The Woman in the Yard was released on March 28, 2025. It’s about a mysterious spectral woman who appears in the yard of a recent widow and her children. The trailers looked like it was filmed in the south, so I looked it up and was delighted to find it filmed in Georgia! The main…… Continue reading THE WOMAN IN THE YARD (2025)
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THE BLACK PHONE (2021)
The Black Phone premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021 and was released to theaters on June 24, 2022. It is based on the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill. A boy named Finney Blake is kidnapped by The Grabber, and receives phone calls from past victims. It was filmed…… Continue reading THE BLACK PHONE (2021)
FIRESTARTER (1984)
Firestarter was released on May 11, 1984. It is based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Stephen King. A young girl with pyrokinetic powers and her father are pursued by government agents. It was filmed in North Carolina around Wilmington. Many of the locations from Firestarter have been demolished or are not…… Continue reading FIRESTARTER (1984)
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986)
Maximum Overdrive was released on July 25, 1986. It is based on the short story ‘Trucks’ by Stephen King. It was filmed in North Carolina around Wilmington. I love this movie, but surprisingly I never visited any of the locations during previous trips to Wilmington. I decided to fix that, and did a whole Stephen…… Continue reading MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986)
THE NIGHT FLIER (1997)
The Night Flier premiered on HBO in the US on November 7, 1997. It is based on the 1988 short story of the same name by Stephen King, and follows a news reporter who begins to suspect that a serial killer pilot traveling between small airports is actually a vampire. It was filmed in North…… Continue reading THE NIGHT FLIER (1997)
SILVER BULLET (1985)
Silver Bullet was released on October 11, 1985. It is based on the 1983 novella Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King. It was filmed in North Carolina, around Wilmington and Burgaw. I’ve been to Wilmington a couple of times for locations, but somehow never did any of the numerous Stephen King locations. I decided…… Continue reading SILVER BULLET (1985)
MY COUSIN VINNY (1992)
My Cousin Vinny was released on March 13, 1992. It was filmed in Georgia. I have not done a full-blown locations tour for this one, but if I’m in the area I have snapped a few pictures. Movie Location: Sac-O-Suds StoreFilming Location: 54 GA-16, Monticello, GA 31064Date of Photos: May 2024 The Sac-O-Suds has cycled…… Continue reading MY COUSIN VINNY (1992)
WEAPONS (2025)
Weapons was released on August 8, 2025. As soon as I saw the first trailer, I recognized Georgia and I immediately got to work. The school looked like the one in The Exorcist: Believer so I started looking around Tucker and found the school that way. I also looked at some of the nearby streets…… Continue reading WEAPONS (2025)
FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987)
From a Whisper to a Scream was released under the alternate title The Offspring on September 4, 1987. Vincent Price stars as the town historian of Oldfield, a cursed Tennessee town that has seen all kinds of horrors in its history, and we get to see several of them in anthology form. It was filmed…… Continue reading FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987)
LITTLE DARLINGS (1980)
Little Darlings was released on March 21, 1980. It stars Tatum O’Neal and Kristy McNichol as two teenage girls from opposite sides of the tracks who meet at summer camp, form a rivalry/friendship, and make a bet to see which one can lose their virginity first that summer. It’s a teen drama/comedy, not a horror…… Continue reading LITTLE DARLINGS (1980)