these are some ideas for the plots
A setting in a castle, ancestral family home, vault or crypt.
A vendetta or vengeance perpetrated against the protagonist and/or his/her family by the antagonist.
Supernatural beings - monsters, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, and such.
A damsel in distress.
Unexplainable events.
An unrequited love, or illicit love affair or romance.
An ancient prophecy foretelling the doom of the protagonist and/or his/her family.
An exotic locale, often in a country other than that of the story's origin.
An atmosphere of suspense and/or terror.
A woman (or women) threatened by tyrannical male/patriarchal