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* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheVampire'': Vampires and ''palebloods'' who have freshly fed will have their eyes redden, often to the point of completely colouring their whites. This also happens whenever [[{{Dhampyr}} Silversaints]] smoke ''sanctus''.
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* Two examples in ''Literature/OldScores'':
**Per tradition, all vampires' eyes [[GlowingEyes glow red]] as a combative or predatory reflex.
**The first, telling sign of a blood glutton[[note]]A vampire who has fed on other vampires[[/note]] is permanently bloody sclera.
**Per tradition, all vampires' eyes [[GlowingEyes glow red]] as a combative or predatory reflex.
**The first, telling sign of a blood glutton[[note]]A vampire who has fed on other vampires[[/note]] is permanently bloody sclera.
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* ''Literature/KingOfTheDinosaursTyrannosaurusRex'': Illustrations of the T. rex portray it as having red eyes.
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* Lung Tien Lien from the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is an [[WickedCultured aristocratic]] albino DragonLady with blood red eyes. She also happens to be a twenty-odd ton [[{{Pun}} Lady Dragon]] with a fearsome [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic attack]] for a breath weapon.
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* Lung Tien Lien from the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is an [[WickedCultured aristocratic]] albino DragonLady with blood red eyes. She also happens to be a twenty-odd ton [[{{Pun}} Lady Dragon]] with a fearsome [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream sonic attack]] for a breath weapon.
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* The Infected of ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' have glowing red eyes which brighten when they come across as enemy – which is anything that breathes – or when the Infection spreads further in their bodies. Considering their horribly mutated forms, it’s by far the least-horrifying thing about them.
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* The Infected of ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' have glowing red eyes which brighten when they come across as enemy – –- which is anything that breathes – –- or when the Infection spreads further in their bodies. Considering their horribly mutated forms, it’s by far the least-horrifying thing about them.
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** Voidbringers in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' are alleged to have red eyes, and we see at least one form of Voidbringer, a thunderclast, with glowing red eyes. Furthermore, in ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', [[spoiler: the Parshendi's eyes turn red when they transform into Voidbringers]].
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** Voidbringers in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' are alleged to have red eyes, and we see at least one form of Voidbringer, a thunderclast, with glowing red eyes. Furthermore, in ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Parshendi's eyes turn red when they transform into Voidbringers]].
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** Red eyes seem to imply evil thoughts/feelings. Young Tom Riddle's eyes gleam red briefly at a moment when he is extremely greedy, and later, when he has started turning into Voldemort, his eyes become bloody-looking - they ultimately end up staying pure red after he splits his soul seven times. Also, when Ron is being psychologically tortured by Riddle!Harry-and-Hermione from the horcrux, his eyes flash red for just a second...before he ignores them and shuts them up for good.
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** Red eyes seem to imply evil thoughts/feelings. Young Tom Riddle's eyes gleam red briefly at a moment when he is extremely greedy, and later, when he has started turning into Voldemort, his eyes become bloody-looking - -- they ultimately end up staying pure red after he splits his soul seven times. Also, when Ron is being psychologically tortured by Riddle!Harry-and-Hermione from the horcrux, his eyes flash red for just a second...before he ignores them and shuts them up for good.
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* Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit''
** ''Literature/TheHobbit''
*** When the evil worgs tree the party, they are described as having [[GlowingEyes shining]] red eyes.
*** The very evil dragon Smaug has red eyes which emit searchlight-like beams.
** The villain Sauron, while not red-eyed himself, uses a red eye on black as his symbol.
** In ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'', the Mûmak (giant elephant) who tramples the Ithilien Rangers and men of Harad is said to have raging small red eyes.
** In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" it says that Saruman's evil agent Wormtongue has red eyes.
** ''Literature/TheHobbit''
*** When the evil worgs tree the party, they are described as having [[GlowingEyes shining]] red eyes.
*** The very evil dragon Smaug has red eyes which emit searchlight-like beams.
** The villain Sauron, while not red-eyed himself, uses a red eye on black as his symbol.
** In ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'', the Mûmak (giant elephant) who tramples the Ithilien Rangers and men of Harad is said to have raging small red eyes.
** In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" it says that Saruman's evil agent Wormtongue has red eyes.
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* Melisandre from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is an EvilRedhead [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow as well.]]
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* Melisandre from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Melisandre, who's an EvilRedhead [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow as well.]]
** Melisandre, who's an EvilRedhead [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow as well.]]
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** Much like Sauron above, [[OmnicidalManiac Euron Greyjoy]] uses a red eye with a black pupil as his personal crest, and given his brother Aeron's description of his "bloodeye", his [[EyepatchOfPower hidden left eye]] may be red, though his nephew Theon seems to believe it is [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]].
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** Much like Sauron above, below, [[OmnicidalManiac Euron Greyjoy]] uses a red eye with a black pupil as his personal crest, and given his brother Aeron's description of his "bloodeye", his [[EyepatchOfPower hidden left eye]] may be red, though his nephew Theon seems to believe it is [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]].
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* Creator/LinCarter's "Thongor of Lemuria" stories.
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* ''Literature/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheHobbit'':
*** When the evil wargs tree the party, they are described as having [[GlowingEyes shining]] red eyes.
*** The very evil dragon Smaug has red eyes which emit searchlight-like beams.
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
*** The BigBad Sauron, while not red-eyed himself, uses a red eye on a black field as his symbol.
*** In ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'', the Mûmak (giant elephant) who tramples the Ithilien Rangers and men of Harad is said to have raging small red eyes.
*** In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' chapter "The Scouring of the Shire," Saruman's evil agent Wormtongue has red eyes.
** According to ''Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth'', the Drúedain's eyes glow red when they're angry. They aren't evil, but they are {{Badass Native}}s and it's strongly hinted whenever they show up that you don't want to be on their bad side.
** ''Literature/TheHobbit'':
*** When the evil wargs tree the party, they are described as having [[GlowingEyes shining]] red eyes.
*** The very evil dragon Smaug has red eyes which emit searchlight-like beams.
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
*** The BigBad Sauron, while not red-eyed himself, uses a red eye on a black field as his symbol.
*** In ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'', the Mûmak (giant elephant) who tramples the Ithilien Rangers and men of Harad is said to have raging small red eyes.
*** In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' chapter "The Scouring of the Shire," Saruman's evil agent Wormtongue has red eyes.
** According to ''Literature/UnfinishedTalesOfNumenorAndMiddleEarth'', the Drúedain's eyes glow red when they're angry. They aren't evil, but they are {{Badass Native}}s and it's strongly hinted whenever they show up that you don't want to be on their bad side.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novel series, the vampires who drink only human blood have red eyes.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' novel series, the vampires who drink only human blood have red eyes.
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* ''Literature/TheAmityvilleHorror''. The youngest child, 5 year-old Missy, had repeated encounters with a pig-like demonic creature with red glowing eyes whom she called Jodie.
* ''Literature/Area51'': The Airlia all have red eyes, and sure enough, they're bad guys.
* ''Literature/TheDoorwayAndTheDeep'': The ice crawler that attacks the boat [[TheProtagonist Lottie]] and co. are in has red eyes.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
** "{{Literature/Reason}}": When Donovan insults [[RobotReligion QT's god]], the robot's eyes turn a deeper red and the narration tells us that the tension between them increases. It is as if [[TinMan the robot was angered]] by the heresy.
** "{{Literature/Robbie}}": Mrs Weston is disturbed by Robbie's GlowingMechanicalEyes, but Gloria and Mr Weston disagree with her assessment.
* The Infected of ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' have glowing red eyes which brighten when they come across as enemy – which is anything that breathes – or when the Infection spreads further in their bodies. Considering their horribly mutated forms, it’s by far the least-horrifying thing about them.
* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'': The monster Grendel is described as having glowing red eyes: "on fagne flor feond treddode,/eode yrremod; him of eagum stod/ligge gelicost leoht unfæger" ("Across the decorated floor the fiend trod, went enraged in mind; there stood in his eyes a foul light most like to flame").
* ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'', a parody of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': the Black Riders have "perfectly normal red glowing fires" where their eyes should have been.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheChildrenOfMan''. In this setting, red eyes mark you as a Tereskan, an order of healer-mages who are one of the primary forces of good in the setting.
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' novel ''The High King''. Gwythaints, the bird servants of the DarkLord Arawn, have blood-red eyes.
* Mayor Oculon of ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' has... well, ''is'' a giant red eye. With tentacles.
* In "Literature/ColdSnap", DiabolicalMastermind Derek Leech's Rolls Royce has a customized hood ornament with rubies for eyes.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian stories "Literature/ShadowsInZamboula" and "Literature/QueenOfTheBlackCoast", villainous {{Evil Sorcerer}}s have red eyes.
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Literature/{{Corum}}'': The Queen of the Swords''. Prince Gaynor the Damned, an evil champion of Chaos, has dead red eyes that blaze in terror and agony.
* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** Voidbringers in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' are alleged to have red eyes, and we see at least one form of Voidbringer, a thunderclast, with glowing red eyes. Furthermore, in ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', [[spoiler: the Parshendi's eyes turn red when they transform into Voidbringers]].
** In ''Literature/ShadowsForSilenceInTheForestsOfHell'', the shades normally drift away from humans and are mostly harmless unless you manage to walk right into one despite them drifting away. But break the Simple Rules (don't move too fast at night, don't kindle fire, and never draw blood), and their eyes light up red as they enrage. If that happens, if there is a nearby safe place enclosed by silver, run there. Otherwise, your ass is toast.
* Creator/HPLovecraft's Franchise/CthulhuMythos story ''The Haunter of the Dark''. The titular monster has a red, three-lobed, burning eye.
* Those possessed by demons in ''Literature/DanceoftheButterfly'' will show a red coloring to their eyes.
* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Death Dealer]] from Creator/FrankFrazetta, is depicted with either [[MonochromaticEyes red eyes or completely white]] depending on whether he's about to fight a strong foe or not. The books based on the character artwork, are about the BarbarianHero, Gath of Baal who's already superhumanly mighty before he becomes the bearer of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Horned Helm]] which makes him the avatar of the evil god of death.
* For most of the first book in the ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' trilogy, all anyone ever sees of BigBad Jupiter are his fiery red eyes emerging from the blackness of the portal where he dwells, located in the sewers of London.
* The plus-sized UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex in ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'', who Mike names "Moriarty", is first seen with eyes that seem to glow red, though Mike thinks it's a trick of the sunset or a reflection of the blood at the dinosaur's feet.
* Subverted in the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}''. A lot of the demons have red eyes, but since it's optional, they almost certainly chose them to {{invoke|dTrope}} this trope for intimidation.
* Literature/{{Dracula}} has red eyes. His houseguest, Jonathan, being [[StiffUpperLip Br]][[TheStoic it]][[TooDumbToLive ish]], does not comment on this.
* ''Dragontales'', a collection of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-related stories from the creators of ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine.
** In "Out of the Eons'', a Gardner F. Fox "Niall of the Far Travels" short story, the evil deity Adonair has wide fire-red eyes.
** "Black Lotus Moon". The huge guardian monster in Garilon's tower has large, saucer-shaped eyes with red irises like clots of blood.
* The villainous Steerpike of Mervyn Peake's ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'' series has dark red eyes.
* In "Green Tea" by Creator/JosephSheridanLeFanu, the demonic monkey that pursues Reverend Jennings has eyes that glow from within with a "faint but deep red light". Indeed the first thing Jennings notices when he first sees the monkey are its eyes, appearing as two "tiny discs of red" hovering in the darkness.
* Lord Voldemort from the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books has red eyes with slits for pupils, like a snake's eyes (although not in [[TheFilmOfTheBook the films of the books]], except the first, which actually gets it right).
** Red eyes seem to imply evil thoughts/feelings. Young Tom Riddle's eyes gleam red briefly at a moment when he is extremely greedy, and later, when he has started turning into Voldemort, his eyes become bloody-looking - they ultimately end up staying pure red after he splits his soul seven times. Also, when Ron is being psychologically tortured by Riddle!Harry-and-Hermione from the horcrux, his eyes flash red for just a second...before he ignores them and shuts them up for good.
** Notice the formidable chiasmus at the end of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''. Voldemort has red eyes and uses a green DeathRay. Harry Potter has good green eyes, and uses the good red ray (remember the color-coding of laser beams in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy).
* In ''Literature/HeartOfSteel'', Alistair's mechanical eye normally glows blue, but when he is angry it glows red.
* Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit''
** ''Literature/TheHobbit''
*** When the evil worgs tree the party, they are described as having [[GlowingEyes shining]] red eyes.
*** The very evil dragon Smaug has red eyes which emit searchlight-like beams.
** The villain Sauron, while not red-eyed himself, uses a red eye on black as his symbol.
** In ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'', the Mûmak (giant elephant) who tramples the Ithilien Rangers and men of Harad is said to have raging small red eyes.
** In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" it says that Saruman's evil agent Wormtongue has red eyes.
* Mentioned a lot in ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight''. The Red Fledglings and Vampires have red eyes when they've just fed from a human or when they're seriously pissed off. The Raven Mockers also have red eyes.
* The Shrike from the ''Literature/HyperionCantos'' is a 3-meter-tall {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le being made of lethally sharp blades. It has multifaceted red-glowing eyes and most times it shows up, it's to carry someone off to be impaled on a gigantic thorn tree where they will [[AndIMustScream live forever in agony]].
* In the ''Literature/LeagueOfMagi'' stories, Rose Cross has red eyes as a symptom of her albinism. She's not quite ''evil'', but she's definitely scary.
* In Creator/RASalvatore's ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'', the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil drow]] have deep red eyes. This trope is carried even further in that Drizzt, one of only two good drow seen in the series, has lavender eyes.
* In the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'', Silchas Ruin is said to be a "red-eyed nightmare". Depending on the point of view, he is either a villain with good intentions, or a heroic man with bad publicity, but either way his red eyes are what ticks people off that he's dangerous. They are variously described as lifeless, reptilian, unnerving, cold and dead.
* In the original picture book of ''Literature/MarsNeedsMoms'', Milo's mom (and Milo himself) have bright orange-red eyes. It doesn't mean anything but it does make TheReveal of [[TheFaceless Mom's face]] a little unnerving.
* The short story "Nitimandrey & the Cabinetmaker's Vision'' in ''Magazine/{{Ares}}'' magazine Special Edition #1 (Summer 1983). When King Nitimandrey and the cabinet maker enter the cave beneath the fifth peak of Mount Nanda-pe, they find large numbers of bats with red GlowingEyes watching them. The evil bats are eventually commanded to attack the pair and almost kill them before they finally escape.
* Ares from the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' books actually has ''fire where his eyes should be''. Hestia also has fire for eyes, but she is an aversion for this trope, as she is actually one of the kindest gods in the series.
* ''Literature/PeterPan''. Captain Hook had light blue eyes, but when he was angry, they would flash red.
* Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}''. When appearing to Jeeter and Kale in the cave, several of the monstrous forms that the incredibly evil Ancient Enemy takes have red eyes.
* ''Literature/APieceInTheGameOfGods'': Maelyne, when reminded of her recent loss:
--> My eyes remained fixed on this giant glowing woman, and I could see her own anger and frustration. Then, something dawned on me. “They killed your champion…”\\\
“Yes,” Maelyne said, her glowing eyes flashing red for a moment and making me instinctively step back.
* In ''The Price'' by Creator/NeilGaiman, the main character realizes that the creature coming for them is the Devil because it has red eyes. While he's looking through night vision goggles.
* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': In Episode 2, when [[spoiler:Princess Rosalind]] is enraged and gets GlowingEyesOfDoom:
--> [[spoiler:Princess Rosalind]]'s eyes glowed brightest, in a deep bloody scarlet.
* In ''Literature/QuestForFire'' a [[FrazettaMan primitive]] [[CannibalTribe cannibal]] warrior has eyes that gloe red in the firelight.
* In ''Literature/RaceToTheSun'' all monsters that [[TheProtagonist Nizhoni]] can see have red eyes, at least for her monster-hunting senses. Which is helpful, as they are shape-shifters.
* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, Storm the Lightning Fairy's book has an extra-mean goblin with red eyes. He shoots lightning at the girls with the power of the Lightning Feather.
* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'': The Bloodwrath is a state of berserker rage that mostly affects badgers, causing their eyes to glow red as they seek to brutally murder their hated enemy. Lady Cregga Rose Eyes was so named because her eyes were so bloodshot as to be always red, leading to her [[spoiler:going blind]] at the end of her life as Badger Lady of Salamandastron.
* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/RikkiTikkiTavi'', Rikki has them whenever he's around the cobras or when feeling angered, annoyed or suspicious.
* Hannibal Lecter of ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' is depicted with maroon (brownish-red) eyes in the books.
* Melisandre from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is an EvilRedhead [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow as well.]]
** Ghost the albino Direwolf has red eyes, noted to be different from Melisandre's, resembling more the blood-red eyes of the weirwood Old Gods. And he's definitely capable of taking off limbs if so inclined.
** Much like Sauron above, [[OmnicidalManiac Euron Greyjoy]] uses a red eye with a black pupil as his personal crest, and given his brother Aeron's description of his "bloodeye", his [[EyepatchOfPower hidden left eye]] may be red, though his nephew Theon seems to believe it is [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]].
* In the ''Literature/SonjaBlue'' series, red eyes are one of the symptoms of vampirism, which makes sunglasses very popular with the vampires--hence the title of the first book of the series, ''Sunglasses After Dark''.
* In ''Literature/SpaceGlass'', the Marauder has these, and is the second most powerful member of the Extragalactic Enthusiasts.
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' novel ''The Devil's Heart'' depicts [[TheCaptain Captain Picard]] with red eyes while holding the titular ArtifactOfDoom on the cover.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'': Grand Admiral Thrawn, a nonhuman Chiss who also had blue skin, had [[MonochromaticEyes solid red eyes]] that were [[WhatBeautifulEyes often said]] to be [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]]. Even when he's solidly the antagonist, he is [[ALighterShadeOfGrey less evil and more ruthless]].
** Darth Bane also had red eyes due to his immersion in the Dark Side of The Force. It's a Sith occupational hazard.
** [[Literature/XWingSeries Ysanne Isard]] actually had heterochromia, one eye being red, the other eye being blue. She's the head of Imperial Intelligence and decidedly evil.
** The same series has the much more minor villain Zekka Thyne, who has red eyes and HellishPupils.
** And it has two characters who each have a glowing red prosthetic eye. Neither of them are villains. One, Booster Terrick, is a smuggler who does not approve of the pilot his daughter fell in love with. The other, Ton Phanan, is an [[DeadpanSnarker incredibly sarcastic]] [[CombatMedic ex-doctor]] [[StepfordSmiler hiding the fact that]] [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul his extensive cybernetics cannot replace the future he lost.]]
* Lung Tien Lien from the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is an [[WickedCultured aristocratic]] albino DragonLady with blood red eyes. She also happens to be a twenty-odd ton [[{{Pun}} Lady Dragon]] with a fearsome [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic attack]] for a breath weapon.
* Creator/LinCarter's "Thongor of Lemuria" stories.
** The Grakk, a scaly flying lizard-like monster of the jungles of Chush, has cruel, scarlet eyes.
** The Dragon-Kings, who were the previous rulers of Lemuria before the humans came, have slitted red eyes. They were extremely evil and had great knowledge of sorcery and necromancy.
** The Gunth, extremely strong beastmen who lived in jungles, had gleaming red eyes.
* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's [[Literature/TufVoyaging Haviland Tuf]] short story "A Beast for Norn". The ironfangs of the planet Lyronica are giant vicious wolf-like creatures with huge teeth and sunken red eyes.
* In the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novel series, the vampires who drink only human blood have red eyes.
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', Strigoi have red rings around their pupils. Seeing red eyes glowing in the dark alerts dhampir guardians to expect an attack.
* When ''Literature/WarrenTheThirteenth'' is in the boiler room of the hotel, we see a bunch of creepy red eyes glowering at him. Subverted when it turns out that the monster they belong to, Sketchy, is very friendly and means no harm at all.
* The monstrous alien in Creator/JohnWCampbell's novella "Literature/WhoGoesThere" has three red eyes.
* Creator/MichaelStackpole's ''Wolf & Raven'' short story "Fair Game". The cyberdog that Selene Reece sends after Wolfgang Kies has eyes that look like red starbursts.
* One of the villains from Creator/MadeleineLEngle's ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' is called simply... the Man With Red Eyes.
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* ''Literature/Area51'': The Airlia all have red eyes, and sure enough, they're bad guys.
* ''Literature/TheDoorwayAndTheDeep'': The ice crawler that attacks the boat [[TheProtagonist Lottie]] and co. are in has red eyes.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
** "{{Literature/Reason}}": When Donovan insults [[RobotReligion QT's god]], the robot's eyes turn a deeper red and the narration tells us that the tension between them increases. It is as if [[TinMan the robot was angered]] by the heresy.
** "{{Literature/Robbie}}": Mrs Weston is disturbed by Robbie's GlowingMechanicalEyes, but Gloria and Mr Weston disagree with her assessment.
* The Infected of ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' have glowing red eyes which brighten when they come across as enemy – which is anything that breathes – or when the Infection spreads further in their bodies. Considering their horribly mutated forms, it’s by far the least-horrifying thing about them.
* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'': The monster Grendel is described as having glowing red eyes: "on fagne flor feond treddode,/eode yrremod; him of eagum stod/ligge gelicost leoht unfæger" ("Across the decorated floor the fiend trod, went enraged in mind; there stood in his eyes a foul light most like to flame").
* ''Literature/BoredOfTheRings'', a parody of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': the Black Riders have "perfectly normal red glowing fires" where their eyes should have been.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Literature/TheChildrenOfMan''. In this setting, red eyes mark you as a Tereskan, an order of healer-mages who are one of the primary forces of good in the setting.
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'' novel ''The High King''. Gwythaints, the bird servants of the DarkLord Arawn, have blood-red eyes.
* Mayor Oculon of ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' has... well, ''is'' a giant red eye. With tentacles.
* In "Literature/ColdSnap", DiabolicalMastermind Derek Leech's Rolls Royce has a customized hood ornament with rubies for eyes.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian stories "Literature/ShadowsInZamboula" and "Literature/QueenOfTheBlackCoast", villainous {{Evil Sorcerer}}s have red eyes.
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Literature/{{Corum}}'': The Queen of the Swords''. Prince Gaynor the Damned, an evil champion of Chaos, has dead red eyes that blaze in terror and agony.
* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
** Voidbringers in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' are alleged to have red eyes, and we see at least one form of Voidbringer, a thunderclast, with glowing red eyes. Furthermore, in ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', [[spoiler: the Parshendi's eyes turn red when they transform into Voidbringers]].
** In ''Literature/ShadowsForSilenceInTheForestsOfHell'', the shades normally drift away from humans and are mostly harmless unless you manage to walk right into one despite them drifting away. But break the Simple Rules (don't move too fast at night, don't kindle fire, and never draw blood), and their eyes light up red as they enrage. If that happens, if there is a nearby safe place enclosed by silver, run there. Otherwise, your ass is toast.
* Creator/HPLovecraft's Franchise/CthulhuMythos story ''The Haunter of the Dark''. The titular monster has a red, three-lobed, burning eye.
* Those possessed by demons in ''Literature/DanceoftheButterfly'' will show a red coloring to their eyes.
* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Death Dealer]] from Creator/FrankFrazetta, is depicted with either [[MonochromaticEyes red eyes or completely white]] depending on whether he's about to fight a strong foe or not. The books based on the character artwork, are about the BarbarianHero, Gath of Baal who's already superhumanly mighty before he becomes the bearer of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Horned Helm]] which makes him the avatar of the evil god of death.
* For most of the first book in the ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' trilogy, all anyone ever sees of BigBad Jupiter are his fiery red eyes emerging from the blackness of the portal where he dwells, located in the sewers of London.
* The plus-sized UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex in ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'', who Mike names "Moriarty", is first seen with eyes that seem to glow red, though Mike thinks it's a trick of the sunset or a reflection of the blood at the dinosaur's feet.
* Subverted in the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}''. A lot of the demons have red eyes, but since it's optional, they almost certainly chose them to {{invoke|dTrope}} this trope for intimidation.
* Literature/{{Dracula}} has red eyes. His houseguest, Jonathan, being [[StiffUpperLip Br]][[TheStoic it]][[TooDumbToLive ish]], does not comment on this.
* ''Dragontales'', a collection of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-related stories from the creators of ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine.
** In "Out of the Eons'', a Gardner F. Fox "Niall of the Far Travels" short story, the evil deity Adonair has wide fire-red eyes.
** "Black Lotus Moon". The huge guardian monster in Garilon's tower has large, saucer-shaped eyes with red irises like clots of blood.
* The villainous Steerpike of Mervyn Peake's ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'' series has dark red eyes.
* In "Green Tea" by Creator/JosephSheridanLeFanu, the demonic monkey that pursues Reverend Jennings has eyes that glow from within with a "faint but deep red light". Indeed the first thing Jennings notices when he first sees the monkey are its eyes, appearing as two "tiny discs of red" hovering in the darkness.
* Lord Voldemort from the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books has red eyes with slits for pupils, like a snake's eyes (although not in [[TheFilmOfTheBook the films of the books]], except the first, which actually gets it right).
** Red eyes seem to imply evil thoughts/feelings. Young Tom Riddle's eyes gleam red briefly at a moment when he is extremely greedy, and later, when he has started turning into Voldemort, his eyes become bloody-looking - they ultimately end up staying pure red after he splits his soul seven times. Also, when Ron is being psychologically tortured by Riddle!Harry-and-Hermione from the horcrux, his eyes flash red for just a second...before he ignores them and shuts them up for good.
** Notice the formidable chiasmus at the end of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''. Voldemort has red eyes and uses a green DeathRay. Harry Potter has good green eyes, and uses the good red ray (remember the color-coding of laser beams in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy).
* In ''Literature/HeartOfSteel'', Alistair's mechanical eye normally glows blue, but when he is angry it glows red.
* Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit''
** ''Literature/TheHobbit''
*** When the evil worgs tree the party, they are described as having [[GlowingEyes shining]] red eyes.
*** The very evil dragon Smaug has red eyes which emit searchlight-like beams.
** The villain Sauron, while not red-eyed himself, uses a red eye on black as his symbol.
** In ''Literature/TheTwoTowers'', the Mûmak (giant elephant) who tramples the Ithilien Rangers and men of Harad is said to have raging small red eyes.
** In ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'' chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" it says that Saruman's evil agent Wormtongue has red eyes.
* Mentioned a lot in ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight''. The Red Fledglings and Vampires have red eyes when they've just fed from a human or when they're seriously pissed off. The Raven Mockers also have red eyes.
* The Shrike from the ''Literature/HyperionCantos'' is a 3-meter-tall {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le being made of lethally sharp blades. It has multifaceted red-glowing eyes and most times it shows up, it's to carry someone off to be impaled on a gigantic thorn tree where they will [[AndIMustScream live forever in agony]].
* In the ''Literature/LeagueOfMagi'' stories, Rose Cross has red eyes as a symptom of her albinism. She's not quite ''evil'', but she's definitely scary.
* In Creator/RASalvatore's ''Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt'', the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil drow]] have deep red eyes. This trope is carried even further in that Drizzt, one of only two good drow seen in the series, has lavender eyes.
* In the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'', Silchas Ruin is said to be a "red-eyed nightmare". Depending on the point of view, he is either a villain with good intentions, or a heroic man with bad publicity, but either way his red eyes are what ticks people off that he's dangerous. They are variously described as lifeless, reptilian, unnerving, cold and dead.
* In the original picture book of ''Literature/MarsNeedsMoms'', Milo's mom (and Milo himself) have bright orange-red eyes. It doesn't mean anything but it does make TheReveal of [[TheFaceless Mom's face]] a little unnerving.
* The short story "Nitimandrey & the Cabinetmaker's Vision'' in ''Magazine/{{Ares}}'' magazine Special Edition #1 (Summer 1983). When King Nitimandrey and the cabinet maker enter the cave beneath the fifth peak of Mount Nanda-pe, they find large numbers of bats with red GlowingEyes watching them. The evil bats are eventually commanded to attack the pair and almost kill them before they finally escape.
* Ares from the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' books actually has ''fire where his eyes should be''. Hestia also has fire for eyes, but she is an aversion for this trope, as she is actually one of the kindest gods in the series.
* ''Literature/PeterPan''. Captain Hook had light blue eyes, but when he was angry, they would flash red.
* Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}''. When appearing to Jeeter and Kale in the cave, several of the monstrous forms that the incredibly evil Ancient Enemy takes have red eyes.
* ''Literature/APieceInTheGameOfGods'': Maelyne, when reminded of her recent loss:
--> My eyes remained fixed on this giant glowing woman, and I could see her own anger and frustration. Then, something dawned on me. “They killed your champion…”\\\
“Yes,” Maelyne said, her glowing eyes flashing red for a moment and making me instinctively step back.
* In ''The Price'' by Creator/NeilGaiman, the main character realizes that the creature coming for them is the Devil because it has red eyes. While he's looking through night vision goggles.
* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': In Episode 2, when [[spoiler:Princess Rosalind]] is enraged and gets GlowingEyesOfDoom:
--> [[spoiler:Princess Rosalind]]'s eyes glowed brightest, in a deep bloody scarlet.
* In ''Literature/QuestForFire'' a [[FrazettaMan primitive]] [[CannibalTribe cannibal]] warrior has eyes that gloe red in the firelight.
* In ''Literature/RaceToTheSun'' all monsters that [[TheProtagonist Nizhoni]] can see have red eyes, at least for her monster-hunting senses. Which is helpful, as they are shape-shifters.
* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, Storm the Lightning Fairy's book has an extra-mean goblin with red eyes. He shoots lightning at the girls with the power of the Lightning Feather.
* ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'': The Bloodwrath is a state of berserker rage that mostly affects badgers, causing their eyes to glow red as they seek to brutally murder their hated enemy. Lady Cregga Rose Eyes was so named because her eyes were so bloodshot as to be always red, leading to her [[spoiler:going blind]] at the end of her life as Badger Lady of Salamandastron.
* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/RikkiTikkiTavi'', Rikki has them whenever he's around the cobras or when feeling angered, annoyed or suspicious.
* Hannibal Lecter of ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' is depicted with maroon (brownish-red) eyes in the books.
* Melisandre from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is an EvilRedhead [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow as well.]]
** Ghost the albino Direwolf has red eyes, noted to be different from Melisandre's, resembling more the blood-red eyes of the weirwood Old Gods. And he's definitely capable of taking off limbs if so inclined.
** Much like Sauron above, [[OmnicidalManiac Euron Greyjoy]] uses a red eye with a black pupil as his personal crest, and given his brother Aeron's description of his "bloodeye", his [[EyepatchOfPower hidden left eye]] may be red, though his nephew Theon seems to believe it is [[BlackEyesOfEvil black]].
* In the ''Literature/SonjaBlue'' series, red eyes are one of the symptoms of vampirism, which makes sunglasses very popular with the vampires--hence the title of the first book of the series, ''Sunglasses After Dark''.
* In ''Literature/SpaceGlass'', the Marauder has these, and is the second most powerful member of the Extragalactic Enthusiasts.
* The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' novel ''The Devil's Heart'' depicts [[TheCaptain Captain Picard]] with red eyes while holding the titular ArtifactOfDoom on the cover.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'': Grand Admiral Thrawn, a nonhuman Chiss who also had blue skin, had [[MonochromaticEyes solid red eyes]] that were [[WhatBeautifulEyes often said]] to be [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]]. Even when he's solidly the antagonist, he is [[ALighterShadeOfGrey less evil and more ruthless]].
** Darth Bane also had red eyes due to his immersion in the Dark Side of The Force. It's a Sith occupational hazard.
** [[Literature/XWingSeries Ysanne Isard]] actually had heterochromia, one eye being red, the other eye being blue. She's the head of Imperial Intelligence and decidedly evil.
** The same series has the much more minor villain Zekka Thyne, who has red eyes and HellishPupils.
** And it has two characters who each have a glowing red prosthetic eye. Neither of them are villains. One, Booster Terrick, is a smuggler who does not approve of the pilot his daughter fell in love with. The other, Ton Phanan, is an [[DeadpanSnarker incredibly sarcastic]] [[CombatMedic ex-doctor]] [[StepfordSmiler hiding the fact that]] [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul his extensive cybernetics cannot replace the future he lost.]]
* Lung Tien Lien from the ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' series is an [[WickedCultured aristocratic]] albino DragonLady with blood red eyes. She also happens to be a twenty-odd ton [[{{Pun}} Lady Dragon]] with a fearsome [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic attack]] for a breath weapon.
* Creator/LinCarter's "Thongor of Lemuria" stories.
** The Grakk, a scaly flying lizard-like monster of the jungles of Chush, has cruel, scarlet eyes.
** The Dragon-Kings, who were the previous rulers of Lemuria before the humans came, have slitted red eyes. They were extremely evil and had great knowledge of sorcery and necromancy.
** The Gunth, extremely strong beastmen who lived in jungles, had gleaming red eyes.
* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's [[Literature/TufVoyaging Haviland Tuf]] short story "A Beast for Norn". The ironfangs of the planet Lyronica are giant vicious wolf-like creatures with huge teeth and sunken red eyes.
* In the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novel series, the vampires who drink only human blood have red eyes.
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', Strigoi have red rings around their pupils. Seeing red eyes glowing in the dark alerts dhampir guardians to expect an attack.
* When ''Literature/WarrenTheThirteenth'' is in the boiler room of the hotel, we see a bunch of creepy red eyes glowering at him. Subverted when it turns out that the monster they belong to, Sketchy, is very friendly and means no harm at all.
* The monstrous alien in Creator/JohnWCampbell's novella "Literature/WhoGoesThere" has three red eyes.
* Creator/MichaelStackpole's ''Wolf & Raven'' short story "Fair Game". The cyberdog that Selene Reece sends after Wolfgang Kies has eyes that look like red starbursts.
* One of the villains from Creator/MadeleineLEngle's ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' is called simply... the Man With Red Eyes.
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