In some movies unknown characters or forces spread terror on the protagonists. The force or character is not necessarily known until the end of the movie. Its shadiness is an essential source of the terror's suspense.
Suffering Pennywise' projections of his victims' fears and them being helpless to that when alone.
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Jacqueline MacInnes Wood in Final Destination 5 (2011)
The inevitable creeping stroke of death in the Final Destination (2000) franchise. Death itself takes its toll on the escapees.
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Danny Lloyd in The Shining (1980)
The "Shining"!
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The Conjuring (2013)
Unknown demonic forces, attached to objects or places.
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Dick Warlock in Halloween II (1981)
The masked face of the bad serial killer. His cold motivation no one normal could understand.
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Anya Taylor-Joy in The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
Witchcrafting things, dubious rituals.
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Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)
The conspicuously inconspicuous people around when aliens are about to overtake humankind.
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Roger Jackson in Scream (1996)
The Ghostface killer, which plays a vicious game until the victim's bloody death in that day.
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Rob Mello in Happy Death Day (2017)
The baby mask killer that ends the victim's day by killing the victim and the dubious force which restarts the victim's life afterwards to re-do the hunt on it.
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Independence Day (1996)
The unknown threats aliens could be for humankind. Not being able to understand the systematics of alien threats.
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I, Robot (2004)
The eventually hidden, vicious master plan of A.I.s