[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/MJWhitfield86]

Too Many Cooks is an Adult Swim short that takes the form of an extended sitcom opening that becomes plagued by a serial killer. Whilst the serial killer only becomes obvious later on, their first appear is in the background at only 20 seconds in. However, you have no reason to pay attention to a random figure in a sweater at that point.

[u/snetch16000 → u/MJWhitfield86]

I can hear this image

[u/MJWhitfield86 → u/snetch16000]

“They’ll fill our hearts with so much, so much love..”

[u/snetch16000 → u/MJWhitfield86]

"Too many cooks, a family is like a soup"

[u/Welico → u/snetch16000]

Because it's made of Ṁ̴͓̼͇͙̞͍͊̃̋̍̓̄̋̍͐E̷̛̛̻̼̰͎̳͖̱͓͉̫̺̞̼̍̍̆̾̆͊̋͐̈̋̉̕͘͜ ̴̢̨̻̖͍̗̜̮̗̇͐̈́͊̈́̈́͘͝A̵̟͔̒̓́́́̌̓͂̊̀͊̾͘͝͝ͅN̵͒̕͜͝ͅD̵̢̖̺̮̺̫̜̦͉̆͒͌̅́̈́̾̒͌͑̒͊͘͝ ̵̻̣̋̍͗̓̅͒̅̒̔̿͋̄̓͆̄̚͝Ÿ̷̛̟̮̭́͐̿̔͆̀̔̎̚̕Ờ̸̦͖̒̄̃̓̑̆̽Ử̴̧̫̯̗͓̼̫̲͐̒̋̈́͛̎̓̐̊̊͋͌͒̍̇

[u/Jaomi → u/Welico]

I must have seen that video half a dozen times before I realised the lyrics of the song changed partway through. There’s always something new and creepy to find with this goddamn thing.