Scary movies filmed in North Carolina
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If you're looking for something to throw on TV tonight after the trick-or-treating ends, try a scary movie filmed here in North Carolina.
Why it matters: Movie and television productions generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the state most years, and the state often deploys film incentives to lure productions here.
- So, you have plenty to choose from.
🤫 "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997) was filmed around Southport. Four teens "share a terrible secret that comes back to haunt them." (Streaming on Paramount+)
🐦⬛ "The Crow" (1994) was filmed in Wilmington and tells the story of a murdered rock musician "resurrected by a black bird" to seek vengeance. In a real-life tragedy, the star Brandon Lee was killed on set by a prop gun. (Streaming on Peacock)
👂 "Blue Velvet" (1986) is a David Lynch thriller filmed in Lumberton and Wilmington. It's about a college kid who "stumbles across a bizarre mystery lurking beneath his hometown's picture-postcard veneer." (Free on Tubi)
📞 "Black Phone" (2021) is about a kidnapped 13-year-old boy who "discovers he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims through a disconnected phone." It was filmed in Wilmington. (Free on Fandango)
🐑 "Hannibal" (2001) is about an escaped serial killer and was partially filmed in Asheville. (Streaming on HBO Max)
🕯️ "The Conjuring" (2013) is a haunted house tale filmed around Wilmington. (Streaming on HBO Max)
🩸 "Evil Dead II" (1987) is a cult-classic horror comedy shot in Wadesboro, a small town not far from Charlotte. (Streaming on HBO Max)
🏡 "Abandoned" (2022) stars Emma Roberts as a mom whose family moves into a remote farmhouse with a dark, tragic history. It was filmed around the Triangle. (Cheapest to rent from Prime)
