Dead Hallway in dreams
A passage between rooms — neither destination nor departure, but the space of transition.
How dead changes the reading
Dead in the dream means the symbol's energy is no longer in active circulation in your life. The reading is not necessarily grim — most often it is the dream noting that something you had been carrying has run its full course and you can stop carrying it.
The base reading of Hallway
A hallway in a dream is the dream's image of the in-between space — the part of the house that is not a room, just a way of getting from one to another. The dream brings the hallway when you are between phases of your life and are not currently in any of them. A bright, well-kept hallway is the dream telling you the transition is being passed through with grace; the moment between rooms is not anxious. A long, dim hallway with closed doors is the dream noting that you have been in transition longer than is comfortable, and the rooms that should have opened on either side have not.