I used to love seeing this movie on saturday afternoon TV in the 70's.
I was watching again and said, 'Hey, that's The Munsters' House!'
I was genuinely scared by parts of this movie as a kid.
I have been to Universal Studios in Hollywood, and have seen the house, as well as The 'Psycho' house and Beaver Cleaver's house and the house from 'Animal House'.
Long Live the memory of Don Knotts!
Nope, it ain't.
Here's what I found out about it after a bit of research...
The Simmons Mansion from The Ghost and Mr. Chicken was not a re-use of the Psycho house (the most common mistake).
Yes, it has some very similar features, but it was actually another facade house on the Universal backlot. This house was (and still is) on Colonial Street on the UCS backlot.
This and the Munster house were built for a 1946 movie called So Goes My Love. It was also Jimmy Stuart's house in the 1950 movie Harvey. The best place to see a clear view of the house that comes to mind is the 1958 Jerry Lewis movie Rock-a-Bye Baby.
The Psycho house clearly 'borrowed' various elements from this house. In fact, the tower top and upstairs windows seem to be identical. - I have never been able to figure out why or seen any mention of this in books written about the Psycho production. Perhaps these were stock units laying around in the Universal shops at the time- who knows.
The Psycho house has been used in other productions, but TGAMC was not one of them.
The design of the Bates mansion was actually based on the painting "House by the Railroad" (1925) by the American artist Edward Hopper.
Colonial Street is now used as Wisteria Lane for the TV show, Desperate Housewives.
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