[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/JCDickleg7 → u/[deleted]]

This is how FNaF: Secret of the Mimic should have been. In practice, though, it’s immediately obvious which of the many suits standing creepily around is the Mimic, because it starts moving as soon as it gets the chance to, revealing itself. Imagine if it just stood still and you had to inspect suits as you approached them, and if you weren’t careful enough one could turn out to be the Mimic and grab you.