MORE FILMS: There have been 104 horror movies filmed in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. Other than George Romero’s zombie classics, how many can you name?
The website verylocal.com lists movies filmed in Pittsburgh and in Western Pennsylvania.
For films based on Stephen King’s books or screenplays, “Creepshow,” “Creepshow II,” and “The Dark Half” were all filmed in the region, with the latter at Washington & Jefferson College.
”Monkey Shines,” based on a novel by Michael Stewart, was a Romero film shot around Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
”Two Evil Eyes,” based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, had scenes filmed at a bar in Shadyside.
The thriller “The Silence of the Lambs,” with the unforgettable performance of Sir Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, was filmed at a house in Fayette County, with the cage scene at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The house, in Perryopolis, is now a vacation rental, complete with an interactive workshop of serial killer “Buffalo Bill” and the well where he starved his victims.
Spooky.
”The Mothman Prophecies” in 2002, with Richard Gere and Debra Messing, was shot around Pittsburgh and Kittanning.
The 2009 film “My Bloody Valentine” had scenes filmed in Kittanning, Natrona Heights, Ford City and Oakmont.
The Sharon Stone movie “Diabolique” from 1996 had scenes in Squirrel Hill and South Side in Pittsburgh, along with a view of the Birmingham Bridge over the Monongahela River, according to Carnegie Mellon University.
And who can forget the 1991 film “Blood Sucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh,” filmed in Lawrenceville? It’s a horror spoof, streaming on Roku through Midnight Pulp. We don’t think this one is going to spook too many folks.