Secret passageways– the staple of gothic horror flicks– are actually available for installation in regular homes! A company called Creative Home Engineering is making it possible, with a range of designs superbly combining form and function.

I always got a kick out of seeing the shadowy anti-hero/vampire pull the out the certain book or bend the candlestick and watch as the unassuming bookcase swung open to reveal a sinister entrance. To where? A dungeon? A secret laboratory? A prison for some feral humanoid dragging its knuckles and wailing “Why, oh why was I created?”….Well nowadays, it would likely just lead to a broom closet or porn stash, but still, the idea is pretty damn cool…Now if only someone made those paintings with the cut out eyeholes, I’d be in gothic heaven!

Check out the company’s hidden passageway site for more pictures and video.

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