History Main / WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver

* In ''Film/KillBill'', Creator/DarylHannah sneaks into a hospital carrying a red umbrella and wearing a white coat and EyepatchOfPower. She then changes into a white NaughtyNurseOutfit, swaps the eyepatch out for one that's ''mostly'' white except for a [[TheColoredCross red cross]], and attempts to assassinate a comatose Creator/UmaThurman with a syringe full of [[TechnicolorToxin cherry-red poison]]. Hannah's NotSoInnocentWhistling makes the scene all the more sinister.

* ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'': Kumoko -- at least in the manga and anime -- is predominently white with reddish pink markings. And while [[StylizedForTheViewer she may look cute and cuddly during the segments from her perspective]], she's actually a horrifying spider-monster.

** The combination of red and white mana usually leads to heroic archetypes, but [[LightIsNotGood evil]] examples exist. Nahiri is a FallenHero who has caused genocide and attempted genocide. The Nobilis of War drives the people of Shadowmoor to eternal warfare. New Capenna's Cabaretti are mafioso hedonists far from being above extorsion and retaliatory crimes. Palladia-Mors was a social darwinist and the most openly violent of the elder dragons. Even the Boros Legion of Ravnica is no stranger to PoliceBrutality.

* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'': The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Makyrs]] and their signature aesthetic are usually a combination of white and red, typically with a little gold mixed in. The Khan Makyr is an even better example: she wears beautiful white armor that covers her entire body, but as she gets damaged you can see more and more of her real body, which is both blood-red in color and better befits an EldritchAbomination (complete with tentacles) than the AngelicBeauty she seems to be.

** Elesh Norn (pictured above) is the leader of a theocratic faction whose goal is to bring about the [[AssimilationPlot union of flesh and machinery]] all across the universe. Her design reflects said goal quite well; a body and face cased in ivory-colored porcelain skin, contrasted by a few exposed areas of [[BodyHorror bare muscle tissue]].

** In a variation, Phoenix's first main opponent is a man literally named Redd White, a master blackmailer.

White is a sterile color generally agreed upon by many to be a "pure" one, and when introduced with a touch of vibrant red, it creates a very jarring contrast. But while this combination of colors can be elegant, in some circumstances, there can also be something unnervingly haunting about a white-and-red coloration. White is the color of bone and bloodless skin, and red the color of blood and bared flesh. Put them together and you get an unholy matrimony between LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent; an appearance that is sickly, sterile, and ethereal, yet vibrant and visceral at the same time, like a pale corpse cut open to reveal its insides.

See also LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent. Contrast LightIsGood, RedIsHeroic, and RedAndWhiteComedyPoster, the latter which is meant to be funny, not scary. Also contrast GreenMeansNatural for a color association used to indicate something being natural. Might turn up in MedicalHorror as well, and is one of the reasons behind the assumption that AlbinosAreFreaks--though in most albinistic humans in RealLife, the famous red eyes only show up under direct bright light (with blue being the most common color the rest of the time).

White is a sterile color generally agreed upon by many to be a "pure" one, and when introduced with a touch of vibrant red, it creates a very jarring contrast. But while this combination of colors can be elegant, in some circumstances, there can also be something unnervingly haunting about a white-and-red coloration. White is the color of bone and bloodless skin, and red the color of blood and bared flesh. Put them together and you get an unholy matrimony between LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent; an appearance that is sickly, sterile, and ethereal, yet vibrant and visceral at the same time, like a [[UncannyValley pale corpse cut open to reveal its insides]].

** To these ends the packaging for ''Phyrexia - All Will Be One'' [[https://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-news/phyrexia-all-will-be-one-packaging/ is dominated by white and red]]. [[BigBad It is clear that Elesh Norn is the one in charge]].

The sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pale vampires who don't bother to wipe their mouths]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] (see AlbinosAreFreaks), the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, the sterile walls of a [[AbandonedHospital hospital]] or [[MadScientistLaboratory laboratory]] where the {{zombie|Apocalypse}}s or [[PlayingWithSyringes test subjects]] leave a path of mangled corpses in their wake, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. In addition, white is associated with ''death'' in China and other Asian countries, so a StringyHairedGhostGirl clad in blood-soaked robes can add to their inherent scariness.

** To these ends the packaging for ''Phyrexia - All Will Be One'' [[https://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-set/phyrexia-all-will-be-one/ is dominated by white and red]]. [[BigBad It is clear that Elesh Norn is the one in charge]].

** Khezu's body is completely pale white all over, save for its thick red lips. It is also one of the more alien-looking and disturbing monsters in the series.
** White Fatalis is one of the most powerful Elder Dragons in the series, and is both beautiful and eerie in equal measure. Its ghostly white scales and fur combined with its blood red eyes make for an imposing apperance, and when it fights it forgoes its Black and Crimson cousins flames in favor of scarlet lightning that further drives home its status as a living calamity in dragon form.
** The ''Frontier''-exclusive Elder Dragon Disufiroa is a [[NonIndicativeName black dragon]], which are a classification of extremely dangerous Elder Dragons that fellow white-and-red dragon White Fatalis belongs to. Its jagged white scales and red underbelly and jaw give it the appearance of a creature made of raw flesh and bone, and it can control fire and ice to deadly extremes. Thanks to its elemental powers being so unstable, its mere presence can wipe out entire ecosystems, and it's the only living thing in the World's End, the wasteland it rules over.

* ''VideoGame/TinkerQuarry'' has the RatKing, the terrifying, monstrous king of the rats plaguing the Dollhouse. The Rat King is bright white, with white {{Cool Crown}}s and {{red eyes|take warning}}. Like the other rats, it's implied to be an AnimalisticAbomination.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': Youkai, a silent NoNonsenseNemesis with control over a massive swarm of microbots, wears a white-and-red kabuki mask along with his [[DarkIsEvil black trenchcoat]].

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
** In a variation, Phoenix's first main opponent is a man literally named Redd White, a master blackmailer.
** The final culprit of ''Justice for All'', [[spoiler: Matt Engarde]], is a conniving, murderous schemer with a creepily friendly demeanor and a red-and-white color scheme.
** Dahlia Hawthorne from ''Trials and Tribulations'' has red hair and a white gown, with a bright pink umbrella and stole thrown in. [[spoiler: She's a vicious SerialKiller and the BigBad of the game. For bonus points, her spirit is shown as a featureless white figure with her signature red hair]].
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'':
** Fat Sacks are pale versions of the Fatty enemy and one of the latter's [[UndergroundMonkey many varieties]] encountered during playthroughs. They look similar to Pale Fatties, but boast nightmarish {{Ghostly Gape}}s on their faces, with blood pouring [[BloodFromEveryOrifice from their hollow eyes and open mouths]].
** Psychic Maws also share the same coloration, being floating pale heads whose eyes are stitched up save for [[ThirdEye a third one]] on their foreheads, which cry TearsOfBlood.

** While dressed in black and red robes, the mysterious, menacing [[BigBad Flame Emperor's]] mask is white with splashes of red that almost look like bloodstains. [[spoiler:And this motif carries over into her real identity as Edelgard, who upon ascending the Adrestian throne and becoming a ruthless tyrant wears a snazzy crimson BattleBallgown with hints of white that compliment her head of similarly white hair.]]

* The visuals of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWg5oLmw7mY Realm of the Dead level]] in ''[[VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard Maui Mallard In Cold Shadow]]'' are based on ash grey and bright red. Dominating the background image is a huge creepy eyeball with red veins and iris contrasting its whites.

** The [[spoiler:Death Egg Robot]]'s final form is white with red claws and joints. It's very unnerving partially because it's a StarfishRobot with [[TentacledTerror robotic tentacles]], and also because [[spoiler:Eggman uses the mystical Phantom Ruby to its full extent while piloting the robot, creating an eerie, dark battlefield for the robot to stand out against.]]

* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden 3'': Ryu's main opponent throughout the game is the Regent of the Mask, a [[FauxAffablyEvil playfully sadistic]] man who wears a [[WhiteMaskOfDoom white mask]] and a red robe.
* ''Videogame/MetroidDread'' has CyberCyclops E.M.M.I. in many colors, but the one given most attention in the promotion is the white one, certainly to invoke this trope.

[[folder: Visual Novels]]

* The plot of a {{Creepypasta}} ghost story titled ''White with Red'' concerns a room in an hotel where a man once murdered his wife a long time ago, and anyone who stays in that room would turn pale all over save for their eyes, which turn a sharp red.

* ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'': The multi-species civilisation of the Sea Stewards, which hitherto lasted for ''millions'' of years, [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom is unwittingly brought low by Whitecrown,]] an albino jay now leading a massive flock harnassing the power of fire. One day while hunting, [[ForWantOfANail he unknowingly drops a light near a massive, exposed coal-seam,]] setting it ablaze and causing the entire planet's ecosystem to collapse from the ''continent-wide'' coal fires that ensue.]] [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L7qXGuJyjrOoqJJC-smUsu3dgX9doxbRpUQDXXcgNRvImxsfOU_ISmZlahAz_JaAqRzn4VDjVphUxtYb5eXqS4RVr51y_s012uA-PAnNpGcc_fM_k9ZIAGgaxlkk4D-f_g=w1280 In an illustration depicting the fateful moment]], he is depicted in a surreal bright white rimmed with red from the [[spoiler:coal fires he accidentally lit]].

* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs in [[https://xkcd.com/2246/ this strip]], which claims that Christmas presents are parasitic plants to Christmas trees. One piece of evidence listed is that the "bright white and red colors indicate a lack of chlorophyll."

See also LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent. Contrast LightIsGood, RedIsHeroic, and RedAndWhiteComedyPoster, the latter which is meant to be funny, not scary. Might turn up in MedicalHorror as well, and is one of the reasons behind the assumption that AlbinosAreFreaks--though in most albinistic humans in RealLife, the famous red eyes only show up under direct bright light (with blue being the most common color the rest of the time).

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The [[AnimalisticAbomination Grimm]] prowling the ruined world of Remnant come in many shapes and sizes, and have the same jet black bodies with white, skeletal features. One particular characteristic they generally share is their skull-like [[WhiteMaskOfDoom White Masks of Doom]], which possess red eyes and tattoo-like markings.

** The combination of red and white mana usually leads to heroic archetypes, but [[LightIsNotGood evil]] examples exist. Nahiri is a FallenHero who has caused genocide and attempted genocide. The Nobilis of War drives the people of Shadowmoor to eternal warfare. Even the Boros Legion of Ravnica is no stranger to PoliceBrutality.