Several years ago, I bought a decommissioned mil-spec radiation meter. It had a busted LCD, so I ended up reverse engineering the circuitry and replacing it.

Well, I accidentally grabbed a module with red backlight... and ended up with this sinister "we're all gonna die" vibe.

@lcamtuf
v2: Get a new LCD with a color changing backlight and see if you can add something to change the backlight color from green to blue to yellow to orange to red as appropriate.