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Me: I've been thinking a lot about the architecture of "haunted" houses and how the importance of the physical structure beyond its inhabitants (both mortal and not...) plays a role in creating fear/anxiety in addition to any supernatural occurrences th

There are the classic symbolic elements that come from the Gothic tradition. Basements and attics, crumbling foundations, the dark in general...

But what makes a place scary? Not including ghosts or the dark or the bodies...

I'm thinking specifically of Shirley Jackson's design for Hill House. All the rooms are interconnected - there are no hallways. In order to get from one room to another, you MUST enter and exit through other rooms.

I actually stayed in an apartment like it once and the experience was...eery, especially at night. In order to go to the washroom, I had to go through numerous other rooms - there was no direct route. It was discombobulating.

What other features have this effect?

Odd angles? Low ceilings? Has anyone ever walked into a house or a space and immediately felt discomfort (that was made of the physical space, not stories or history that fill the space)????

Here's Shirley Jackson's drawing of Hill House: