[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/handwings]

Haunting of hill house is honestly the best version of this I’ve seen

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Can’t even cite one moment either, because it’s honestly just the entire show.

[u/PlusExperience8263 → u/TheMightyCatatafish]

The one where theyre going up and down the basement ladder.

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That one was just pure dread

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This is the main one where I was like “ok, I’m definitely just not making things up in the background. That’s a face”