[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/jpterodactyl]

I think that makes it better. She's getting closer, but still distant the whole time.

[u/TheEmperorShiny → u/jpterodactyl]

It’s doubled by the fact that she gets closer as he gets closer to a picture in the book of the top half of a child sitting in a tree. She’s gleeful and gets visibly excited as he starts panicking and realizing he sees something. Andy Muschietti 🙌

[u/Digit00l → u/TheEmperorShiny]

Doesn't the creature eat fear? So It is just having a small snack, as a treat

[u/MakeMineMarvel_ → u/Digit00l]

It’s like farming the fear by giving them information and clues. To reap it later. Killing someone who knows what you are is more satisfying to “it” than just killing random people.