13 places where they filmed movies horror

Where on the world map are creepy cinematic space: the city in which wielding maniacs and mutants, found the house, which looked Freddy Krueger, a hotel, where the mad writer, and a forest full of legends about the Blair witch.

"Friday the 13th"
Remember the famous maniac in a hockey mask? In the first film in a series of horror films "Friday the 13th" (1980) Jason with the machete in hand gutting their victims in the camp "Crystal lake".

Camping, where were shooting really exists, only it's called No-Be-Bo-Sco. It is located in the state of new Jersey, near the town of Blairstown, and every summer its cottages (those, where they filmed the murder scene) stop dozens of boy scouts. By the way, if you are an ardent fan of the epic, you can order a special souvenir that will come to you directly from the camp.

Camping No-Be-Bo-Sco, new Jersey

"The shining"
Action horror, in which the main role is played by Jack Nicholson, takes place at the overlook. Stephen king (film was shot was in his novel) "copied" this hotel with the hotel "Stanley", inspired him during a vacation in the Rocky mountains. However, the shooting was conducted in a very different place – in "Timberline Lodge", Oregon. In the ribbon were only the views of the hotel from the outside, the interior scenes were filmed in the Studio.

That did not stop fans of "the Shining" is literally to flood the ski resort after the film's release. It's funny that initially terrible room from the movie was number 217, but the owner "Timberline" asked the Directors to change the number on the supposedly non-existent (№237), he did not seem the hotel "cursed".

"Timberline Lodge", Oregon

"Blair witch"
The film, shot on Amateur camera, tells the story of three students kinoatele College that got lost in the dense forests of Maryland. The children studied the legend of the Blair witch, devoting her thesis. The movie turned out as realistic as possible: its creators have long argued that the tape was mounted from the videotape, accidentally found in the forest, and the characters themselves – were missing and probably killed.

Of course, it was only a ploy to attract viewers, but the set really began outside a town Burkitsville – most of which go for a long time creepy legends. Tell, for example, that in the 40-ies of the last century in the local woods hosted the maniac who killed several dozen people under the influence of witches. The shooting took place also in the national Park of Maryland under the name of Seneca Creek State.

The shooting took place in the dense woods of Maryland

"Hostel"
Nearly 600 liters of artificial blood took the creators of this horror film, telling about the rest three students in Western Europe. Concluding his "tour", naive Americans finally decide to hang in Bratislava, where they live – according to their accidental mate – hundreds of beautiful and all consonants girls. Ends this trip, understandably, not a happy ending, and a grinder.

Despite the fact that the film is set in Slovakia, street shooting took place in the Czech towns of Cesky Krumlov and Milovice. And the torture scene was filmed in the Northern district of Prague called Bohnice, in an abandoned mental hospital, built in neo-Baroque style.

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

"Seven"
A heartbreaking scene at the end of the film, when detectives mills (Brad pitt) and Somerset (Morgan Freeman) open terrible box were removed under elektrosystemy in the vicinity of Lancaster, California.

In General, almost all shooting Thriller was conducted in Los Angeles, but to see it in the picture is impossible: firstly, the creators of "the Seven" did not want it to be a specific city on the map of the United States, and second, did the color scheme as grim.

The Neighborhood Of Lancaster, CA

"Silence of the lambs"
While investigating a series of murders committed by a serial killer nicknamed "Buffalo bill," FBI agent Clarice Starling (jodie foster) turns for help to the killer-cannibal Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins).

In one scene, the girl visited the natural history Museum at the Carnegie in Pittsburgh, to meet with the scientist-entomologist and understand what kind of insect leaves the offender in the throat of their victims. The shooting scene was conducted in one of the laboratories of the Museum, which is among the largest in the United States. In particular, it is one of the best collections of dinosaur skeletons in the world.

Museum of natural history, the Carnegie, Pittsburgh

"A nightmare on elm street"
Freddy Krueger, the villain in the filthy striped sweater and battered hat, are operating in the fictional town of Springwood. The shooting of the film (the first of a series of horror films about Freddy) were conducted in a suburb of Los Angeles. For example, the scenes in the school where I studied heroes "Nightmare", filmed in actually existing John Marshall High School, and the house Tina was the house number 620 on the street Milwood Avenue.

However, the most popular among the fans of the movie series still enjoys the house of the Thompsons, where she was Nancy. Its role is "played" cottage on Genesee Avenue Street. It's funny that in reality the house has the same number as cine on elm street – No. 1428.

Cottage at 1428 N Genesee Avenue, Los Angeles

"The exorcist"
One of the worst films of the last century (which, by the way, received two "Oscars") was filmed in Washington. The main heroine of the picture – a little girl Regan, which infuses the devil. First, all the family rushes the baby to the doctors to understand what happened to her, and then, having lost all hope, refers to the exorcist.

Most of the film was shot in Georgetown, the oldest district of the us capital with old mansions, antique shops, bookshops and built in the Gothic style buildings at Georgetown University. After the release of "the Exorcist" cine main attraction of the area was a stone staircase at 3600 Prospect St NW – the same one at the end of the film fell father Karras. Sometimes it is called the "exorcist Stairs".

The "exorcist stairs" in Georgetown, Washington

"Rosemary's Baby"
Horror film by Roman Polanski (about a young couple who is expecting a child, and a series of mystical events) starred in the infamous building, the Dakota, on Manhattan island. However, at the time of filming (1968), it was just a beautiful luxury house.

The world's attention The Dakota attracted 12 years later, when he was killed it's most famous resident – John Lennon. Offender waylaid "beatle" next to the house, then fired back with five shots, two of which proved fatal. Bleeding, the musician took a few steps and collapsed to the ground – right next to the security booth, in the arch of the Dakota.

"Dakota building", new York

"The call"
The American remake of the Japanese horror film, grossed $ 250 million, was filmed in Washington state. For example, the apartment journalist Rachel (Naomi watts) was located in the house at 1200 Western Avenue in Seattle, and the scene in the darkroom, where she showed pictures of dead teenagers, were shot in an office building at 1925 5th Avenue.

Horse farm on which the film lived Morgan, the adoptive parents of Samara were found in the town of Monroe (23200 Yeager Road), and eerie lighthouse, the flickering black-and-white videotape, in Newport (Oregon). A phone call brought the Yaquina lighthouse in popularity, although it was known before the release of horror: first, with the foot of the mountain offers gorgeous views of the Pacific ocean, and secondly, it has a living extension, which is considered a rarity at the beacons.

The Yaquina lighthouse in Newport, Oregon

"Texas chainsaw massacre"
Furniture made of animal bones, the freezer with the corpses of teenagers, bloody hooks and cute freak named leatherface with a chainsaw in his hands. All this – in the famous "slasher"-a horror movie that upon its release in 1974 was banned in several countries. Shooting a low-budget picture was conducted in Texas (Round Rock), in an old farm house that had no ventilation.

Stood humid heat of summer, and the temperature rose to 35 degrees. The hardest had the actor who played maniac: in a few weeks, 16 hours a day, he had to wear heavy, the paint-soaked suit and thick mask. Mansion of "Carnage" is still there, however, had long been restored and "moved" to a new location in the town of Kingsland. Now it is a restaurant "Junction House".

The restaurant "Junction House" in Kingsland, Texas

"The omen"
The first film about the boy Damien (1976), which turned out to be the Antichrist in human form, was filmed in London.

Most of the time operators spent in the 900-year-old and rather gloomy Church of All Saints that is located in Fulham, on the banks of the Thames. For example, here was filmed a scene in which a priest pierces the lightning rod. And in the prologue of the picture flickers Garden of the Bishop that surrounds the temple.

All Saints Church, London

"Hills have eyes"
A story about a bloodthirsty cannibal mutants occurs in the American desert where nuclear tests were conducted. The Carter family is traveling in the trailer and was on his way to San Diego. However, the seemingly impeccable vacation suddenly pull down the monsters that come out of your caves... the shooting of the film, oddly enough, was not in the United States, and much cheaper in terms of labor Morocco.

Namely, in the foothills of the Atlas, known for its art landscapes. In the vicinity of the local town of Ouarzazate has starred in such box office hits as "Gladiator", "Alexander" and "Prince of Persia". However, it caught and frightening landscapes – like a deserted gas station, which spun the whole story in "the Hills".

Gas station in the desert of Morocco.

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