Eastern Europe. These stories hit Hollywood by storm when European immigrants came across from the Atlantic. Dracula is probably one of the most stereotypical horror movies of all time because the victim is normally young, innocent and an attractive Caucasian girl (to attract a wider range of male audiences)  which Dracula prays on this is because women are represented as vulnerable and cannot go a night without being attacked. The female character is stereotyped as a blonde haired women of which in the movie she often seen as stupid; and her actions normally put the audience on edge, for example, when she walks down a dark corridor or opens a  suspicious looking door (nowadays blondes are often stereotyped as being dumb). Although she maybe stupid throughout the film she is never the one to die first which often frustrates the general audience but when that moment comes in the movie it is more graphic and for the audience to wonder that she wasn't that bad/ didn't deserve such a gruesome end.

As you can see Dracula matches the description, Caucasian, middle aged male.