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)
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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)
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)
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)
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)
The Haunting of Hill House was released on Netflix on October 12, 2018. It is a reimagining of the novel by Shirley Jackson that was also the basis for The Haunting (1963) and The Haunting (1999). It was directed by Mike Flanagan and was filmed in Georgia. Truth be told, I’ve never done the locations…… Continue reading THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)
MUTANT (1984)
Mutant was released to theaters on August 24, 1984, under the title Night Shadows. It was renamed Mutant when it was released on home video. It stars Wings Hauser and Lee Montgomery as two brothers who get stranded in a small southern town and discover that the residents are being turned into bloodthirsty mutants by…… Continue reading MUTANT (1984)
SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)
Sleepaway Camp was released on November 18, 1983. It was filmed in upstate New York. Most of the movie takes place at Camp Arawak, which was filmed at the former Camp Algonquin (also known as Camp Argyle). The camp was open from 1927 until the mid-1980s. It is now private property and is not open…… Continue reading SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)
TEETH (2007)
Teeth premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2007 and had a limited theatrical release a year later on January 18, 2008. It was filmed in the Austin, Texas area. Movie Location: Dawn’s HouseFilming Location: 1310 Ridgehaven Drive, Austin, TX 78723Date of Photos: October 2024 Movie Location: Super Quick Gas StationFilming Location: 4923 Craigwood…… Continue reading TEETH (2007)
MERCY BLACK (2019)
Mercy Black was released to Netflix on March 31, 2019. Notably, the main house used for filming is also the house from Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994). Movie Location: HouseFilming Location: 16493 Cameron Rd., Pflugerville, TX 78653 (Private Property)Date of Photos: October 2024