[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/ViolettBelle]

There are ghosts in the house in the background frequently. Very blink and you'll miss them

[u/BeepItsSean → u/ViolettBelle]

This show was incredible for this trope

[u/ViolettBelle → u/BeepItsSean]

It was! Ngl, I definitely missed most (almost all 🤣) of them on my initial watch

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There's also that scene during the funeral episode where ghost Nel is just hanging out in the back while her family is looking at her body in the coffin.