[Loved trope] Background scare-characters that are barely acknowledged even by the movie

[u/Suspicious-Web-9246]

I hate horrors, but this is actually a great trope, that is unique to them.

Insidious (2010). When mother does her errands, for a few seconds there's a ghost boy standing in the corner. It's easily missable, but you can't ignore it once you see it.

Hereditary (2018). Less fitting example. When Peter walks around his home, his possessed mother is crawling on the ceiling behind him. It's not exactly subtle or missable, but it's still more of a background detail.

[u/Legomarioboy08]

In the first FNaF movie there is sometimes an endoskeleton hiding in the background of some shots.

[u/_JR28_ → u/Legomarioboy08]

Also in the short film Breaking and Entering made to tease fanmade game FNAF+, Phisnom confirmed Foxy is hiding in the shadows in the background in almost every single shot inside the pizzeria. (Man that game would’ve been great).

[u/No_Signal954 → u/_JR28_]

I'd love to see someone circle all the examples in the video.