Horror Movie Locations You Can Visit
If you like visiting actual horror movie locations, here are some that should be on your list:
* The “Conjuring” house in Currie, North Carolina: It’s at 405 Canetuck Road. The “real” haunted house the movie is based on is in Rhode Island.
* The Bates Motel and mansion from “Psycho”: These’ll cost you a little extra to see, since they’re on the Universal Studios backlot. You have to buy a ticket to the park and take the tram tour.
* The “Exorcist” house in Washington, D.C.: It’s on Prospect Street in Georgetown. You can also recreate movie history by launching yourself down that infamous staircase . . . but that’s probably not advised.
* Michael Myers’ house from “Halloween”: No, it’s not in “Haddonfield, Illinois” . . . it’s in South Pasadena, California.
* The Overlook Hotel from “The Shining”: For exterior shots, they actually used the Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood in Oregon.
The hotel that inspired Stephen King to write the story in the first place is the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
* A little closer to home – “The Blair Witch Project”: Burkittsville, Maryland is about an hour East of Baltimore. That’s where the footage of the townspeople was shot, but most of the movie was filmed in Seneca Creek State Park.
* Also, the gas station from the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” in Bastrop, Texas is now a tourist attraction, featuring a horror shop, cabins for overnight stays, and . . . if you’re brave enough to try . . . barbecue.
