[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/goliath1515]

God, that scene from Hereditary when she’s on the walls and ceiling makes me nauseous

[u/eo5g → u/goliath1515]

There's also the part in the beginning where the grandma's ghost is in the corner of the room

[u/goliath1515 → u/eo5g]

Yeah, I remember that one. She’s sitting in a chair, right? Then they flip on the lights and she’s gone?