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Iconic Movie Structures...

posted 6 years ago by ShogunofYonkers (72081)
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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?

[–] FredBurroughs (19770) 6 years ago

The Bradbury Building (Blade Runner, Lethal Weapon 4)

Griffith Observatory (Rebel Without a Cause, Terminator series, The Rocketeer, Transformers, La La Land)

The Chemosphere (Body Double, Troy McClure's house)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Yes i know of all three places and have seen most of your films
Great ones Fred!

Nice to hear from you
Thx

[–] FredBurroughs (19770) 6 years ago

Those are just off the top of my head. There are a lot more out there.

Always great to see your posts, amigo. Keep being excellent!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

😀thx!

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Rebel Without a Cause - good one.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 6 years ago

Pearson House used as the mortuary in Phantasm. Also used as the spooky house in Burnt Offerings.

The Empire State building in King Kong

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

That is a spooky house in Burnt Offerings, an underrated horror.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The spooky house in The Changeling (1980)

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 6 years ago

Yes that one was creepy as hell. The attic and that damn wheelchair!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Good stuff
Burnt Offerings was pretty damn good
Thx 🌞

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 6 years ago

The Empire State Building in King Kong, 1933 and 2005
The World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in King Kong, 1976

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

There you are Miss!
Was hoping to see you
Thanks...nice ones!

[–] db20db (16222) 6 years ago

The Philadelphia Museum of Art where Rocky ran up the steps in the first film of the franchise. They've actually become known as The Rocky Steps over the decades.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Awesome
Rocky Steps seems a perfect name

I like how i started this to be about places people lived but everyone got creative and fun

Thx man

[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

That's a great one, db.

[–] db20db (16222) 6 years ago

Thanks. I was somewhat surprised it hadn't been mentioned yet.

[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

& I can't come up with a damn thing. I even looked over my movie shelves. Nothing. I'm a blank!

[–] db20db (16222) 6 years ago

That's odd since you seem to have such a detailed knowledge/memory of a variety of films. Btw, you've been really cool with me since arriving here, consistently providing positive feedback. I consider you an asset to the site.

[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

Thanks, db, it's a great bunch of fellows here. I am so impressed at the knowledge and wisdom of MC.

It's indeed a fine group.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 6 years ago

Rosemary's Baby. In the film, Rosemary and her husband, Guy moved into The Braum. I believe that is what the building was called in the story. Fun fact.........
John Lennon, would one day live (and in 1980 be murdered) in the Manhattan apartment building called The Dakota--where this movie had been filmed.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Yes!
The Dakota
Prime real estate and lots of famous folks over the years

[–] lennonforever (2453) 6 years ago

😢

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Agreed
I choose to gloss over awful stuff
😭indeed

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 6 years ago

Sorry. I didn't mean to be a downer and make you cry. I love Lennon too.

[–] lennonforever (2453) 6 years ago

😕

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Another old one

Thornfield Hall from Jane Eyre (1943)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Damn you kill me on the older films
Have not seen it

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The Towering Inferno (1974)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Oh hell yeah!!
Thats my kind of flick

[–] lennonforever (2453) 6 years ago

The Empire State Building in King Kong!

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

Yessir!!
Several fans here of that one
Much obliged Amigo🍻

[–] lennonforever (2453) 6 years ago

Oh didn't see them, sorry.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72081) 6 years ago

No worries Friend
Im quite happy to see you here and you proved once and for all that the ESB is one of the most iconic structures in filmdom...
You are tops and i would dig it if you popped in more!
Thanks;)

[–] lennonforever (2453) 6 years ago

Aw, so nice of you to say that [cheers]