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What, oh, what to do this Halloween? There’s going to be the usual drunken bar parties with their sloppy costume contests. Those with kids will be saddled with trick-or-treating — which, in truth, makes us all feel like kids again for one night. Some of us will sit at home and marathon scary movies or TV. But, why not do something a little more spectacular this All Hallow’s Eve? Why not hit up a location from one of your favorite horror movies and feel the vibes of a place that brought so much fear into the world?
To help you in this endeavor, we’ve compiled a list of some of the locations around America from our favorite classic horror movies. A lot of these places are spread out all over the country, so you might want to book a flight soon. Or just check out a spot near you. That’s cool too. Either way, hitting up a location from a great horror film is a great way to spend Halloween.
Evan’s City Cemetery from Night of the Living Dead — Evan’s City, Pennsylvania
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It was in the Evan’s City Cemetery where “they’re coming to get you, Barbara,” was uttered in the opening scene of George Romero’s seminal Night of the Living Dead. A moment later, a reanimated corpse shuffled from behind a gravestone — hungry for human flesh — and the modern zombie genre was born. That iconic opening scene has turned Evan’s City Cemetery into a mecca for every horror aficionado on the planet.
Deep in the wooden prairies north of Pittsburgh, you’ll find the tiny hamlet of Evan’s City. A few dozen blocks of two-story houses built in another era spread our like a spider’s web from the main street and that’s about it. Just outside of town, down Franklin Road, you’ll find the Evan’s City Cemetery perched on a hill surrounded by trees. It’s a spooky place on its own. Add in the living dead dimension and you’ve got yourself a great place to spend Halloween, pay respect to Romero, and live out your walking dead fantasies.
Day trip to a pumpkin patch and sunset at the Night of the Living Dead Cemetery 🖤
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Sawyer House from Texas Chainsaw Massacre — Kingsland, Texas
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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ was the cannibalistic parable that came out of nowhere in the 1970s. The Sawyer family was grotesque and terrifying in ways that have yet to really be topped. Where the excellent (and underrated) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 saw the Sawyers wrecking havoc all over the place, the original was laser-focused on the family farm, slaughterhouse, and dining room table. And, now, you too can eat at the Sawyer’s house (not people though).
About an hour and change outside of Austin, TX, you’ll find a town where the Colorado and Llano Rivers meet. Kingsland is quintessential small-town America by way of arid Texan grasslands. It’s the sort of place where they still call the local DQ ‘The Dairy Queen Store.’ Down on Kings Court near the Colorado River, you’ll find the Grand Central Cafe housed in the Sawyer house. The rooms have been refitted to an old Victorian style and there’s even a cocktail lounge.
If you’re in town around breakfast time, grab the Chicken Fried Steak and Gravy with a biscuit on the side. You won’t be disappointed. It’s likely hippy-free meat.
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The Desert from The Hills Have Eyes — Victorville, California
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Wes Craven’s third feature was a crashing of the modern world with a post-apocalyptic fall out zone. ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ asked the question, “what if normal folk got trapped in a Mad Max world?”
“Very bad and bloody horrific things,” is the answer.
Out in the deserts of California, you’ll stumble upon the drylands of Victorville. The town skirts the edge of the Mojave Desert and has served as a backdrop for a long list of films that trap seemingly ordinary people in an unforgiving place. Heading out east from the town you’ll be greeted with endless expanses of dry and inhospitable desert, rattlesnakes, and nuclear fallout victims.
Okay, that last one might be a lie. We don’t know. Why don’t you go check it out for us? We’ll wait here.
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Freeling House from Poltergeist — Simi Valley, California
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Poltergeist is a shockingly scary film. It ruined clowns and toe-headed children with high-pitched voices who confer with the afterlife for everyone. Good old fashioned 80s greed is on full display here — as a land developer builds a suburban wasteland over a cemetery without removing the bones. Which, come on, the Freeling’s totally had it coming for that grisly, cost-cutting move.
Simi Valley is one of those bedroom towns that rests in the deserts just outside Los Angeles like a mirage. It promises water, life, and luxuriousness. But once you’re there, it’s all dry pastels and a dizzying maze of dry-wall houses and cul-de-sacs. Amongst that maze is the Freeling’s House.
This is still someone’s home, so be respectful if you’re hitting it up for trick or treating or a selfie. Don’t go throwing demented clown dolls at it like some “fans” throw around pizzas in Alberquerque.
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Monroeville Mall from Dawn of the Dead — Monroeville, Pennsylvania
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Romero’s follow up to Night of the Living Dead was arguably one of the greatest masterstrokes of horror cinema. The makeup was revolutionary. The commentary on our society was on point
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