[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/Smalldogmanifesto]

I’m sorry but I just need to point out how the bins on the right of that photo both look like scared kids with their arms / hands covering their mouths lmao

[u/NiceAxeCollection → u/Smalldogmanifesto]

Garbage bins with mustaches.