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The House

posted 10 years ago by jojomack2006
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Does anyone know if the house used in the movie for exterior shots is an actual house? Very interesting. I like it.

[–] jloring764 10 years ago

The Ennis-Brown House has been used extensively in dozens of movies, TV shows and commercials. It was restored in 2007 and sold in 2011. It is open to the public twelve days a year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennis_House

[–] [email protected] 10 years ago

The latest Google Street View looks like it's still getting restored - quite a lot of work, I hear.

This is one of a number of Frank Lloyd Wright's cement block houses he did in California in the '20s. It has been used in a lot of productions, including 'Blade Runner' and the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' tv series. Exteriors only here, as the interior shots are a lot more conventional-looking.

[–] bookstore451 10 years ago

In the beginning, they say the house is a hundred years old. They picked the house least likely to have been built in 1860 for the exterior!

[–] susanemccool 10 years ago

I was going to post (separately) that it was the least "haunted"-looking house in film history. And so modern outside vs inside.

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (2727) 4 months ago

I really hated the style of the outside of the house. Totally wrong for a gothic horror film.

[–] twinA (4921) 4 months ago

Now that you mention it, with the patio-like arrangement, it kind of gives off a courthouse vibe such as 'Perry Mason'. Rather, this scenery would work very nicely for a 'Scooby Doo'-esque slueth.

~~/o/

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (2727) 4 months ago

It kind of reminded me of an Egyptian temple but it didn't really work for me.