So then peeps. What's the best place you've seen a horror movie set in?
I guess the tension levels could be dependant on what you're afraid of on a personal level. Some people are afraid of horrors set in realistic and relatable surroundings...camping in the woods ala Blair Witch...Leafy suburb ala Halloween.
Personally, for me, it was the Danvers state lunatic asylum from "Session 9" that creeped me out more than anything else. The long curved tunnels and the paint flaking off the walls with rusty wheelchairs laying around. It was a truly inspired choice of locale.
I like the abandoned bunkers in Outpost and The Bunker. Shame the execution of those films wasn't the best.
I was going to mention Session 9, definitely Psychiatric Hospitals for me when it comes to Horror film settings.
Look at the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum in Yorkshire, I think the buildings are down now unfortunately, but the photos they have of the place are amazing, they filmed Asylum(not Horror) in the actual Hospital. It had a new name later but I can't remember it right now, but stuff still comes up using the original collective name.
Here in Britain anyway, they tend to knock all these beautiful buildings down, they are gradually knocking down the old one down the road from me that was right opposite my High School, could see it from the class windows, shame.
The one where they set Session 9 is beautiful too:
It's complete rubbish, they had a wonderful set as well, failed miserably putting it to use. Think they filmed a scene from the French series Engrenages in part of the catacombs, if I remember right.
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at night my school is scary as ****
even when theres the light from windows theres so many shadows and stuff that just plain freaks me out
plus theres a story of an evil leprechaun thats said to raom our halls
why....i do not know
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