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Iconic Movie Structures...

posted 6 years ago by ShogunofYonkers (71468)
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Every so often a movie comes along that features a very specific house, shack, fortress or palace that just sticks in our heads for decades afterward...

I would like to mention the creepy old Cabin from Evil Dead (81)
You just knew that place would be trouble the minute Ash pulled his car up front and man it did not let us down :0

The real cabin burned down shortly after the Raimis finished the shoot and was located in Morristown, Tennessee...

Too bad too
It really just needed a good sweeping and some paint and love to make it real sweet for deer season and fishing trips!

Any favorite movie structures you would care to share?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Statue of Liberty in the final scene of Planet of the Apes (1968)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Dang!
A good one Dean👍

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

The house in Psycho. I love how Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris resembles it!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Yep
A winner right there

All business up front and 'party' out back
Much like a mullet;)

[–] FredBurroughs (19665) 6 years ago

Or there's the actual house that still sits on the Universal Studios lot.

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Except that the other one is much closer to where I live! And can you go inside???

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The house in The Amityville Horror (1979)

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

So creepy! They changed those windows, you know.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

even possessed houses have to be re-modelled.

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Probably because of all the sightseers bothering them. They even changed the address!

[–] GlenEllyn (21068) 6 years ago

No, they have to be re-possessed!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

I had heard that
It was for sale some years back
Lovely property really!

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Couldn't live there, though. Not necessarily because of the stupid movie, but because of the horrible murders that took place in that house!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

The murders wouldnt bug me tbh...it was long ago and i aint afraid of no ghosts

It would be the drunken jackasses and photo snappers every day

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Not the ghosts (like I said, stupid movie), just the idea of people having died a horrible death not far from where you're eating your dinner.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

It is tragic

But people have been doing awful things to each other for thousands of years and id wager bad stuff has gone down on the same ground where we have our foundations

It doesnt shake me
But again, its very sad

Amityville was a steal on the market a few years back
Beautiful estate

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Why didn't you buy it!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Never mind murders
You couldnt pay me to live on Long Island
The traffic is awful!

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Cycling is much healthier!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

But I dont like the pants and the helmets look goofy

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

Don't be such an amateur! Have you ever seen a Netherlander riding a bike with cycling pants and a helmet on? We don't need that shit!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

To be fair ive never really met a Netherlander so i couldnt say

But you should see these grown ass men around here in spandex bike suits and neon mushroom helmets😖

I will stick with the car
Its way cooler

[–] Stratego (29209) 6 years ago

You've met me, now haven't you?!

I do wear spandex, but only in my basement.😘

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Mount Rushmore in North by Northwest

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Well this never would have occurred to me
Nice!

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Statue of Liberty in Saboteur (1942)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Missed this one

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The Manderley mansion in Rebecca (1940)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

I saw this years ago
I gotta google image that one

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Excellent!

I had started out thinking of 'dwellings' but i like where people are taking it👍

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

Now that we have established it doesnt 'need' to be lived in 'The Bridge over the River Kwai' seems to qualify:)

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Xanadu estate from Citizen Kane (1941)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71468) 6 years ago

An Amazing example
Mosty Matte Paintings and miniatures...pretty believable looking though