History Main / UnholyGround

* Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/PetSematary'', which did not produce overtly undead resurrectees, but they still CameBackWrong, and it's implied that their corpses are actually possessed by a demonic presence that haunts the area. which is why the original native inhabitants abandoned the burial grounds. Animals are less affected but are still subconsciously seen to be "wrong" somehow, possibly because their limited brains can't properly channel the possession.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' there is a whole mechanic for this, called Fear Levels. Ground becomes unhallowed if local Manitou (demons) become strong, and Manitou feed of human fear. So scare the populace, and their fears become real.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': SCP-4231, aka The Montauk House, has become this as a result of Lilly's actions. For context, she is a RealityWarper and a terrible person all around.

* ''Literature/{{Ash}}'': At first sight of Comraich Castle, Ash finds himself briefly overcome with dread of the place's contained malignancy. An alarmed Dalzell recalls eminent Glaswegian psychic Moira Glennon's first sight of the place: she fell into a petrified trance, exuded [[GhostlyChill palpable cold]], and, right beside Dalzell on the passenger's seat, died.

* ''Animation/JohnnyCorncob'': The Country of Darkness, home of witches, demons, and the Devil. Ghosts spook and attempt to kill John as he nears the end of the world. In the original story, The Country of Darkness is an AciTripDimension while, in the animated movie, it's portrayed as a cemetery, thus [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] this trope.

* ''Literature/{{Ash}}: On first sight of Comraich Castle, Ash finds himself briefly overcome with dread of the place's contained malignancy. An alarmed Dalzell recalls eminent Glaswegian psychic Moira Glennon's first sight of the place: she fell into a petrified trance, exuded [[GhostlyChill palpable cold]], and, right beside Dalzell on the passenger's seat, died.

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* ''Music/TouhouZUNsMusicCollection'': In the "Legend of Aokigahara" segment of "Retrospective 53 minutes" it's implied that, in order to assuage fears of angering the gods by tunneling underneath Mt. Fuji, the Tokaido was made to run directly under [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara Aokigahara]] instead, which makes Maribel feel uncomfortable due to feeling the souls of those who died there.
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* ''Literature/FatherFigure'': The underground, ancient place of worship near [[spoiler: Friedrich's cabin.]] Notice that, for the Order of Atheithius, worship means conducting BlackMagic, CandleLit rituals.

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* The third ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'', the one with the long title about the lunch ladies, had a very good page image about the hill where they buried the lunch ladies being haunted.

* Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/PetSematary'', which did not produce overtly undead resurrectees, but they still CameBackWrong, and it's implied that their corpses are actually possessed by a demonic presence that haunts the area. which is why the original native inhabitants abandoned the burial grounds. Animals are less affected, but are still subconsciously seen to be "wrong" somehow, possibly because their limited brains can't properly channel the possession.
* In Creator/NickPerumov's ''Literature/KeeperOfTheSwords'' series, the entire world of Evial is like this, due to the presence of the entity known as the Western Darkness. Any graveyard can go bad, sooner or later, necessitating the presence of clerics and necromancers to deal with the undead. And necromancers are the safer, saner option: the sacrifices they need to stop the undead are just cats, while the priests will torture or burn some human sinners.
* There are two levels of this surrounding the mountain Shayol Ghul (the site where [[GodOfEvil the Dark One's]] prison overlaps with the living world) in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''. Travel north from the Borderlands, and one will find not the cold subarctic wastes one might expect but, thanks to the Dark One's touch, the Great Blight, [[GardenOfEvil a diseased jungle inhabited by deadly and unnatural creatures]]. Travel beyond ''that'' and you come to the Blasted Lands, the direct environs of Shayol Ghul where the corruption is so strong that [[{{Mordor}} nothing can survive at all there]]. Both regions become increasingly [[EldritchLocation eldritch]] as the series progresses and the Dark One's prison weakens, warping time and space in Shayol Ghul's environs.
* ''Literature/ElementalMasters'': Sometime before ''The Gates of Sleep'' begins, Madame Arachne learns that one of her potteries has a passage leading to a hidden (and never de-consecrated) Roman Catholic chapel, from the days when Catholics in England had to hide their faith. She and her son defile it specifically so they'll have the ideal chapel to celebrate the Black Mass.