Halloween is just around the corner so it’s safe to say that we’re firmly into spooky season. For some of us, it means binging some classic horror movies before the Christmas vibes kick in.
For others, it’s an appropriate time to lean into the scary vibes and delve deeper into the lore behind these horror flicks. That can mean visiting haunted locations that inspired some of our favorite movies, like The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror.
Below is a list of 15 horror movies accompanied by the real-life haunted locations that inspired them. Although some of them remain private residences, there are others that you could actually visit!
- The Amityville Horror - The Amityville House (Long Island, New York)
- Lizzie - The Lizzie Borden House (Fall River, Massachusetts)
- American Horror Story: Coven - The LaLaurie Mansion (New Orleans, Lousiana)
- The Shining - The Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colorado)
- The Conjuring 2 and The Enfield Poltergeist - The Enfield Poltergeist House (London, UK)
- The Axe Murders Of Villisca - The Villisca Axe Murder House (Villisca, IA)
- Haunting Of Queen Mary - The RMS Queen Mary (Long Beach, CA)
- The Conjuring - The Conjuring House (Burrillville, RI)
- 1408 - Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, CA)
- American Horror Story: Hotel - Cecil Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula - Bran Castle (Transylvania, Romania)
- An American Haunting - The Bell Witch Cave (Adams, TN)
- Winchester - Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA)
- The Changeling - Henry Treat Rogers Mansion (Denver, CO)
- The Innkeepers - Yankee Pedlar Inn (Torrington, Connecticut)
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