30 Buildings That Have Such An Evil Aura That They Could Be Supervillain Headquarters (New Pics)
If you've read The Shining, seen Poltergeist, or played Amnesia, you know that a house can be more than just a place to live—it can be a source of horror.
The subreddit 'Evil Buildings' and its 1.1 million members regularly share examples of architecture that embodies this sinister vibe—whether it's a structure that could be chosen by a supervillain as their lair, could serve as the headquarters for a wicked corporation, or simply looks so creepy that it feels as if it's alive and watching you.
Enter if you dare.
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An Abandoned Mansion In The Swamps Of Louisiana
yes...checked out the reddit sub where this is from and it is apparently a photoshop of a German house that has since been demolished...sorry if everyone already knew that :(
Load More Replies...Perhaps The Evilest Of Them All?
This is a company that destroys and buys natural water wells so they can sell the water that used to be free to desperate locals for profit, Nestle is up to actual supervillain shït.
Supervillain company. Dead children in Africa from pushing baby formula that mothers can’t afford. First free samples, mothers milk dries up then children starving from being malnourished when families can’t afford to get the right quantity of formula.
Frank McAndrew, who is the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College and an elected Fellow of several professional organizations, including the Association for Psychological Science (APS), says that the portrayal of cinematic haunted houses has remained remarkably consistent over time.
"From a psychological point of view, the standard features of haunted houses trigger feelings of dread because they push buttons in our brains that evolved long before houses even existed," McAndrew writes. "These alarm buttons warn us of potential danger and motivate us to proceed with caution."
The Fifa Boardroom Looks Like The Perfect Place To Hold A Super Villian Meeting
No doubt shady deals are going on in the top of FIFA. I mean Qatar organizing WC 2022.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
Load More Replies...Lighthouse In Michigan After An Ice Storm
Is it me or does it look like the light house becomes some hairy Chinese mythical beast? (No offence, wasn't meant to be racist)
I Can See Why People Think Prague Is Full Of Vampires
In my 724 years of life I haven’t met a single vampire here in Prague…weird
Haunted houses give us the creeps not because they pose an obvious threat to us, but rather because it is unclear whether they represent a threat or not.
"This ambivalence leaves you frozen in place, wallowing in unease," McAndrew explains.
For example, it would be considered bizarre and embarrassing to run screaming out of a house that makes you feel uneasy if there is nothing to fear. But on the other hand, it could be perilous to ignore your intuition and remain in a place that feels dangerous.
This Building Looks Cartoonishly Evil
Schoen House, Colaba, Mumbai, from what I can find. Abandoned stately home.
That's it. There's street view pictures of it to confirm ;)
Load More Replies...Qatar’s Crescent Tower Looking Even More Evil This Morning
“Any ways, the key to this plan is the giant laser. It was invented by the noted Cambridge physicist Dr. Parsons. Therefore, we shall call it the Alan Parsons Project“
The Bailong Elevator. (Supervillain Lair Vibes)
If I understand Wikipedia correctly it's actually twice as tall as it looks here. The bottom half is inside the mountain.
"Sorry, the elevator is out of order. You will have to use the stairs"
If I'd have to choose either that elevator or climbing on foot, I'd risk it!
Wiki says this is located in an earthquake zone!! No thanks, I'll take the 2 hour hike to the top.
This looks like out in the middle of nowhere. If this is the case why would anybody build something like this in the middle of nowhere?
That's what I'm wondering. It can't just be for that small building, so is it to get vehicles up there and carry on with their journey?
Load More Replies...Under S 204m Tall Brutalism Architecture TV Tower, Serbia. Blade Runner Vibes
I love brutalist architecture. We had 2 buildings in Gateshead, but they knocked them down :-(
I heard it was grim up north but knocking down the only 2 building in Gateshard seems a bit harsh.
Load More Replies...Nope. That's a different TV tower called "Žižkova věž" in Prague. The babies were made by a rather controversial artist David Černý.
Load More Replies...Think of it this way: if you’re walking through the woods alone at night and hear something rustling in the bushes, you’ll respond with a heightened level of arousal and attention. You’ll behave as if there is a willful "agent" who plans to harm you.
If it turns out to be a gust of wind or a stray cat, you lose very little, if anything, by overreacting. But if you fail to activate the alarm response and a true threat is present, the consequences of your miscalculation could be very high.
Literally Evil
Sure blends into its surroundings, doesn't it? You hardly notice it's there.
Bringing jobs to the local area so they can better their living conditions? Very evil
One of the world's richest CEOs build his company structure in the middle of a slum. Because poor people lack any say so in the conditions where they live.
I believe this is the Amazon center in Tijuana, Mexico. Such a sad, disturbing photo
This Building Is Up To Something For Sure
Vlasov Roman Is An Architect For Supervillains
I didn't even see the helicopter until I read your comment. :)
Load More Replies..."Roman Vlasov Imagines What Pootin's House Might Look Like" - so it IS the house of a supervillain, albeit just as a concept and not a real one. https://www.designboom.com/architecture/roman-vlasov-putin-house-villa-russia-fictional-02-05-2021/
Temelin Power Plant With Eyes Projected Onto The Cooling Towers, For Some Reason
I see the public relations department declaring exited "We need to give the plant a face to make it more likeable to the public!"
The Illuminati conspiracy theorists going berserk at the sight of it
"We have evolved to err on the side of detecting threats in ambiguous situations," McAndrew says.
"Things that activate hypervigilance for malevolent supernatural (or natural) agents abound in large, drafty old houses: rattling or creaking sounds in upstairs rooms; the sighing and moaning of wind passing through cracks; ragged curtains fluttering in the breeze; echoes; and cold spots."
German Observation Tower At Guernsey
This Is On A Whole New Level
Spotted On The Amtrak To NYC
In the upper right portion of, what little is left of the upper levels walls, you can still see the letters NAL. The remaining remnants of what used to say Bannerman's Island Arsenal, according to Wiki. Wiki also mentions that the castle is easily visible by riders of the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line and Amtrak's Empire corridor line.
Bannerman built it because stockpiling hundreds of tons of surplus ordnance in Brooklyn seemed like a bad idea. Its current state supports that
Load More Replies...The Remains Of A Concrete Apartment Building In Kirovsky, Kamchatka
Like that scene from Inception where the dream crumbles and the houses fall in the sea.
I suspect it wasn't so close when it was first built, but the coastline changed over time.
Load More Replies..."Research has consistently shown that we need more personal space while seated than while standing, more space when we are in the corner of a room rather than in the center of it, and more space in rooms with low ceilings," the psychologist adds.
"We feel uncomfortable when our personal space is violated anywhere, but especially so in situations where we feel as if escape will become difficult."
Such feelings of discomfort are symptomatic of the fact that we are constantly—even if unconsciously—scanning our surroundings and evaluating our ability to flee if it should become necessary.
Consequently, evil buildings are our worst nightmares.
A War Memorial In Serbia
Doggo finds cats, cat distribution system begins…world domination to follow
Load More Replies...This looks like I will get some sort of equipment upgrade here, or perhaps a boss fight.
There are lots more of these, in varying states of disrepair. https://www.spomenikdatabase.org/
Gateway Arch In St. Louis At Night
Cologne Cathedral Last Night
Especially when the fog has this eerie red glow that it sometimes gets in winter.
Load More Replies...Cologne seem very aware of how creepy their Cathedral looks, it's usually lit up in green at night.
The Oldest House In France Has Been Standing There Since 1478
It looks a bit different since its 2019 renovation, but the original character is still there.
Load More Replies...It's had a face lift: https://preview.redd.it/one-of-the-oldest-house-in-france-has-been-since-renovated-v0-t4oqwsg9d6ob1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a9cecbf0949a894193851b2ed8fcfb832033401d
As you may have noticed from looking at the pictures, the older a place is, the more likely we are to perceive it as haunted. McAndrew believes this is because there’s been much more time for tragic things to have happened.
"Stimuli such as moldy odors, antiquated Victorian or Gothic architecture, wood interiors, and old portraits on the wall reinforce an ambiance of great age," he says. "Assuming that the house is no longer occupied, signs of life suddenly interrupted and frozen in time only amplify the fear factor."
When You Design A Building That Looks Evil Yet Gorgeous
For those who are curious, I did a quick image search and these are the Donau City Towers aka the DC Towers, located in Vienna, Austria. They were built in 2014 and are 60 floors high.
You are right. I work right next door at the Vienna International Centre.
Load More Replies...I thought about DC Tower first thing reading the title of this post, and here it is :) Fun fact: It should have a twin, but it never was really started, because they realised, that there were too many empty offices and space in DC Tower 1, so they abandoned plans for DC Tower 2. Would have been a cool view, imo. DC Tower 3 is ugly as funk
Nordic Brutalism By Isaac Zuren
... Why can my mind's eye see Thunderbird 1 and Thunderbird 2 hovering nearby for a rescue?
Washington D.c. Temple Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints
Global poverty could be eliminated if religion did NOT have tax exemption status.
I don’t know if it could be completely eliminated, but it would sure make some inroads.
Load More Replies...There's a railroad bridge over the Beltway where you could see the Temple. For years, there was graffiti on there, "SURRENDER DOROTHY". Alas! Maryland painted over it and kept painting over each attempt to put it back, so people gave up.
The last graffiti was "Surrender Donald". It's half a mile from home; I haven't seen anything new since that was painted over.
Load More Replies...Can't be distracted by their secret baptisms for the dead.
Load More Replies...As a kid kinda raised Mormon with active family members, I have always had a problem with the incessant building of Mormon Temples. All I ever wonder is how the money could have built a hospital, housing etc.
And yet they continue to beg for more money. Religion is big business with a tax break.
😬stay away from cults. also no windows? (some nerd will now say, no they run [XX] OS 🙃 )
This building also does a trick that when you're approaching it on the beltway it looks like it's on your left. But then suddenly it's on your right. It's because the road curves, but if you didn't know about it you'd swear that the temple just jumped across all the traffic lanes.
Funny, didn't look evil until you said whose it was. Now it looks malevolent.
Eye Of Sauron, Doest It Count?
Sauron apparently guards bicycles these days. It can't be that evil?
At the end of the day, whether or not a building can be labeled as evil depends upon more than the physical features of the house. Just as important are the expectations of the person exploring the area. To continue your investigations, fire up our first article on the subreddit 'Evil Buildings.'
Evil Has Taken Root!
Frankenstein's 21st Century Laboratorium (Habsburgwarte, Vienna)
At least it's still standing and in use. Many structures weren't so lucky
Load More Replies...So Frankenstein can tune into every satellite TV channel. Not much time for experimentation then.
Frankenstein's 21st Century Laboratorium is rather small. He does have good connection though. No problem with 5G.
Central Bank Of Iraq(The Scheme Provides A 172m-Tall Tower On Top Of A 200 X 100m Podium Box)(414x414)
Brutslism In Applachia
This looks suspiciously AI... I could be wrong, but it looks sus.
No One Likes Ohio But Maybe That's A Bit Much
From Pennsylvania, you're right next to me and it makes me nervous.
Load More Replies...Florida is almost there, 2 hurricanes and a multitude of tornadoes in 2 weeks.
Load More Replies...Just eliminate the cities, please. We love living out in the fields and trees.
Evil Football (Feldstraße Bunker, Hamburg)
That's crazy, it's one of the few building in this post were you just can't say the decade it was built!
It´s like a balcony residence built on a house, built on prison built on a football field.
Hotel built on an old flak (anti aircraft) tower. The thing was too expensive to tear down, apparently.
Load More Replies...King Alfred's Tower In England, Built In 1772
Thought This Sub Might Appreciate 😂
My First Contribution To This Fine Sub. Kyoto, Japan
12th Century Eltz Castle Wierschem, Germany
Wedding Palace, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Tencent Building, Shenzhen
Bethlehem Steel, The Factory That Built NYC
Most Évil Building In Tata, Hungary
Watchtower From Arcadia, The Netherlands
Not a real place, Arcadia is a fictional television series set in the future of the Netherlands and Belgium. The landscape behind the CGI tower is from Wallonia in Belgium.
Grand Lisboa Hotel, China | Evil Buildings |
Intstead of this being a lair, I think the building is the villain.
Chaoyang Park Plaza In Beijing China
This Building In The Maldives Looks Like It’s About To Battle Godzilla
Evil Pyramid, Hove Mobile Park, North Dakota
I'm not sure why this says it's in a mobile park, because according to the little bit of info I looked up, this 'evil pyramid' is part of a decommissioned military facility. The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex was the US first operational Anti-ballistic Missile(ABM) defense system built in 1975. It was fully operational for only 6 months before being decommissioned, with a price tag of $6 billion, which equates to over $35 Billion today.
Many of the pyramids in Central America are also apex-less.
Load More Replies...Oil Rig In Norway
The picture is taken while the rigg was towed out to open ocean.
Load More Replies...Sharekobe Museum In Japan, Which Houses A Private Collection Of Human Skulls, Skull Artifacts, And Skull-Themed Memorabilia
I collect playing cards, other people collect stamps, this guy collects skulls...hopefully not by grave robbing
"Coming On In Kids, It's......fun" Woking, England
Is there really a store there or is it just a multi level car park?
This House Not Far From Where I Live, Pretty Sure A Witch Lives Here... 🧹🦇🕸️
Old Psychiatric Building In Melbourne, Australia
Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi
Montblanc Haus Museum
I Feel Really Judged
Abandoned 19th-Century Art Nouveau Style Manor
Semi-Abandoned Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
In Case Of Emergency- Use Stairs
I'd rather die from fire than pass out from dizziness and roll all the way down.
In case of emergency, tie the corners of a bedsheet to your ankles, grab the other 2 corners with your hands and hold on for some redneck paragliding
This Place Will Make You Delusional
Bank Of America, Houston
I guess you would feel they were being hypocritical if they made it warm and inviting
The Russian Embassy In Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺
Camarones Metro Station In Mexico City
Even During The Apocalypse, Waffle House Will Remain Open
This Is A Criminal Lair And You Cant Tell Me Otherwise
Old Factory I Encounter On A Chicago Architecture Tour
This is the Union Station Powerhouse, which provided electrical power and steam heat to many railroad buildings adjacent to Union Station in Chicago.
‘Evil Buildings’ A Treasure Trove Of Ominous Architecture
Evil Hut (680x842)
In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga lives in a house on chicken legs. This is probably a reference to that.
I love these! They were built in East Europe foor food storage, for storing food away from wolves and mise and abowe the snow line at all times.
Taken On A Recent Trip To Dublin, Opposite The Pub We Were Drinking In
The Golden Hall In Nuremberg, Germany. Preserved But Hidden Away Due To Valid Concerns That If It Were Fully Public It Would Become Some Type Of Pilgrimage Site
Drove By These Buildings On My Way Home And Had To Look Them Up. The Pyramids Of Indianapolis, Indiana
This Building Near Me That Caught Fire And Was Extinguished In -40 And Now Looks Like A Villainous Ice Castle
Menacing Castle In San Francisco
San Francisco National Guard Armory (completed in 1914, closed 1976). Later used as a soundstage for The Empire Strikes Back, and a pornography studio between 2006 and 2018. Now used a rental space for various events.
Don't know what you're talking about. I've never seen it before in my life 😇
Load More Replies...The Peeping Toms Institute Assembly Hall
No Idea Why This Nightclub Went Out Of Business (Sapporo, Japan)
Snake Shaped Temple (India)
Temple Of Evil
Turkish Ultra Nationalist Party Headquarters. (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi / Nationalist Movement Party)
It looked way more brutalist when it was under construction in early 2000s; before facade cladding and the white paint. It remained the tallest and the largest building in the area for a long time.
I assume the radio telescope on the top is to recieve commands from their alien lizard overlords
In Istanbul
Water Cooling Plant, Dubai
Ok maybe I'm stupid but why is it black? If I want cool water, I would paint it white?
The Braes Mansion In Glen Cove, NY. Used As Wayne Manor In Several Batman Movies And Shows
its red brick so yes its a black and white photo. i used to live in the next town over from glen cove and i kno the building well.
Load More Replies...This Cool Building In Philly
Philadelphia City Hall, notable as the worlds largest free-standing masonry structure.
Load More Replies...This Is The Grasshopper Cafe In South Korea Made Out Of Train Cars
No One Talks About The Outside Of Nasa’s Mission Control
Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah. In 1996 It Contained 45% Of The U.S.'s Total Stockpile Of Chemical Weapons Which Have Since Been Destroyed
Montpellier, France
This Estate In La Dubbed "The Real Vampires Of Beverly Hills"
Customer " I want it to look like I bath in the blood of my enemies" Building contractor " I got you"
Metropolitan Correctional Center (Mcc)
Texas. What The Aperture Science Laboratories Probably Look Like
A black-painted building in Texas? Well, they won't have to pay to heat it...
New Government Building In Queretaro, Mexico
University Hospital Aachen / Germany
Icc Berlin. Congress Center, Villain Lair Or Spaceship?
Welcome, Welcome To City 17!
Call The Joes – The Cobra Tower Skyscraper Looks Pure Evil
Ludendorff Bridge At Remagen, Germany
A Villain That Drives A Pink 500 Must Live There. Nara, Japan
Repent
When You're Rich Enough To Live In A Concrete Prison
28 pics on Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/410-Trousdale-Pl-Beverly-Hills-CA-90210/20534468_zpid/
Air Traffic Control At Edinburgh Airport. They're Watching
Well...they should be watching. After all it IS Air-Traffic-Control...
Looks like a chess piece,.slightly more interesting than the standard air traffic control towers.
Rockefeller Center Looking Particularly Evil On A Gloomy Evening
The Marriott Hotel In Atlanta, Ga, USA
It doesn't really look like that - not sure where that lighting is coming from. But it does have a crazy elevator tower. They even used it in one of the Hunger Games movies.
Chicago's Federal Prison (Yes This Is My Photo)
Ran Across This On My Fb Feed Yesterday, The Baker Hotel, Abandoned Since 1972 Set To Reopen In 2026
The Chronicle Of Georgia Monument In Tbilisi
What is going on with all the knocked over concrete barriers all over the road? Are they part of a course that's used by those seeking a driver's license?
A 2 Billion Dollar Home In Mumbai
Passed This "Evil Building" On My Way From The Airport To Copacabana Beach
This KFC In The Philippines
I Feel Like Someone’s Watching Me…
Salvation Army Hq, Manhattan
There Is A Rumour That Burger King Hq Is Completely Hollow Inside And Serves The Sole Purpose To House A 100ft Tall Whopper
Billionaires Row, Overlooking Central Park
The Satanic Temple, Salem, Massachusetts (Please Forgive The Beautiful Weather)
and they even allow abortions due to religious exception?
Load More Replies...United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
I know a lot of people hate brutalism, and it's a very hard style to pull off, but I think that when it's done well it creates a very powerful image.
True. I actually find something poignant about the look of aging Brutalist buildings; the patina I guess. But it could be that a lot of Brutalist buildings were fairly new and modern looking when I was young.
Load More Replies...I've always thought that Predjama Castle in Slovenia would make a good supervillain HQ. It's a castle built into a cave mouth. It was featured in Season 3 of The Witcher.
They don't have the new Batman like tower in Brooklyn (idk what it's called)
The Russian Embassy in Havana looks like Jack Kirby built it for Galactus
How could they miss the Hokkaido Centenial Memorial Tower? https://images.app.goo.gl/ZvLTYv6iyVm1QA5bA
Some more Viennese supervillain hqs (Because I'm always late to the game and can't post anymore): - Wotrubakirche (a church made from concrete blocks); - Narrenturm (Continental Europes first psychiatric clinic , now contains the Patholigic-Anatomical Museum); - the building from the HGM, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum; - Karl-Marx-Hof (municipal housing complex; with being 1100 m long and having 4 tram stops, it's one of the worlds longest buildings); - The secession building, containing exhibitions of contemporary art) and so many more :)
The cool building in Philadelphia #91 is City Hall. The statue on top is William Penn
I know a lot of people hate brutalism, and it's a very hard style to pull off, but I think that when it's done well it creates a very powerful image.
True. I actually find something poignant about the look of aging Brutalist buildings; the patina I guess. But it could be that a lot of Brutalist buildings were fairly new and modern looking when I was young.
Load More Replies...I've always thought that Predjama Castle in Slovenia would make a good supervillain HQ. It's a castle built into a cave mouth. It was featured in Season 3 of The Witcher.
They don't have the new Batman like tower in Brooklyn (idk what it's called)
The Russian Embassy in Havana looks like Jack Kirby built it for Galactus
How could they miss the Hokkaido Centenial Memorial Tower? https://images.app.goo.gl/ZvLTYv6iyVm1QA5bA
Some more Viennese supervillain hqs (Because I'm always late to the game and can't post anymore): - Wotrubakirche (a church made from concrete blocks); - Narrenturm (Continental Europes first psychiatric clinic , now contains the Patholigic-Anatomical Museum); - the building from the HGM, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum; - Karl-Marx-Hof (municipal housing complex; with being 1100 m long and having 4 tram stops, it's one of the worlds longest buildings); - The secession building, containing exhibitions of contemporary art) and so many more :)
The cool building in Philadelphia #91 is City Hall. The statue on top is William Penn
