Paranormal Activity (2007)

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Paranormal Activity (2007) was filmed in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community in San Diego, California.

Paranormal Activity

Across The Street

Across The Street

The movie was shot for a mere $15,000 over 7 days, entirely in director Oren Peli's own home.  He spent a year remodeling the home and preparing it for shooting.  The film doesn't offer much of an exterior view of the house, but the location is easily verified by the houses across the street.  

Location: San Diego, CA

Coordinates: 32.958995, -117.140763

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

Photojournalist's Digest

Virtual Globetrotting

Idle Hands (1999)

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Although IMDB and a few other sources claim that Idle Hands (1999) was filmed in the same neighborhood as Halloween (1978), this isn't true.  Idle Hands was actually filmed about 4 miles north of the South Pasadena locations featured in Halloween.

Anton's House

Anton's House

Anton's House

Anton's House

Anton's House

Molly's House

Molly's House

Molly's House

Molly's House

Randy's House

Randy's House

Crossing the street to Pnub's House

Pnub's House

All four of the neighboring main homes are located in Pasadena, surrounding the intersection of N Madison Avenue and E Jackson Street.  Anton's home is located on the southeast corner.  Pnub's house is just across Madison Avenue on the southwest corner.  Molly's house is located right across Jackson Street from Anton's house.  Randy lives in the house next door to Molly, just to the west.  The houses were all built around 1910.  If you look up the Street View images on Google Maps, they were taken in October.  So the houses are actually dressed up for the holiday, just like in the film. 

Location: Pasadena, CA

Coordinates (Anton's House): 34.163595, -118.138248

Coordinates (Molly's House): 34.164038, -118.138344

Coordinates (Randy's House): 34.164046, -118.138580

Coordinates (Pnub's House): 34.163620, -118.138763

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

Idle Hands Filming Locations (YouTube)

Sorority House Massacre (1986)

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Sorority House Massacre (1986) was filmed in Los Angeles, California.

Sorority House Massacre

Sorority House Massacre

Sorority House Massacre

Sorority House Massacre

Sorority House Massacre

Sorority House Massacre

Driveway

Across The Street

Neighboring Homes

The sorority house in the film is located in the Mid City neighborhood of Los Angeles, just across Venice Blvd from the first house in Insidious (2010) (which was already covered here).  The house was built in 1922.  The film's sequel, Sorority House Massacre II (1990), was previously covered in this blog, which you can read here.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Coordinates: 34.044538, -118.334009

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

The Old Hockstatter Place

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Scream Bloody Murder (2003)

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I wish I could stop blogging about the Chateau Bradbury Estate, but it keeps turning up again and again.

Chateau Bradbury Estate

Chateau Bradbury Estate

Chateau Bradbury Estate

In the low-budget slasher comedy Scream Bloody Murder (2003), the estate turns up at the beginning of the film as a private school called Cherrymount Academy For Girls.  This is the estate's fourth appearance on this blog, the previous posts can be found here, here, and here.  As mentioned in the previous posts, the estate has appeared in the movies Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Ghoulies IV (1994), Confessions Of Sorority Girls (1994), and The Stray (2000).  The estate has also made appearances on the TV shows Tales From The Crypt (1989) and Bones (2005).  Check out the previous blog posts for screencaps from the Estate's other on-screen appearances.  And don't be surprised if this location turns up a fifth time.  

Location: Duarte, CA

Coordinates: 34.124024, -117.996092

Visible on Street View: Yes

Links:

Zillow 

Bikini Island (1991)

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The early '90s slasher flick Bikini Island (1991) was not actually filmed on an island.

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

Rancho Dos Pueblos - Casa Grande

The movie was filmed near Santa Barbara, California, right on the Pacific coast.  The house where the models stay in the film is known as the "Casa Grande" at the Rancho Dos Pueblos.  The location is often rented out as a wedding venue.  The ranch covers a sprawling 2,000 acres and is valued at close to $100 million. 

Location: Goleta, CA

Coordinates: 34.449947, -119.965318

Visible on Street View: No

Links: 

Official Website

Wikipedia  

Archithings 

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