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Why was Elizabeth Bathory's mansion in North America?


I mean, did I miss something? Because wasn't her mansion or plantation or whatever in Hungary? Didn't she live her whole life there? She didn't ever travel to America, right? Before it was even settled, and build the first summer vacation home/mansion here, with only Native American's in teepees for neighbors? And how did she manage to insert her evil spirit into a video game? I just... I must have missed something... big. All opinions are welcome and appreciated. Over and out.

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This is in the Trivia area of the Imdb page. They made it New Orleans in the movie so they could travel to where her plantation was. Going to Hungary would have made for a rough plot travel

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Yeah they took other liberties with the story too since its, you know, a movie.

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I was halfway wondering if they had been planning on using Madame Lalaurie's story for the movie and maybe couldn't for some reason. It would have fit in better with the setting. I haven't been able to find anything to prove it but it makes sense to me. If they couldn't use Lalaurie then Bathory would have a similar story and background they could have co-opted for their purposes.

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