One time I had a dream where I was stuck in a hotel hallway with infinite rooms. It wasn’t the scariest nightmare I’d ever had, but it was for sure the most off-putting. No matter how far I ran or how many doors I tried, I couldn’t get out.
That’s what these liminal spaces are. There’s nothing inherently terrifying about them, yet something makes you feel extremely uneasy. Like you slipped between dimensions to a space where time and other people don’t exist.
Honestly, I’d rather have a nightmare about zombies or taking a high school test naked than being stuck in one of these creepy liminal spaces. The pool rooms especially.