Firstly its the idea of having a female protagonist and antagonist.
The Protagonist is a female. This links to gender stereotypes because the victim is a girl and this represents the weakness that is generally linked to females. However, it is a frequent aspect of horror films to have the character of the 'final girl', which could suggest a subversion of this stereotype that labels girls. For example Sally in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Moreover, another aspect that subverts the stereotype is also having the antagonist as a girl. This means that the illusion that males are the more dominant, threatening sex don't apply here. This is a frequent aspect of lots of horror films in present day of having the antagonist as a female, for example The Woman in Black.
Finally, the idea of key male roles in the trailer are prominent although there is only one scene involving a male. This is when our victim runs to her boyfriend and hugs him whilst crying and asking 'What's wrong with me?!'.
Here it shows that Rosie needs the comfort of George to help her escape from what is haunting her. This could show gender stereotypes, however it could also just show she needs comforting from someone she trusts - and that someone just happened to be male.
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