One-Way Entrance
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If the protagonists go into a haunted building, you there is a non zero chance while your back is turned the walls and doors will turn into hole-less walls, leaving the unfortunate protagonists trapped inside. A less supernatural variant is for the doors to slam shut behind them and refuse to open.
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And consider this dismaying observation: this chamber has no windows, and no doors. Which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out
—Haunted Mansion ride
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See also: Locked in a Room and It Was Here, I Swear
Examples of One-Way Entrance include:
Advertising
Amusement Park Rides
- This is part of the story of The Haunted Mansion Disney ride.
Anime and Manga
Comic Books
Fan Works
Film
Literature
Live-Action Television
Music
Myths and Legends
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Tabletop Games
- Considering you can't just leave through the front door of Betrayal at House on the Hill, and the genre, this trope is in play.
Theater
Video Games
- The Evil Within 2 [1]
Western Animation
- Samurai Jack and the Haunted House.