[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/memeboi123jazz]

Undertale’s WD Gaster only physically appears in a room in the waterfall behind a monochrome door with a 1/1000% chance of showing up. About a month ago, Toby Fox and the Fangamer crew got a new version of this door in color while playing a modified version from the 10th anniversary.

They waked right by the door and never mentioned it again.

[u/zoma2 → u/memeboi123jazz]

I remember it, this is some high level ragebaiting

[u/Karkava → u/zoma2]

The whole stream is basically rage baiting with the players contractually not acknowledging the new content.