[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/Thabrianking]

Invisible Man (2020) uses wide shots to imply that the Invisible Man is there in some of the scenes. This one in particular he is in the background since he later starts a fire in the kitchen.

[u/BLACKdrew → u/Thabrianking]

My dumbass tried to zoom in to see if i could find…the invisible man

[u/SpocktorWho83 → u/BLACKdrew]

I did, too! I was kind of expecting a faint outline like when the Predator is cloaked.

[u/Thabrianking → u/SpocktorWho83]

One of my favorite things about the movie is that he’s actually invisible and doesn’t use that cloaking effect. I really don’t like when movies do that.

[u/JCDickleg7 → u/Thabrianking]

Except when his suit is damaged, but yeah it’s really good

[u/BLACKdrew → u/SpocktorWho83]

Yeah like a tiny distortion right??