If you’re coming to Los Angeles and want to do something different and on your own, you’re in luck because I have a list of places you can find without a tour guide. These are 5 horror movies and their film locations in Los Angeles. Yes! Can we say “bloody murder!?”
The first horror movie is one of my favorites. This movie is known for slicing and dicing. In fact, it’s iconic. I mean, the man with knives for fingers. The one with the boiler room. If you’ve got that thirst to find the original Nightmare on Elm Street house, look no more because I’m going to tell you where it is!
Before I tell you, I should let you know many of the places I’m about to disclose are actual residences. In other words, people live in them. Therefore, let’s try to respect their privacy and stay away from climbing in their yards or knocking on their doors or anything like that.
1. Nightmare on Elm Street
The Nightmare on Elm Street house, where Nancy lived is located at 1428 Genessee Avenue, West Hollywood, Los Angeles. The original star, Heather Langenkamp played a great final girl at this location! It’s too bad her dreamy Johnny Depp Boyfriend who lived across the street didn’t make it ’til the end.
Speaking of Johny Depp, his character’s house is actually across the street. It’s located at 1419 Genessee Avenue, West Hollywood, Los Angeles. That’s the house he dies in!
If you want to continue looking for Nightmare on Elm street film locations, by all means go for it. However, I should tell you these are scattered throughout LA and you might need an entire day to scout them out.
The high school they attend is John Marshall High School, 3939 Tracy Street in Silverlake. It’s an actual school therefore, you won’t be able to enter.
The Cahuenga Branch Library, Santa Monica Boulevard, in East Hollywood is where they filmed the scenes of the 5th Precinct or the jail where Nancy goes at night to see her friend die by Freddy’s hand.
2. Drag Me To Hell
Ever seen Drag Me To Hell? The movie about a poor girl trying to make it in LA only to have a gypsy curse her and thus eventually gets dragged to hell. Sorry, spoiler alert!
This is a great horror movie. It’s also somewhat campy and sad, in my opinion. This movie is set in LA and I believe it’s an accurate portrayal of what it’s like living here. I mean, I often feel like a gypsy put a curse on my car with all this freaking traffic around.
In Drag Me to Hell, you see Christine (the main character) driving down the 110 Freeway. You see the downtown skyscrapers.
But if you want to get up close and personal with some of the houses and “sets” where some of the freaky stuff happens, then keep on reading!
At one point in the movie, Christine goes to a witch doctor to get rid of the curse. This scene is filmed inside the infamous Doheny Mansion (aka the Greystone Mansion.) This mansion surrounded by creepy lore is a must for any tourist. In fact, many movies use the Doheny Mansion, including Spiderman and the original X-men movie.
The Doheny Mansion is free to check out. It’s absolutely beautiful. Although beware they don’t always let you inside. Trust me, I’ve been there!
Christine’s home where she eventually gets attacked by the Lamia is located at 1031 Everett Street. This creepy but cute house has also been featured in other movies as well. You might recognize it.
Ultimately, the scene where Christine meets her demise and…well gets dragged to hell is none other than Union Station. I know, I know… it just looks like a generic train track… Union Station is a decent looking train station, but train tracks will be train tracks. Union Station is located at 800 North Alameda Street.
3. Blade Runner
If you’re from LA, you probably already know the film locations for Blade Runner (the original not the sequel.)
The original Blade Runner is such a classic. It’s futuristic, weird, existential, and just downright pretty!
This brilliant movie uses aesthetics to a new level. However, some of these masterful works of art we call sets are just good ol’ fashion buildings that stand in Los Angeles today.
One of my favorite areas in LA is downtown. Downtown is currently booming with great gems, from awesome restaurants to incredible new urban skyscrapers, to architecturally significant works of art.
That’s where The Bradbury Building comes in. The Bradbury building is used near the end where Decker fights the last robots. This picturesque structure is open to the public and in use today. You can visit the Bradbury building and check out the ironwork. You can see its beauty. It’s such a magnificent and stunning work of art. It will stick with you forever! It’s also free to enter.
The Bradbury building is also featured in 500 Days of Summer. In the last scene where Joseph Gordon Levitt has his interview… That’s the Bradbury building. It’s at 304 S Broadway.
Apart from this beautiful gem, we have several famous landmarks used as film locations in the movie as well.
There’s the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House which utilized the exterior as Decker’s apartment building.
There are other film locations as well… But I find them a little too boring to mention them. With Union Station being one of them as well… We’ll just skip on to the next scary movie location you may want to hit on your next visit to Los Angeles.
4. Halloween
One of the greatest slasher films of all time is Halloween. The first movie released in 1978 is a movie about suburban hell! Am I wrong? I mean only in the suburbs will some masked killer want to slay these crazy soccer moms. Fortunately, Jamie Lee Curtis was cast in this movie with her insane ‘serial killer’ killing superpowers to save the day.
In any case, this movie set in a fictional suburb of Illinois was actually filmed in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The film locations are split between areas in Pasadena California and Hollywood.
Let’s begin, Laurie Strode’s house or Jamie Lee Curtis’ character. It’s located at 1103 Fairview Avenue in Pasadena. If you’re scared of the suburbs as much as I am, then prepare yourself because those chills running down your spine are real!
The house where it all goes down is in Hollywood. The Doyle house, where Jamie Lee Curtis babysits, is 1530 Orange Grove Avenue, and the Wallace house, scene of the murders, is across the street at 1537 Orange Grove Avenue.
Although to remind everyone again, these places are occupied so let’s not knock on the doors or walk on people’s lawns. They can call the cops on you for that. So let’s be discreet and not disturb the residents. Take some pictures and prepare for those ohhh and aahs.
5. House on Haunted Hill
The original House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price primarily focuses on one film location. The entire movie focuses on a group of individuals who are invited to a party where they ultimately meet their demise.
The location of the party is at the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House. As luck would have it, this beautiful yet different looking house comes out in many movies! In any case, this house is unique enough to make it a pit stop in your Los Angeles tour. The Ennis House is located at 2607 Glendower Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
There, that wasn’t so bad, was it? You made it this far, and you’re still alive. I mean, Micheal Myers, Haunted Hills, and Freddy Kruger? They’re definitely not forces to reckon with. You can find all these film locations on your own. I’m glad to be able to show you these amazing yet somewhat creepy sites to see on your next trip to LA. You know how much I like it unique and creepy.
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Let Me Break It Down For You:
Take an Uber, a taxi, or perhaps a bus/Metro rail to find these scary movie film locations without a tour guide.
- The Nightmare on Elm Street house is located at 1428 Genessee Avenue, West Hollywood.
- Drag Me to Hell: Scene of the seance is at Doheny Mansion and Christine’s house is located at 1031 Everett Street.
- Blade Runner: Check out the Bradbury building at 304 S Broadway — You can easily take the Metro rail here.
- Halloween: Laurie Strode’s house is located at 1103 Fairview Ave in South Pasadena. The house where she babysits is located at 1530 Orange Grove Avenue.
- House on Haunted Hill: Filmed at Frank Lloyd Wrights Ennis House, a pretty iconic and almost indigenous looking house.
If you’re a big movie-holic and want to know more about movie locations you can find on your own for your next trip to Los Angeles, make sure to check out this incredible website I found at http://www.movie-locations.com/.
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