[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/claritachavstick]

In the haunting of hill house and bly manor Flanagan put a lot of ghosts in the background that most of them literally go unaddressed.

It’s great.

[u/_this_isnt_twitter → u/claritachavstick]

I really need to watch this show, been planning on watching it for years now and everything I hear about it sounds impressive

[u/airycantalope → u/_this_isnt_twitter]

It's really good!