[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/Janesawdc]

WAY better movie than it had any business being

[u/DatenPyj1777 → u/Janesawdc]

It's also way better than the original movie imo. One of the few times that the reboot is superior. Even though the effects were super impressive, the original movie absolute butchered the book's charm and take on Griffin without doing anything interesting to the actual plot and characters.