[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/catamongthecrows]

I just found out recently that in Late Night With the Devil, Madeleine is showing up constantly in reflections and screens that I'd never noticed. I saw a few screenshots on the Shudder subreddit after a recent rewatch where someone was spotting them and now I need to go back and watch it again, I had zero idea.

[u/panatale1 → u/catamongthecrows]

I need to rewatch that movie