American Horror Story: Asylum (2012)

 
The first season of American Horror Story was a huge hit, and the night it premiered, I instantly recognized the house and blogged about it here.   The second season, American Horror Story: Asylum,  is probably the highest anticipated premiere this fall and rightly so!

While recently visiting LA, I took the opportunity to visit one of the filming locations used for the exteriors of the asylum.

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The interiors are shot at the Paramount Studios lot.

Update, they obviously shoot a lot on the lot and this scene takes place in a small courtyard area inside Paramount....

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Poltergeist III (1988)

Check out the all new POLTERGEIST III location page at SET-JETTER.COM

While certainly a fan of the original Poltergeist (see locations here) and somewhat of Poltergeist II (locations here and here), the third entry was a bit of a letdown, plus it had an even darker cloud over it with the death of its lead actress, Heather O'Rourke.  I do give them kudos to try to do this one without any optical effects, some working better than others.   The film was shot in Chicago and although I had been to the Hancock Tower before, I didn't track down any other locations until my latest visit.

First up is the high school....

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Finding Carol Anne's school was a bit of a tough find, since it's not even a school and there was essentially just a couple shots to use as reference, but I figured it out!

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And finally the tower itself, pictures taken on a earlier visit...

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Actress Nancy Allen as Aunt Pat....

And visiting Heather O'Rourke.....