7 spooky horror movie locations to visit without breaking confinement

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Ruins of the ghost town of Belchite (Zaragoza).

The Google Earth application takes us virtually to the settings where some of the most famous horror films were filmed

Do you know where the volcano is that stars in one of the scenes from the scary movie

?

Would you like to see what the haunting mansion of

looks like today

?

And go down the famous stairs that appear in the diabolical

?

It is not necessary to break the confinement to enter these and other chilling scenarios that have become famous for having filmed some of the most successful horror films in them.

Until we can travel freely again and visit these places in situ, Google Earth takes us to a series of film locations to relive some of the moments that have made us so scared ...

that can be completed with the viewing of the tapes.

Old Town of Belchite

This Aragonese town in ruins, 49 km from Zaragoza, was the place where the first scenes

, a film released in 2006,

were filmed

. Totally destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, the The town is known as the ghost town of Spain, since it is said that there have been several paranormal events that have been collected in psychophonies, among which are echoes of war or the sensation of some presence.

You can move to the ruins of Belchite Viejo here.

Timberline Lodge

Who has not seen

, starring Jack Nicholson in the role of Jack Torrance, a man who loses his mind and tries to murder his wife and son while taking care of an uninhabited high mountain hotel?

Do you remember those long corridors of the Overlook Hotel that Danniel Torrance travels with his tricycle?

Directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1980, the feature film marked a before and after in psychological horror cinema.

Although the interior plans and the scenes of the labyrinth were shot at the Elstree Film Studios in England, the exteriors were shot at the Timberline Lodge ski resort, a historic 1930s resort located in the state of Oregon (USA). .

A very realistic walk around the mansion buried in snow is possible thanks to Google Earth.

Japan's Mihara-yama volcano

Mount Mihara is an active volcano located on the Japanese island of Izu Oshima.

It was one of the settings for

, a 1998 film by Japanese director Hideo Nakata, which tells the story of the medium Shizuko Yamamura, who predicts the eruption of a nearby volcano.

The day his prediction comes true is the day he commits suicide by jumping into the crater.

Punta Reyes Lighthouse

In Marin County, California, this iconic lighthouse is very famous among fans of horror films of the 80s, since it was where the exterior shots of the fictional radio station KAB of Antonio Bay that appear in the film were shot American horror

(Terror in the fog in Spanish), directed by John Carpenter in 1980. A thick fog covers a small coastal town causing the sinking of a ship.

One hundred years later the fog returns with the spirits of dead sailors thirsty for brutal revenge.

Dakota Building

This gothic apartment building, located on the corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in Manhattan (New York, USA), was the perfect location to film several scenes from the diabolical

(1968), a film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow.

The story tells the life of the Woodhouses, a New York couple who move into this building facing Central Park, where, according to the couple's friends, a curse falls.

In addition to the film, the building also became famous worldwide in 1980, when John Lennon, the musician of The Beatles, was assassinated at its doors.

1000 Mission St.

Who has not seen the legendary and original

(1978) in one of the reruns that every year around this time they program on television?

The first of this seven-sequel horror saga, directed by John Carpenter, takes place at

and, 15 years later, returns to do the thing. same with his little sister.

Currently, the house is located at 809 Meridian Avenue, in South Pasadena, California, and is close to the railroad tracks.

The ladder of 'The Exorcist'

The mythical staircase by which Father Karras (Jason Miller) falls at the end of

(William Friedkin, 1973) is today an important tourist attraction in the Georgetown university district, in Washington DC The 75-step staircase dates back to from 1895 and is located on the corner of Prospect St and 36th St, about a 40 minute walk from The White House.

You can go up and down them as many times as you want from the sofa by clicking here.

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