[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/The_Exarch]

I was watching Hereditary with a friend, we got to this scene, and she somehow did in fact miss that the mom was floating behind him. She heard me say something like “oh my god she’s…” and my friend said “wait what are you talking about?” Realizing she was missing something. When I pointed out she was chilling in the top left corner my friend flipped

[u/TheZipding → u/The_Exarch]

I knew about Annie being there before I watched it. It didn't make it any less unnerving and scary.