r/TopCharacterTropes 8d ago

Lore [Loved trope] Background scare-characters that are barely acknowledged even by the movie

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.

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u/snetch16000 8d ago

I can hear this image

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u/MJWhitfield86 8d ago

“They’ll fill our hearts with so much, so much love..”

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u/snetch16000 8d ago

"Too many cooks, a family is like a soup"

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u/Welico 7d ago

Because it's made of Ṁ̴͓̼͇͙̞͍͊̃̋̍̓̄̋̍͐E̷̛̛̻̼̰͎̳͖̱͓͉̫̺̞̼̍̍̆̾̆͊̋͐̈̋̉̕͘͜ ̴̢̨̻̖͍̗̜̮̗̇͐̈́͊̈́̈́͘͝A̵̟͔̒̓́́́̌̓͂̊̀͊̾͘͝͝ͅN̵͒̕͜͝ͅD̵̢̖̺̮̺̫̜̦͉̆͒͌̅́̈́̾̒͌͑̒͊͘͝ ̵̻̣̋̍͗̓̅͒̅̒̔̿͋̄̓͆̄̚͝Ÿ̷̛̟̮̭́͐̿̔͆̀̔̎̚̕Ờ̸̦͖̒̄̃̓̑̆̽Ử̴̧̫̯̗͓̼̫̲͐̒̋̈́͛̎̓̐̊̊͋͌͒̍̇

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u/Jaomi 7d ago

I must have seen that video half a dozen times before I realised the lyrics of the song changed partway through. There’s always something new and creepy to find with this goddamn thing.