If you’re a fan of horror movies and video games like us (hi!), then you probably know how much of an impact you can have on the audience with just a single shot of a simple hallway. With the right lighting and decor, you can turn the atmosphere of pretty much any mundane liminal space into something that practically oozes malice and danger.
Our team at Bored Panda has compiled a list of photos of some of the scariest, creepiest, and most sinister-looking corridors ever to exist. Grab your flashlight and flask of holy water, put on your hard hat, and scroll down to start your fear-filled adventure. (…did we just see something skitter in the shadows of that doorway there? Nah, it must’ve been just our imagination…)
We got in touch with Glenn Geher, Ph.D., a professor of Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz and a published author, for his thoughts on fear from an evolutionary perspective. You’ll find the insights he shared with us below!
#1 The Hallway Outside Of My Apartment
Image source: TerribleMensch
#2 Tunnel At My University
Image source: Desertpoet
#3 Eastern State Penitentiary
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#4 My Dad’s Life As A Security Guard
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#5 Strong Danger Vibes In This Bar’s Basement
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#6 We Climbed Inside Of A Highway Bridge. This Goes For 10+ Kilometers
Image source: IamFromSlovakia
#7 Vernon Park Mall, Kinston, North Carolina. This Old Mercury Vapor-Illuminated Hallway Is Basically The Matrix. I Adjusted Nothing With The Color
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#8 I’m A Flight Attendant And I’ve Been Trying To Get A Good Shot Of This Place For A While. I Give You, The IAH Underground Walkway Between Terminals. I Hate It Here
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#9 What Comes To Your Mind?
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#10 A Quiet Hospital
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#11 I Heard A Loud Noise Down The Hallway
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#12 Who Installed These Horrific Lights Here?
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#13 Endless Corridor Some 50 Meters Below The Surface
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#14 My Dad Sent Me This. Italian Liminal Space At Its Finest
Image source: Content-Chemistry-73
#15 The Corridor At The Storage Rooms In My House
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#16 This Liminal Tunnel Where I Work
Image source: Thermal_Photography
#17 Middle Of The Day In My Apartment. I Can’t See What’s Hiding At The End Of The Hallway
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#18 I Work In Security At A Warehouse, We Have A Few Of These Fire Escape Tunnels That I Have To Check For Stashed Merchandise. Always Gives Me The Creeps
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#19 Battleships Make Good Liminal Space Photos
Image source: RevenantAlive
#20 Where Am I?
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#21 Started A New Job Recently
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#22 In Between Two Industrial Buildings. This Path Leads To A Fire Escape
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#23 This Hallway
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#24 I’m Always Afraid Of Corridors Like This At Abandoned Sites
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#25 This Is A Section Of The Tunnels Under The State Mental Hospital Where I Work
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#26 My Job Is To Inspect Every Single One Of These Cars, Night Time Hits Differently
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#27 Scary Hotel I’m Staying At
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#28 Found Myself Lost In A Home Improvement Store. Most Of The Demo Doors Don’t Actually Open
Image source: evissimus
#29 I’m A Night Shift Security Guard In A Hospital. I Hope You Enjoy Some Pictures I Took, While At Work
Image source: Old-Translator-7329
#30 Abandoned Hospital’s Hallway In Greece
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#31 Uncanny Hallway
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#32 This Old Apartment Building I’m Working (Remodel) In
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#33 This Underground Tunnel At Work, Which Blasts 80s Music
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#34 Scary Exit
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#35 I Found This Hallway While Exploring On A Ferry I Was Taking
#36 Tunnel Underneath A Dying Mall
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#37 The Ridiculously Long Hallway At The Camp I’m Staying At
Image source: AlbertaNorth1
#38 My First Liminal Hallway
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#39 A Walk To My Room Feels Odd In The Middle Of The Night
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#40 This School Hallway At Night
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#41 My Work Place
Image source: Yourmom7300
#42 Hotel I Stayed At
Image source: Emergency-Turnip6943
#43 It Was A 5-Minute Walk To My Room At The Mexican Resort. The Whole Way Looked Like This
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#44 I Found This On My Old Nokia Flip Phone
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#45 Dorm From The 50s
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#46 It’s From A Closed Attraction Named Evangelion World, Based On The Evangelion Franchise
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#47 My Parents’ Hotel Hallway
Image source: Supersincara75
#48 I Work In The Building With The Longest Hallway In America
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#49 Took This Picture At An Abandoned Mall
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#50 Hallway At A Resort I Am Staying At
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#51 My Dad Sent Me This…italian Liminal Space At Its Finest Ahahahah
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