Though it may not be a national holiday, America loves Halloween, and intends to have a scary good time this year. In fact, more than half of the country - 157 million people - intend to celebrate Oct. 31 this year, according to the National Retail Federation.
While kids will occupy their time with trick or treating and adults determining what to wear to the office costume party, one thing that many people enjoy is a haunted house. In fact, there's approximately 2,000 haunted attractions worldwide, according to the Haunted House Association, an industry that's worth millions.
But some of the most memorable haunted houses are those that have been featured on the silver screen. The following are a mere handful of the scariest, most iconic haunted houses Hollywood has ever produced:
The Amityville Horror
Based on the book from author Jay Anson, "The Amityville Horror" has been featured in film on numerous occasions, but the most popular one stars James Brolin as the title character George Lutz. He and his wife, Kathy, buy a house based in Amityville, New York, but little do they know that a mass murder took place within the four walls of 112 Ocean Avenue a year prior to their moving in. After learning this, strange happenings become increasingly frequent, literally popping up around every corner. Aspiring homeowners and
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And how could it not? Based on the 1977 novel written by the horror genre author legend Stephen King, Nicholson plays the title role of Jack Torrance, a writer who, when he's not busy typing out prose, serves as a caretaker for a Colorado-area hotel. Though seemingly normal at the beginning of the film, supernatural phenomena happening within the Overlook Hotel drives Torrance insane, becoming a threat both to himself and tenants. "The Shining" set the standard for producing bone-chilling, scream-inducing film
The oldest surviving timber-frame house in America is located in Dedham, Massachusetts and it is also rumored to be the most haunted house in the country. The historical four-room wood frame home, located at 511 East Street was built by colonist, Jonathan Fairbainks between 1637 and 1641 after he was alloted 12 acres of land.
The Allen house is a very known house in Arkansas, it's known for being haunted. The Allen House story started in 1940, built by father Joe lee Allen. The Allen family lived in their house approximately until the 1950’s. The house started to gain reputation for being haunted in the 1940’s, shortly after being made into apartments for the near college.
All houses are haunted; all persons are haunted; throngs of spirits follow us everywhere, we are never alone. Every county has they own haunted places some more known than others. I will take you on an adventure though Wisconsin’s past and present gulls and goblins that will sure give you a new look on Wisconsin. The haunted places in Wisconsin are worth learning about.
Every haunted house usually has a sad or treacherous past. Lemp Mansion is no exception. Declared as one of the nine most haunted places in America, the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis has its own history of suicides and untimely deaths. The members of the family had wealth and power yet it seemed almost like a curse was on the family, causing misery and grief over the years.
It took many people to find out who murdered who and how. “...1 person acting alone could take the lives of these 6 people in an Upscale residential community and the shots from an unsilenced 35-marlin rifle were never heard.” (Amityville horror) All of the family was shot at one time. And the gun was somehow silenced. There was no recorded use of a gun silencer, then again Butch could’ve hid it. When The Lutz family purchased the home they found out that, “Hundreds of flies appeared in the sewing room despite it being the dead of winter.” (warrens.net) This was one of the children’s room. The spirits might have been in the room and the flies could only smell the rotting of the flesh as if they were still alive.George were usually a very thorough person, but times changed when he moved into the Amityville house. “George would wake up nightly at 3:15 a.m. which coincided with the time the police felt the DeFeo’s were murdered” (warrens.net) Most people skip through this, but really it’s important. George reportedly woke up at 3:15 am every night. This could be fake, but waking up at the same time the Lutz family would be the spirits waking him up to help them. Or he could be woken up at the parents of the family being shot to death and he could pressure of the bullet. The detail is very clear. Butch did not do a great job with tidying up the house and cleaning up the
The Shining was originally produced in 1980, with a run time of 146 minutes. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick and falls into the genre of both drama and a horror movie. The movie was originally based off of Stephen King’s novel, before later being written as a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson, The Shining stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The music was produced by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind. The movie focuses on the haunted Overlook Hotel, which King based off of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
26, set up until 9 P.M. for tomorrow big events. There were many upperclassmen which help with supervising areas, handing out waters to the workers, and guiding groups through the haunted house. The workers in the haunted house consisted of both middle and high schools students, and even a few elementary students as well. In all there were more than 100 workers (students and parents) helping to run the
I am testing the pseudoscience of haunted houses. In the history of the world there has been multiple reporting’s of haunted houses. The majority of these reporting’s have been about buildings in which tragic or violent events have happened. Locations include old penitentiaries, insane asylums, or houses where murders have occurred. In this experiment I propose a test after all other possible explanations have been canceled out. Such explanations include creepy sounds, unexplained drafts, and the like. These could be due to a leaky pipe, unstable foundations or even people’s own perceptions of things around them.
Is there really ghost in the White House? We will never know, but after all of the research we have done, first ladies have said they have seen ghosts in the White House. This is a really important subject to study because if there is really ghost in the White House that would be kind of creepy. Especially if you were the president living in the White House at the time and you saw old presidents in the White House. For example, the most popular ghost in the White House was Abe Lincoln and he was found in the oval office room. I believe that there are ghosts in the White House. And I would not want to live in the White House. The reasons why I believe there is, is because some presidents died in the White House, the White House burnt down and they believe that in a picture of the white house burnt down that there was a guy holding a torch and it was really clear so it did look like a ghost and my last reason why I believe that there are ghost in the White House is because after all of the research we have done people have said that lots of people have witnessed different ghosts. A lot of people have witnessed these ghost in the White House. “The first lady that first saw the ghost was Grace Coolidge.”, “ Other presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Dwight Eisenhower saw
Haunted houses are a halloween tradition to use as attractions for trick or treaters that are looking for a good fright on this very night. Picture a spooky mansion on a hill deep into the night, and all you see is a creepy old house you wouldn’t dare go near just because you don’t want to pee your pants in front of your friends. But what some trick or treaters don’t know is the creepier the house is decorated with halloween decorations usually have the best candy, so next time you go trick or treating heed my advice and you shall receive a lot of sweets.
Haunted houses have been popular for awhile since the people still enjoy the thrill of being in haunted houses. Creators of haunted houses have always been competing to be the best by coming up with new ways to terrify people. The are awarded because of the good rating from the people who visit the haunted houses. Haunted houses have always been very successful and people keep coming back for more
The winchester mystery house is a house that has a supernatural background. Some people believe that the house is not haunted however a majority of the people believe that it is indeed haunted. There is a mysterious story to why the house was built in the first place that will send chills throughout your body. You see this isn’t any ordinary haunted attraction that you could find at an amusement park, no no this is a real life mystery house. There have been sightings that all fit together almost too perfectly. Is the house really haunted? Or was old Sarah Winchester a crazed lunatic who believed a cheap medium?
This film is seen as one of the best horror films of the Western cinema history. The Shining has a rather small but strong cast which has always been important for Stanley Kubrick. This film was starred by the legendary actor -with a legendary performance- Jack Nicholson, as Jack Torrance. We also see Shelley Duvall as Wendy, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance. Scatman Crothers’ magnificent performance as a supporting actor –as Dick Hallorann- helped the film to “shine” even more. (IMDb 2016.). The film was adapted from the best-selling novel of Stephen King with the same name (Manchel 1995, p.68) and the screenplay was adapted by the Stanley Kubrick as all his films.
The haunted house is very big. I want to say it is about 2 or 3 stories. It is very old and has a bunch of broken windows and doors. Some of the stairs are broken so you have to be careful when you walk up
The number of haunted houses, both professional and ameture, has reached well into the thousands as of 2016. That means you have many to choose from this coming holiday. The average big house, a professional house with a substantial run time, draws in at least 300 patrons a night. Yet, with the millions of participants every year, I would confidently say that less than half, if even that, are really getting the most out of the experience. Worry not, for i have prepared all that you need to know about having the best experience that you can.