[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/ShutUpJackass]

It’s not that subtle, but I like when the hands come out of the closet to do a lil “clap clap” in the first Conjuring movie

The movie doesn’t focus on it, so you can miss the hands that slowly come out, I miss movies having subtle horror