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Behind the evil eyes: The (Real) story of the Amityville house
Highlights The Amityville Horror House is real, and you can find it in Long Island, NY — though its now-infamous 112 Ocean Avenue address has changed to 108 Ocean Ave. Its tragic history started in 1974 when Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his entire family (father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters) DeFeo’s brutal murders inspired […] More
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Is it Real? Michael Myers’ house in ‘Halloween’
‘It’s Halloween. Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.’ If you’re a die-hard scary movie fan, you might recognize that line from one of the greatest and most influential slasher films of all time, the original Halloween, released in October 1978. Directed by the legendary John Carpenter, produced by Debra Hill, and starring a then-unknown Jamie […] More
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The creepy story of the Winchester House, America’s most famous haunted mansion
As far as notoriously haunted mansions go, the Winchester Mystery House is the uncontested leader. Located in San Jose, California, the Queen Anne-style Victorian mansion is known for its size, unique architecture, and utter lack of any master building plan. So why is this magnificent mansion known as one of the creepiest houses in the […] More
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‘Ready Or Not’, we found the spooky Le Domas mansion in real life
Finally, the spooky season is upon us, which means it’s time to start queuing up your fave horror films for an annual scare-fest. And, if you’re looking for new movies to add to your queue and haven’t managed to catch Ready or Not yet, let me be the first to recommend that you do. ‘At Midnight, you […] More
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The real Conjuring house in Rhode Island and its 300-year history
While million-dollar homes throughout the country add never-ending lists of amenities to attract buyers, a modest farmhouse in Rhode Island is banking big on its terrifying history. The house that inspired the Conjuring movie franchise has traded hands in 2022 — commanding an impressive $1.525 million sale price. Located in a remote part of Harrisville, a town […] More
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Is it Real? The Mansion in ‘American Horror Story: Murder House’
The stately house we’re about to visit today is one that’s strikingly familiar to TV fans that can’t say no to a good horror series. More commonly known simply as “The Murder House” the otherwise-beautiful property served as the eerie setting of the first season of American Horror Story, a series so successful it nabbed […] More
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13 Real-Life Houses Haunted by Their Dark Past
Fear is not a most welcomed feeling and we spend a great deal of time and energy trying to avoid it. Yet all that goes out the window when it comes to horror stories, which tap into an emotional masochism of sorts, captivating us with their harrowing tales, jump scares, and carefully picked creepy houses. […] More
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Is It Real? The Creepy Neibolt House in Stephen King’s ‘It’
With more than 350 million copies sold, Stephen King is by far the biggest best-selling author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels in the U.S. — if not the world. His work has spawned countless movie adaptations and bone-chilling TV series, each earning more praise than the other. With an impressive […] More
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Is It Real? The Exorcist House, Fact vs Fiction
If you’re a horror fan like us, then you’ve already watched (and re-watched) all the major classics, which include The Shining, The Thing, It, Halloween, and last but not least, The Exorcist. Now, there are a lot (and we mean A LOT) of movies out there related to exorcisms, but William Friedkin’s 1973 epic is […] More
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Is It Real? The Creepy Mansion in ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
We recently covered the new Haunting of Bly Manor, director Mike Flanagan’s so-called sequel to the epic mini-series The Haunting of Hill House. And while we were anxiously waiting for the series to drop on Netflix, we thought we’d try to distract ourselves by taking a trip down memory lane and re-watching the first season. […] More
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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ — All You Need to Know About the Sequel to Hill House
For many of us, fall is equivalent to horror movie season. At the first strike of September, we start devising lists of movies to (re)watch curled up under a soft blanket, hot cocoa in hand. For horror and mystery aficionados, fall is the most wonderful time of year, for many reasons, one of them being […] More
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The story of Thornewood Castle, where Stephen King filmed the Rose Red miniseries
If you’re just as much of a horror genre fan as we are, you love to revisit old classics and favorites, be they in book form or TV/movie format. If, however, you’re not a horror aficionado but are out of things to read or watch, we couldn’t think of a better story to get you […] More
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