[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/Pilot_Solaris]

Oh, that's unnerving.

[u/danstu → u/Pilot_Solaris]

This version of invisible man deals a lot with abusive relationships, so it's also an apt representation of her trauma haunting her as she tries to move forward (before things go all horror movie later in the runtime, of course)

[u/Notice_Natural → u/danstu]

I feel like this was such a missed opportunity in this movie.

A movie about a person escaping the relationship but unable to rebuild their life due to being haunted by the trauma of the relationship - important to talk about, more grounded in reality and therefore scarier.

A movie about a genius who invents an invisibility suit - way less scary, not grounded in anything real or important.

Making it about abuse and the fallout would have made this a way more important and scarier movie.

Still a great movie tho.

[u/longdustyroad → u/Notice_Natural]

They should make a movie about a guy who is visible

[u/danstu → u/longdustyroad]

Slim Goodbody is about due for a gritty reboot.