Summary

Although the point of everymovie sceneis to center on the character in the foreground , many filmmakers have used the background to either add details that foreshadow a character ’s fate , creepy-crawly characters that are authoritative to the story , or humorous minute that make the vista even more entertaining . It ’s not rare for a background role to steal the spotlight in one shot thanks to the actor ’s carrying into action , physical appearance , or how they interact with their surroundings and other characters , adding an extra touch to the shot and , in many cases , make it the most memorable part of the film .

In many other cases , the poppycock happening in the background is added for extra laughs and sometimes connects to other share of the account , while others are just there for more entertainment . Other motion picture have added stuff to the background of a scene to further add to the unsettling vibe of the movie , as happens in various revulsion movies . These details can go from creepy character to ghostly appearances or subtle but disturb moments of adumbration , and most of these are catch during rewatches . Whatever the cause and the purpose of these cool consequence in the screen background of movie conniption , they are proof that the interview should always yield attention to everything .

10The Drunk Nun In Dogma

The Nun took her new life very seriously.

Kevin Smith’sDogmafollows Loki ( Matt Damon ) and Bartleby ( Ben Affleck ) , two fallen angels who come up with a design base on a loophole in Catholic dogma so they can return to Heaven – but if they succeed , they will undo all creation . In one tantrum , Loki has a conversation with a nun in the airport and win over her to desolate her faith . Shortly after , as Loki and Bartleby are spill the beans , the nun buoy can be seen in the background , stumbling out of a stripe , completely inebriated , with a drink in her bridge player . The nun either decided to live her lifespan to the fullest or she set up a way to manage with her new experiential crisis .

9A Sneaky Photo In Avengers: Age of Ultron

Everyone wants a photo with Tony Stark.

InAvengers : Age of Ultron , the rise of the hokey intelligence activity / defence mechanism program Ultron triggers a series of conflict for the Avengers . Ultron set about to get the United States atomic codes , so Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr. ) travels to the NEXUS net Hub in Oslo to give up it . As Tony explains what he ’s about to do , two young employee seize the moment to take a photo with Stark while his back is turnedand he ’s busy . Although this does n’t add to or take from the picture show ’s story , it ’s a fun increase to show how pop Tony Stark was .

8Hearts & Xs In Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Ramona & Scott’s conversation hints at what comes later.

Edgar Wright’sScott Pilgrim vs The Worldfollows Scott Pilgrim ( Michael Cera ) , a 22 - year - old shirker musician who falls in love with the mysterious Ramona Flowers ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead ) – however , to be with her , Scott has to fight and get the better of Ramona ’s seven evil exes . Ramona explain all this to Scott on the bus and the bokeh behind her aim the shape of small , colorful Xs , symbolizing the evil exes . However , when Scott asks if all this means they are now dating and Ramona confirms it , the bokeh takes the form of hearts , marking the origin of Scott and Ramona ’s relationship .

7The Roadside Interrogation In Men In Black

Agent K didn’t care that Agent J was struggling.

mankind In Blackfollows Kevin Brown a.k.a . Agent K ( Tommy Lee Jones ) and James Darrell Edwards III a.k.a . Agent J ( Will Smith ) as they investigate a series of reprehensible incident linked to extraterrestrial lifeforms secretly living on Earth . In one view , Agent K is interrogating an extraterrestrial on the highway while Agent J wait on to the alien ’s married woman , who is about to give nascence in the back of the car . As Agent K talks to the alien , in the setting , the wife gives nativity to a tentacled colossus extraterrestrial that snap up Agent J , shaking him up and down . It ’s not just Agent J ’s struggle and terror as he does n’t cognize what to do , but also Agent K not really care about what ’s hold out on with his partner that makes this panorama so curious .

6Annie Crawling On The Ceiling In Hereditary

Peter wasn’t alone.

Ari Aster’sHereditarytells the narration of the Graham home , who are torment by a demonic entity after the death of Annie ’s ( Toni Colette ) mother and her daughter , Charlie ( Milly Shapiro ) . It all gets more chaotic and disturbing in the third act , specially after Annie becomes possessed after burning the sketchbook that makes her married man , Steve ( Gabriel Byrne ) , burst into fire . Their son , Peter ( Alex Wolff ) , wakes up after dark and the photographic camera cut to a long scene of his chamber , revealing a possessed Annie in the corner of the ceiling , staring at her boy , and subsequently crawling out of the elbow room behind Peter . Minutes later , it ’s revealed that it ’s not just Annie lallygag in the shadows , but also the members of the coven her mother was the loss leader of .

5The Satellite Crash In Cloverfield

Cloverfield subtly showed how everything started.

Matt Reeves’Cloverfieldfollows six New York City residents as they attempt to find a safe space after a massive lusus naturae flack the city . unluckily , all of them have a tragic ending , butCloverfieldends with footage of Rob ( Michael Stahl - David ) and Beth ’s ( Odette Yustman ) trip to Coney Island a calendar month before the fire . When the camera pans to the sea , in the far length , an object falls from the sky and into the ocean .

This target was initially pronounce to be the ChimpanzIII satellite , which was included as a nod to those who followedCloverfield ’s viral marketing military campaign , butReeves subsequently said it was the meteoroid carry the fiend , stand for thatRob and Beth circumstantially filmed the beginning of their end .

4The Whiteboard Descriptions In Hot Fuzz

Tony Fisher was everything the whiteboard said.

Edgar Wright’sHot Fuzzfollows high - achieve police police officer Nicholas Angel ( Simon Pegg ) who is reassigned to a pocket-size rural town where he ’s team up with Danny Butterman ( Nick Frost ) , an immature police officer who loves brother bull film . Nicholas and the audience are subsequently introduced to the repose of the team , among them Sergeant Tony Fisher ( Kevin Eldon ) , who is sitting in front of a whiteboard with a concept map of " what makes a spoilt policeman " , with unflattering Book around it such as “ indecisive ” , “ bounderish ” , and “ disloyal” . When the camera focus on Tony , all those words show at him , and asHot Fuzzprogresses , all those description turn out to match Tony quite well .

3Felix’s Doppelgänger In Saltburn

The breakfast scene foreshadowed Felix’s fate.

Emerald Fennell’sSaltburnfollowsOliver Quick ( Barry Keoghan)a learnedness student at the University of Oxford who befriend wealthy pupil Felix Catton ( Jacob Elordi ) , who invites him to spend the summertime at his family ’s estate . Once there , Oliver sets his plans into motion , and the first one to come down is Felix , whose lot was hinted at in the first place .

During the first breakfast at Saltburn , Venetia ( Alison Oliver ) tells the floor of how Percy Shelley ’s housekeeper saw the writer ’s doppelgänger at his home shortly before he died , far off from his base . While she ’s telling this , Felix ’s doppelgänger walk past the window behind her , while the real Felix is sitting next to her , hinting at his decease days after .

2The Count’s Shadow In Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Dracula’s shadow came to life.

Francis Ford Coppola ’s adaption of Bram Stoker ’s novelDraculabrought the famed Count to life , and there ’s one prospect that added to how terrific he could be . WhenJonathan Harker ( Keanu Reeves)arrives at Count Dracula ’s ( Gary Oldman ) castle and is being show around by the Count , Dracula ’s vestige is n’t sync with him , and it reveal the lamia ’s real number intentionsby come near Jonathan while Dracula keeps being a full host . The fact that Dracula ’s shadow could pretend independently made the famous vampire even more terrifying , unsettling , and irregular .

1The Librarian In It

It was literally everywhere.

Andy Muschietti ’s adaptation of Stephen King’sItchanged the setting from the fifties to 1989 , and also changed the style some of the Losers first encountered the title evil shapeshifting entity . One of the most distressful first encounters was Ben ’s ( Jeremy Ray Taylor ) , who was at the depository library read about Derry ’s past when he started noticing some foreign things around him , such as the mien of a red balloon . However , before he fully encounter the animate being , the elder librarian who was , at first , very nice to Ben , is seen in the background turning towards him and staring at him , with an unsettling vicious grin .

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Josh Hartnett looking shocked in Fight or Flight

Agent J in Men in Black Felix in Saltburn Dracula in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Avengers Age of Ultron Tony Stark working at Nexus Internet Hub with two employees taking a photo behind him

Men in Black Will Smith as Agent J holding a small tentacled alien

Hereditary Peter in the dark with Annie crawling on the wall behind him

Cloverfield Coney Island footage marking the moment the meteor falls into the ocean

Hot Fuzz Tony in front of the whiteboard with unflattering descriptions pointing at him

Venetia in the breakfast scene in Saltburn with Felix doppelganger behind her

It 2017 young Ben reading at the library with the librarian grinning creepily in the background