Ever heard a director say that they wanted a filming location to be a “character in the movie?” It kind of sounds ridiculous if you think about it, but think about it, how many times do you remember a scene in a film based on where it takes place? That is of course the work of great location scouts and cinematographers.

These places are frozen time thanks to filmmakers, they never change on film. But they do in real life. We found a great article by Shelley Thompson at Joe’s Feed Entertainment that is basically a photo dump of memorable movie locations that show what they look like today.

We have listed 11 here, but if you want to check out the over 40 different side-by-sides, head over to that page for a browse.

Poltergeist (1982)

The poor Freelings, what a night! After their house is repossessed by the souls who lived there first, the family must get some rest. They decide to check into a Holiday Inn for the night and don’t care if it has free HBO because the TV is banished to the balcony anyway.

Today that hotel is called the Ontario Airport Inn located in Ontario, CA. you can even see it on Google Street View.

Hereditary (2018)

Like the above Freelings, the Grahams are battling their own demons in Ari Aster’s Hereditary. We leave the below shot to be described in Gen Z speak: IYKYK.

The Entity (1982)

Families battling the paranormal is a common theme in these last few photos, but this one is disturbing in other ways. Mother Carla Moran and her two children are terrorized by an evil spirit. Carla gets assaulted the most, in ways we can’t describe here. This film is loosely based on the true story of a family living in Southern California. The movie house is located at 523 Sheldon Street, El Segundo, California.

The Exorcist (1973)

The original mainstream possession movie still holds up today even if the location exteriors don’t. William Friedkin’s masterpiece was shot in Georgetown, DC. Some of the house’s exteriors were altered for the movie with a clever set designer, but for the most part, it is still recognizable. Even the infamous stairs are close by.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

The late horror master Wes Craven knew how to frame the perfect shot. Take for instance the Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory and Ivy Chapel in Los Angeles where, in the movie, stars Heather Langenkamp and Ronee Blakley descend its steps. Today, the exterior remains pretty much as it did nearly 40 years ago.

Frankenstein (1931)

Terrifying for its time, the original Frankenstein remains the seminal monster movie. This scene in particular was both moving and terrifying. This controversial scene was shot at Malibu Lake in California.

Se7en (1995)

Way before Hostel was considered too gruesome and dark, there was Se7ven. With its gritty locations and over-the-top gore, the film set a standard for horror movies that came after it, especially Saw (2004). Although the film alluded to being set in New York City, this alleyway is really in Los Angeles.

Final Destination 2 (2003)

Although everyone remembers the logging truck stunt, you might also remember this scene from Final Destination 2. This building is actually the Riverview Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is such a popular location, that it was also used in the next movie on this list.

The Butterfly Effect (2004)

This underrated shocker never gets the respect it deserves. It is always tricky to make a time travel film, but Butterfly Effect manages to be just disturbing enough to ignore some of its continuity errors.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

This Leatherface origin story was a lot. But it kept tempo with the franchise reboot that came before it. Here we get a glimpse of the backcountry where the story is set, which actually is in Texas: Lund Road in Elgin, Texas, to be exact.

The Ring (2002)

We can’t seem to get away from families stalked by supernatural forces on this list. Here single mother Rachel (Naomi Watts) watches a cursed videotape and inadvertently starts a countdown clock to her death. Seven days. This location is in Dungeness Landing, Sequim, WA.

This is only a partial list of what Shelley Thompson did over at Joe’s Feed Entertainment. So head over there to see other filming locations from past to present.

Shout! TV and Scream Factory TV are celebrating five years of their horror block 31 Nights of Horror. These channels can be found on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and Android apps and digital streaming platforms such as Amazon Freevee, Local Now, Plex, Pluto TV, Redbox, Samsung TV Plus, Sling TV, Streamium, TCL, Twitch, and XUMO.

The following schedule of horror movies will play each night through the month of October. Shout! TV plays the broadcast edited versions while Scream Factory streams them uncensored.

There are quite a few movies worth noting in this collection including the underrated Dr. Giggles, or the rarely seen Bloodsucking Bastards.

For Neil Marshall fans (The Descent, The Descent II, Hellboy (2019)) they are streaming one of his early works Dog Soldiers.

There are also some seasonal classics such as Night of the Living Dead, House on Haunted Hill, and Carnival of Souls.

Below is the full list of movies:

31 NIGHTS OF HORROR OCTOBER PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE:

Programs are scheduled for 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT nightly.

• 10/1/23               Night of the Living Dead
• 10/1/23               Day of the Dead
• 10/2/23               Demon Squad
• 10/2/23               Santo and the Treasure of Dracula
• 10/3/23               Black Sabbath
• 10/3/23               The Evil Eye
• 10/4/23               Willard
• 10/4/23               Ben
• 10/5/23               Cockneys vs. Zombies
• 10/5/23               Zombie High
• 10/6/23               Lisa and the Devil
• 10/6/23               Exorcist III
• 10/7/23               Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
• 10/7/23               Magic
• 10/8/23               Apollo 18
• 10/8/23               Piranha
• 10/9/23               Galaxy of Terror
• 10/9/23               Forbidden World
• 10/10/23            Last Man on Earth
• 10/10/23            The Monster Club
• 10/11/23            Ghosthouse
• 10/11/23            Witchboard
• 10/12/23            Bloodsucking Bastards
• 10/12/23            Nosferatu the Vampyre (Herzog)
• 10/13/23            Assault on Precinct 13
• 10/13/23            Saturday the 14th
• 10/14/23            Willard
• 10/14/23            Ben
• 10/15/23            Black Christmas
• 10/15/23            House on Haunted Hill
• 10/16/23            Slumber Party Massacre
• 10/16/23            Slumber Party Massacre II
• 10/17/23            Horror Hospital
• 10/17/23            Dr. Giggles
• 10/18/23            Phantom of the Opera
• 10/18/23            Hunchback of Notre Dame
• 10/19/23            Stepfather
• 10/19/23            Stepfather II
• 10/20/23            Witchery
• 10/20/23            Hell Night
• 10/21/23            Carnival of Souls
• 10/21/23            Nightbreed
• 10/22/23            Dog Soldiers
• 10/22/23            The Stepfather
• 10/23/23            Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre
• 10/23/23            Terror Beneath the Sea
• 10/24/23            Creepshow III
• 10/24/23            Body Bags
• 10/25/23            The Wasp Woman
• 10/25/23            Lady Frankenstein
• 10/26/23            Road Games
• 10/26/23            Elvira’s Haunted Hills
• 10/27/23            Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• 10/27/23            Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
• 10/28/23            Bad Moon
• 10/28/23            Plan 9 From Outer Space
• 10/29/23            Day of the Dead
• 10/29/23            Night of the Demons
• 10/30/32            A Bay of Blood
• 10/30/23            Kill, Baby…Kill!
• 10/31/23            Night of the Living Dead
• 10/31/23             Night of the Demons

Mortal Kombat 1 may have just been released but already creator of Mortal Kombat and Injustice, Ed Boon is making plans for exciting DLC. In one of Boon’s latest Tweets, he gave a huge tease that wasn’t very subtle in nature. But, it points to a big horror icon coming to to Mortal Kombat 1.

Boon’s Tweet was a black-and-white image of all the biggest horror icons. Each icon came with check marks over icons who have been previously added and question marks over the ones that hadn’t yet been added.

This leaves Pinhead, Chucky, Michael Myers, Billy, and Ghostface all with question marks. All of these characters would be cool editions to the latest title. Especially someone like Pinhead.

Earlier this year a data spill pointed to Ghostface appearing in an upcoming title. It looks like that upcoming title may have been Mortal Kombat 1. We will have to wait and see to find out for sure. But, including a Ghostface capable of performing all kills from the full franchise would be awesome. I can already picture a garage door kill.

Who would you like to see in the latest game? If you could only choose one, who would you think it was?