After seeing this, I wish I'd done it. Don't go in the basement would have been so much easier than the complicated lighting and blood I drew while taking my entry.
I like the "looking-through-the-door" idea here. I'm wondering if it would be more effective to have the darkness be on the *other* side of the door -- so we're looking at the darkness rather than looking at the light. I dunno... I'm just rambling I guess. 6