flickering lights
Intermittently glowing bulbs
Flickering lights are lights that repeatedly brighten and dim or turn on and off in quick, irregular succession.
The phrase often signals electrical problems—faulty wiring, a dying bulb, or power fluctuations: The flickering lights made her worry about the old house's wiring.
In horror films and ghost stories, flickering lights conventionally herald supernatural presence.
- strobeRapidly pulsing light
- disco ballReflective club centerpiece
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- blinkingEyelid opening and closing
- neonInert illuminating element
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- haunted houseghosts, cobwebs, creaking floors, creaky floors, attic
- ghostsapparitions, ghosts, apparition, phantoms, specter
- haunted placeshaunted house, ghosts, haunted mansion, apparitions, haunted castle
- hauntingsghosts, apparition, apparitions, ghost sighting, phantoms
- horror tropesjump scare, final girl, haunted house, masked killer, slasher
- omensomens, omen, portent, portents, signs
light intensity/quality
flickering lightsradiant glow
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