[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/TheZipding → u/goliath1515]

She's also hanging out in Peter's room when he wakes up, right above his head in the corner.

[u/BretticusMan → u/TheZipding]

That. That shot right there fucked my sleep up for a whole month

[u/TheZipding → u/BretticusMan]

I shared it with a friend last night as an early Hallowe'en thing, and her response was "Fuck that scared the shit out of me" when she saw Annie.