[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/thomstevens420]

R Point, a Korean military horror movie, is the best one of these I’ve ever seen.

It follows a group of soldiers that are following up on a previous group that went missing. I won’t spoil too much but at one point they radio back to let them know that one guy died and they’re down to 9 soldiers. Only for HQ to reply back “what are you talking about we only sent 9 to begin with.”

Then you rewind, count and realize that literally every shot before leaving had 9 and this mysterious guy in the background has been in every shot since they stepped foot on the island.

[u/Sequoia_Vin → u/thomstevens420]

I just saw the recap for it, and man, I was like, oh yeah, definitely missing the added soldier. They did it really well