The Location Scout: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Let's Scare Jessica To Death (1971)

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Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971) was filmed in Connecticut.

Chester, Connecticut

The town scenes were filmed in Chester, Connecticut. The street signs can be seen in the film, located at the intersection of Main St and Maple St. The store used in the film now houses the Maple And Main Gallery Of Fine Art.

Location: Chester, CT

Coordinates: 41.402338, -72.449364

Visible on Street View: No

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Maple and Main Gallery of Fine Art

Old Saybrook, Connecticut

The house from the movie is still standing, but in a state of disrepair. Located in Old Saybrook, the house is vacant and pretty rundown. Only the exteriors were used, the interiors were filmed about a mile away in the E.E. Dickinson House in Essex.

Location: Old Saybrook, CT

Coordinates: 41.307149, -72.380357

Visible on Street View: Partial

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Then And Now

The Third Angel Sounded

Monday, January 30, 2012

Hell Night (1981)

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Hell Night

Fleetwood Mac - Big Love

Garth Manor from Hell Night (1981) is actually the Kimberly Crest Estate in Redlands, California. Only exteriors of the estate were used, the interiors were filmed in a residence in Pasadena, California. The estate and gardens are open to the public for tours. Fleetwood Mac filmed their music video for "Big Love" at the estate.

Location: Redlands, CA

Coordinates: 34.037442, -117.173410

Visible on Street View: No

Links:

Official Website

Wikipedia

Movie Locations And More

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Terror Tract (2000)

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Terror Tract (2000) is an anthology horror film about a realtor who shows three different houses to a young couple, each house with a macabre history.

All three houses can be found in Chatsworth, CA.

"Nightmare" House

The house from the “Nightmare” segment is located at the end of a cul-de-sac. The address actually houses a business called Accurate Appliance Service Co.

Location: Chatsworth, CA

Coordinates: 34.262904, -118.580426

Visible on Street View: Yes

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"Bobo" House

The house from the “Bobo” segment is located about three miles away in a separate neighborhood from the other two houses. Though the house was painted blue in the movie, it has since been painted yellow.

Location: Chatsworth, CA

Coordinates: 34.248066, -118.610757

Visible on Street View: Yes

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"Come To Granny" House

The house from the “Come To Granny” segment is located at the opposite end of the same street as the “Nightmare” house. The house next door was also used in the wraparound “Make Me An Offer” segment during a brief scene involving a lawnmower.

Location: Chatsworth, CA

Coordinates: 34.262898, -118.581837

Visible on Street View: Yes

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Cherry Falls (2000)

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Cherry Falls (2000) was filmed in Virginia. Interesting choice of state, given the film's plot.

Thomas Jefferson High School

The high school featured in the film is Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia. In the film, it was renamed George Washington High School. There was supposedly a bit of controversy over filming there, as parents were not too thrilled about the movie's subject matter. Some parents tried to have the production banned from the high school, but by the time they had banded together the scenes there had already been finished.

Location: Richmond, VA

Coordinates: 37.571243, -77.486503

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

Official Website

Wikipedia

Cherry Falls Sign - Warrenton, VA

Police Station Exterior - Warrenton, VA

Designs By Teresa - Warrenton, VA

The town exteriors were filmed primarily in Warrenton, Virginia. This includes the exteriors of the police station, which Jody is seen leaving at the end of the movie. The police station exterior is actually the Warrenton Town Hall. As she leaves, she sees a brief glimpse of Laura Lee Sherman standing in front of a store called Designs By Teresa, which is a real store in Warrenton.

Location: Warrenton, VA

Coordinates (Cherry Falls Sign): 38.714795, -77.794929

Coordinates (Police Station Exterior): 38.713386, -77.795856

Coordinates (Designs By Teresa): 38.713838, -77.795406

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

Official Site

Wikipedia

Designs By Teresa

Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Immortalizer (1989), Sorority House Massacre II (1990) + more

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Across from the People Under The Stairs house and next door to the Twice Dead / Evil Toons house is the William J Washburn house, which also has quite the B-movie resume.

Sorority House Massacre II

The house is featured in Sorority House Massacre II (1990). Above you'll see four pictures from the movie. The first two pictures are of the house. The third picture shows a brief glimpse of the Twice Dead / Evil Toons house next door. The fourth picture looks across the street, showing the People Under The Stairs house on the left and the house used as Orville Ketchum's house on the right. Interesting to note: the house used as Orville Ketchum's house in the movie originally belonged to Oscar-winning Gone With The Wind actress Hattie McDaniel.

The Immortalizer

The house is the primary setting for The Immortalizer (1989). The movie also utilized the neighboring homes, as seen in the previous two blog entries.

Camp Fear

The house appears in the opening scenes of Camp Fear (1991), an unofficial sequel to Cheerleader Camp starring Betsy Russell. The house also served as the setting for both Spirits (1990) and Teenage Exorcist (1991), both of which starred Brinke Stevens.

Spirits

Teenage Exorcist

The house also appears in Inner Sanctum (1991) and a few of the straight-to-video Witchcraft sequels.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Coordinates: 34.036088, -118.306279

Visible on Street View: Yes

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Old Hockstatter Place

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Twice Dead (1988), Evil Toons (1992) + more

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Located directly across the street from the People Under The Stairs house is another Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument which was used in several B-movies, even making a few recent appearances.

The house is known as the Beckett Residence. It was built in 1905 and declared a landmark in 1973. The house was featured as the primary location in both Twice Dead (1988) and Evil Toons (1992).

Twice Dead

Evil Toons

Just like the People Under The Stairs house, this house also makes small appearances in both The Convent (2000) and The Immortalizer (1989).

The Convent

The Immortalizer

It can be spotted near the beginning of The Convent as the home of the main girl, Clorissa. It was used for the epilogue scene of The Immortalizer, as the new location of the laboratory.

The Attic Expeditions

The house served as the primary location for The Attic Expeditions (2001), which featured actress Wendy Robie from The People Under The Stairs at the location.

Lethal Eviction aka Grayson Arms

The house was also used as the primary setting of Lethal Eviction (2005), also known as Grayson Arms. The movie featured a pre-Dexter Jennifer Carpenter playing twins.

The house (sporting a bright pink paint job) was also the primary setting in Running With Scissors (2006). Most recently, the house makes a brief appearance in the Ashton Kutcher / Natalie Portman romantic comedy No Strings Attached (2011)

Running With Scissors

No Strings Attached

The interiors of this house were also used in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) remake. The upstairs hallway and bedrooms of the Myer's house were filmed here, where Michael kills his sister near the beginning of the movie.

Delusion

Last October, the house actually opened it's doors to the public, serving as a Halloween attraction. Attendees were led on a guided tour through the house for an interactive "haunted play" called Delusion. The attraction ran for approximately two weeks, with 5 or 6 tours a night.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Coordinates: 34.035740, -118.306253

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

Big Orange Landmarks

Wikipedia

Delusion