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Started by Trevor, August 24, 2011, 09:58:58 AM

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August 24, 2011, 09:58:58 AM Last Edit: August 24, 2011, 10:02:00 AM by Trevor
I always thought that the eerie Black Byzantine church in John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness was a special FX shot until I found this:

www.boldts.net/album/SlovakCath.shtml

And I went  :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:
We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

Newt

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August 24, 2011, 01:54:50 PM Last Edit: August 24, 2011, 01:59:43 PM by Newt
Quote from: Trevor on August 24, 2011, 09:58:58 AM
I always thought that the eerie Black Byzantine church in John Carpenter's In The Mouth Of Madness was a special FX shot until I found this:

www.boldts.net/album/SlovakCath.shtml

And I went  :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout:

Indeed, Trevor: I used to ride my horse in that neighbourhood - and while it was being built, too.  It looked very odd, standing tall (and so very Eastern European!) and alone in the vast cornfields.

Mind you, they did paint it black for the film.  It had light-grey stonework and golden domes that were almost blindingly bright on a sunny day.  The fact that it was 'de-commissioned' does add to the creepiness factor though!
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AndyC

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August 24, 2011, 02:37:28 PM
Ha! I've seen that church from the highway a couple of times when I've been through Markham, and thought how much it looked like the one from In the Mouth of Madness. I just assumed there must be lots of churches like that, and didn't think any more about it.
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Raffine

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August 24, 2011, 04:06:13 PM
The creepy tourist pavilion Saltair - featured so memorably in CARNIVAL OF SOULS - outside of Salt Lake City will apparently ALWAYS be around. It's been burned several times, torn down, and infested with zombies but it always seems to be around in one form or another.

I've mentioned before the wonderfully creepy Bonaventure Cemetery - featured in MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL and CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD among others - is less than a mile from my house! I walk the doggies there.
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Trevor

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August 25, 2011, 01:17:36 AM
Raffine: I will still come and visit you in Savannah.  :smile: That's why in my review of City Of The Living Dead on here, I say that 'zombies should stay the hell out of cemeteries in cities where I have good friends'.  :wink:

How could I have forgotten about Ettington Park ~ the haunted mansion where Robert Wise filmed exteriors for The Haunting?  :buggedout:

www.handpickedhotels.co.uk/hotels/ettington-park-hotel/History  :buggedout:
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claws

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August 25, 2011, 03:08:37 AM
The Essex Mountain Sanatorium in New Jersey: http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/

A favorite cheesy movie Doom Asylum (1987) was filmed there.

Love the location, would've loved to explore that place but it seems like there isn't much left of the sanatorium.
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