If you look up the weirdest fears people have, you might be surprised to find that people can be scared of anything ranging from their own body parts to normal everyday things. Most people have rational fears like being bitten by a dog or getting hit by a car, as they are very possible. However, as much as humans like to think they are intelligent and very logical, we have many traits that are irrational.
Like getting scared of corridors or hallways. Corridors are just passages that lead us to other parts of the building. But something about them being long, narrow, tall or poorly lit makes them feel unsettling. From time to time, Bored Panda likes to explore the more eerie side of the world and we have such articles as short horror stories and creepy things children say from their past lives, so this time, we searched for some photos of scary corridors and hallways. Not too terrifying, but enough to make someone feel uneasy.
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Flat Carpet In A Hotel In Cologne, Germany Imitating A Curvy Surface
Best negotiated by leaning on the wall with your eyes closed or just crawling on the floor
Corridors are often chosen as a scene for a horror movie. The space is limited and it can almost feel like you’re trapped in a corner, especially if it’s not straight and you can’t see what’s coming next. Also, there are so many possibilities to introduce new crazy characters in a corridor because they can hide behind any door and the victim has practically nowhere to escape.
Stanley Kubrick’s horror film The Shining (1980) is a famous example of setting a scene in a corridor. A 5-year-old child is riding his tricycle through an empty hotel when twin girls that are ghosts appear and invite the boy to play. The scene includes jumpcuts to a terrifying murder scene and eventually the girls disappear.
Well, I Know Where I'm Not Going
I Work Graveyard At The Mall Alone This Was In The Middle Of The Floor At 4 AM This Morning
The Lights Went Out In The Hallway And This Looked Surreal
The Shining is not the only example of a corridor being used to make the viewers sit on the edge of their seats. They often become murder scenes in crime movies or TV shows. The creepy vibe in asylums or schools at night is also created by gliding the camera along the corridors.
It is especially unnerving when several lights in the corridor are not working or they are flickering. In this list, you may find the design or choice of colors frightening or just how they are so empty. You might have experienced the same intimidating feeling when you went outside during the lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic as in many countries, almost everything was closed.
Follow The White Rabbit
This Corridor, Man… This Is Gonna Haunt Me On Dreams
It's Just The Beginning
Just Trying To Deliver A Pizza, Now I’m Lost Between Dimensions
But horror movies use all sorts of places for their scary scenes and they do terrify us in the movies, but in real life, we understand there is nothing to be scared of. It seems that it is different with corridors and horror movie directors took a place that already had an unsettling feeling about it and amplified it in their films.
These kinds of movies exploit the irrational fears people have because in order to elicit the response of fear, disgust or any other emotion, they have to be based on something true and familiar.
“Pool Is At The End Of The Hall”
Late Night Medieval Street - Barcelona
Go To Gate
I want to imagine that if you licked the walls they'd taste like fruit
Do you find corridors unsettling? Do you think it is because it’s in their nature or you feel that mostly horror movies contributed to making them like that? What is your opinion on why corridors might seem scary even if there are no obvious reasons? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
The Exit
I've Been Walking In Circles For Hours. Will It Ever End?
I Walked Out Of My Room And Was Greeted With This. The Only Light Is From The Exit Signs At Either End Of The Hall, But Walking Towards Them Doesn’t Get You Any Closer
Some of the doors have a strange glow to them, but they all seem to be locked. What should I do?
First Time Posting Here. My Hometown Movie Theater
The Lights In This Hallway
Did anyone notice the person walking? Seems as crocked as the lights
Apartment Hallway In Dallas Looks Like A Scene From The Titanic
I Was The Last One To Leave My Dorm
Only A Faint Hum And My Footsteps Can Be Heard
The Further I Walk, The Halls Seem To Get Older. I Could Swear I've Heard The Sounds Of Brick Sliding On Brick, And When I Go Back, The Hallway's Different
I have a feeling I won't be getting out.
It's Quiet For Now In The Station
When I Went Down This Hallway It Felt Like The Air In My Lungs Was Stolen
Hallway To Bathroom In The Mall - As Soon As I Entered It The Christmas Music Playing On The Speakers Got Really Faint And The Sound Of The Lights Grew Louder
Ended Up Here. This Place Keeps Getting Weirder
Hallway In My Hospital After An Electrical Explosion
The Exit Signs Are Just A Cruel Joke
This Place Doesn’t Feel Right
My School Before Being Demolished
The Business I Worked For For 13 Years Closed. This Is A Pic I Took On Our Final Walk-Thru
Uhaul
Note: this post originally had 130 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
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I used to live in Edmonton, Alberta, took the train often. Several of the stations have very long hallways to get to it from the streets. I HATED walking those by myself.
Maybe I'm emotionally broken. These don't really seem creepy to me. Can someone explain?
I worked as a PA in a very large home (22,000 sf) The basement had a long corridor. When I walked down it, I'd hum the theme song for a tv show "Get Smart"
I dont understand the part about how we supposedly know that "in real life there is nothing to be afraid of" like uhhh ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?? Does the author of this article have any comprehension of how many rapes and other crimes take place in dimly lit, empty alleys and halls just like many of these in the photos!!?? I thought a man mustve written this for SURE since most women are acutely aware of how we have to be on our guard and afraid whenever we are walking arpund places like that, especially alone or with just 1 other female. Like hello, in the real world there absolutely IS something to be afraid of! I cant BELIEVE they had the nerve 2 show pics of outdoor, night time alleyways and then say some dumb ass s**t like "but we all know theres nothing 2 b afraid of in real life". Yea ok in ur made up lollipop fantasy land maybe but in real life people get raped, abducted and mugged in places like these all the time.
I think this is cool bc the reason these look creepy is that they’re liminal space. They’re designed to be passageways to other places and when we stop to think abt them that’s out of the ordinary. With a few lights out/yellow or red light, that just adds to an unsettling feeling. But some of these were actually pretty lol.
For anyone interested in more of these, visit the subreddits r/backrooms and r/liminalspace.
I used to live in Edmonton, Alberta, took the train often. Several of the stations have very long hallways to get to it from the streets. I HATED walking those by myself.
Maybe I'm emotionally broken. These don't really seem creepy to me. Can someone explain?
I worked as a PA in a very large home (22,000 sf) The basement had a long corridor. When I walked down it, I'd hum the theme song for a tv show "Get Smart"
I dont understand the part about how we supposedly know that "in real life there is nothing to be afraid of" like uhhh ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?? Does the author of this article have any comprehension of how many rapes and other crimes take place in dimly lit, empty alleys and halls just like many of these in the photos!!?? I thought a man mustve written this for SURE since most women are acutely aware of how we have to be on our guard and afraid whenever we are walking arpund places like that, especially alone or with just 1 other female. Like hello, in the real world there absolutely IS something to be afraid of! I cant BELIEVE they had the nerve 2 show pics of outdoor, night time alleyways and then say some dumb ass s**t like "but we all know theres nothing 2 b afraid of in real life". Yea ok in ur made up lollipop fantasy land maybe but in real life people get raped, abducted and mugged in places like these all the time.
I think this is cool bc the reason these look creepy is that they’re liminal space. They’re designed to be passageways to other places and when we stop to think abt them that’s out of the ordinary. With a few lights out/yellow or red light, that just adds to an unsettling feeling. But some of these were actually pretty lol.
