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
It's 5AM
Looks like a top secret layer that would have those tanks holding alien life
Where Am I?
Passage To Eternity
Empty Cementery In Buenos Aires
You hear a sound behind you, but when you turn to look, there's nothing there. You face forward once more, only to discover that the "former" cemetery occupants are still in residence... and would like to talk to you about the latest Amway product lineup...
When You Take A Wrong Turn At An Outdoor Mall
Corridor Of My Apartment
Do Not Enter / No Re-Entry
Are We Going Down?
Assisted Living Facility Made To Look Like A Small 1940s American Town
My Son Left A Toy At The Bottom Of The Stairs. Did Not Appreciate Seeing This While Still Half Asleep This Morning
I Must Have Discovered Something New, All I Can Hear Is A Jet Engine Of Some Sort Rumbling In The Distance
Which Path?
Something awful is about to burst out of the grille and invite you to "answer me these questions three"
Took A Wrong Turn At A Hospital And Am Now Stuck In These Hallways. Phone Reception Is Getting Worse The Further I Walk Forward Or Back
Thanks, I Hate This Ceiling Light Arrangement
Walking Back To My Compartment From The Bar
Looking Between The Doors Of 2 Passenger Rail Cars. It Went On Forever, 24 Cars In Total. The Green Is Due To Tinted Windows
Been Wandering For Hours, Can’t Find A Way Out
Dad, Can We Leave Yet?
Feels Like I Shouldn't Turn Around. Just Keep Walking
It’s All Just Endless Rows Of Doors
Overnight Train To Italy, 1am
This Hallway Felt So Weird
Adventist hospital in Portland Oregon? Looks exactly like the one i had to walk to take the body's to the morge.
Hotel From A Recent Trip. Almost Looks Infinite
Finally, See The End
Is it too late to tell them that's really the monster waiting for them at the end?
I Have Been Walking This Hallway For Two Hours Now. I Think The Lights Are Getting Brighter. They Are Starting To Hurt My Eyes
My Hallway Last Night
Somewhere In Brazil
The arrangement of items and the shadows makes it look as if Slenderman is standing at the end of the aisle.
Carnegie Museum Mineral Exhibit, Mirrors Make It Look Like It Goes On Forever
The Abandoned Section Of My AMC
Just Me And The Staff Yesterday At A Bowling Alley With 70 Lanes
Apartment Complex Or Converted Prison?
It would be fun to set up a breakfast table on one of those balconies and have a meal during "a busy time"...
The Endless Hallway Of My Storage Complex
Everything Is A Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy
There’s A Man Walking In The Distance Who Hasn’t Noticed Me, I Feel A Sudden Urge To Try To Talk To Him
Noticed Some Nice Lighting In An Airbnb Recently
My Basement Has Always Had This Weird Vibe
Found This One Night While Closing. Happened Shortly After The Premier Of It. I Took Another Aisle
The Death Of The American Mall. This Was Friday Night. In The 90s This Would've Been Packed
Similarly, "The Death of the Nightclub." More like in decrease: in the 40s and 50s, working people went to night clubs during the week. Now it is reserved for the weekend.
I Found Myself In This Hallway, Should I Go For The Light?
Yes, but dance the Gangnam Style first. Nobody would dance the Gangnam Style at the start of a horror movie.
The Further I Walk Down This Hallway, The Farther Away The Exit Becomes
Please help me, I can't turn around due to feeling as if something is standing very close behind, staring at me.
Accidentally Noclipped Into The Backrooms While Staying At A Hilton
Dollarama, Hamilton Ontario
At least the arrow is telling you to go away from the darkness. That makes this just a little more bearable.
100-Year-Old School, Now Empty Of Children
Hospital Skybridge, Connecting Old To New, Oddly Empty In The Middle Of The Day
Of All Places, I Noclipped At The Louvre In Paris And Now I’m Stuck In This Hallway. There Are Exit Signs At Every Door, But I’ve Been Walking For Hours
No-Clippedis a term used when you manage to pass though solid objects that would be impossibleto pass before. This term is used in the backrooms wiki a lot when you end up leaving reality and end up in the backrooms. The backrooms is an infinate changing place where its endless hallways, rooms and doors, things that reflect liminal spaces, everything being somewhat familiar, some places are safe, and others filled with entities trying to get your flesh.
I Was At My Gym, And Suddenly Everyone Disappeared Almost Out Of Thin Air
Hello? I’m Here For The Conference
No Doors. Old Posters From WW2. Strange Carpet. I Hope The End Leads Somewhere
The Lenox, Boston Ma
This Corridor Is Always Busy With Nurses, Doctors, Technicians, Porters. One Beautiful Evening, I Found Myself Standing At The End Of Corridor. Such Peace. Covid-19 Days
Oral Roberts University Is One Big Backroom
I’ve Been Walking For Hours, But Haven’t Gotten Any Closer To Turn Up Ahead
What the hell is the purpose of these long doorless corridors? So you have no way of exiting the building once you've escaped the dungeon?
Underpass Leads You Into The Mall
Too Bright
In Honor Of Dragoncon This Weekend, And Its Packed-Full Skybridges Between Its Host Hotels, Here's A Saturday Afternoon Shot From Dragoncon 2019 Of An Empty Skybridge
It Smells Like Popcorn And I Keep Hearing Screams
I Found This Door Finally, But Every Door I Try Leads Me To Another Hallway Just Like This One. I Can’t Even Figure Out How To Get Back To The Regular Rooms Anymore
I’m Almost Here
I've Been Walking Trough This Hallway For 3 Hours Until I Finally Saw The End, Should I Continue Or Make The Walk Back? Doors On Sides Are All Just Dimly Lit Office Closets
Which Room Is Yours?
All I Hear Is The Whirring Of IV Machines And The Smell Of Burnt Hair
Storage Units Really Creep Me Out For Some Reason
Because unfortunately, some people live in them, or worse, hide dead bodies in them.
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.
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.
