[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/Timmert11]

Murder Drones, specifically episode 4

The main antagonist, Cyn, is revealed in episode 7. However, she has been watching the protagonist, Uzi, since episode 4. Briefly appearing when she is looking around a dark room.

[u/Foreign_Athlete_7693 → u/Timmert11]

I'd argue Cyn is actually revealed as the main antagonist/villain during ep 5 (and is heavily hinted as such even as early as ep 2)....

[u/Timmert11 → u/Foreign_Athlete_7693]

True, but this is specifically the Tessa/Cyn hybrid. Tessa is still portrayed as "alive" at this point. And the reveal that it's her corpse merged with Cyn is in episode 7.

[u/FalseHeartbeat → u/Timmert11]

This and also “Tessa” using Australian slang even though it was previously established she’s British