In your opinion, are red lights in darkened areas creepy / formidable?

When I was in my mid teens, my GF and I went to a large church where it was customary for some of us in the youth group to run around the darkened hallways during the recreational times of the youth group meetings. I guess it was under the red exit signs on dark winter nights where I first fell in love.

That girl moved away, but a later girlfriend, whom I brought to the church one night when we had a hayride, would not venture into those dark hallways with the red exit signs. She seemed to believe in slasher horror movie characters dwelling in them.

Since that time, I have always loved red lights on dark winter nights. I associate them with Christmas, warmth, and maybe horror movies—but I normally have pleasant, even romantic associations with them, and find them complimentary to complexions, like moonlight, and associate the lighting with Christmas, Valentines day, moonlight, early dawn, etc etc.

Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of people say they are creepy, including, unfortunately, my current girlfriend who associates them with horror movies and dark allies.

Just wanting to know what others think.