10 Spooky Movie (and TV) Houses

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was one of those groundbreaking Gen X shows of the 1990s. Buffy is the girl-next-door who also happens to kick evil creature-butt. The completely suburban house is set in quiet Sunnydale. The address number, 1313, over the front porch can be seen in a couple of episodes even though Buffy and her mother supposedly live on 1630 Revello Drive. 

This is the Victorian-style house used as the exterior for Fisher and Son’s Funeral Home. The seriously somber interior scenes of the home, though, were shot on a set built in studio.

A host of restless spooks called this “Murder House” from Season 1 of American Horror Story home, heaping added stress upon the already troubled Harmon family. The real horror story is how the house shot up in price just because the show was filmed there—from $4.5 million in 2011 to $17 million in 2012. Frightening.

Originally built in Culver City by a silent film studio, this creepily quirky “Witch’s house” was transported to, of all places, Beverly Hills when talkies became all the rage and the studio went belly-up. The home’s curvy lines, though, appear a bit more Gaudi that Grimm. Definitely one to check out.

This Victorian-style house is elegant in an old-fashioned way and its Old World charm seems to fit the witch-themed show perfectly. Called the Halliwell Manor in the show it has a fancy name in real life - christened the Innes House. While Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige all lived in San Francisco, the real house resides in Los Angeles. (Submitted by Gunner James)

North Genesee Avenue doesn't have quite the same ring as Elm Street. Pictures before the renovation show the house to be pretty much what it was in the film - a nightmare. It's almost unrecognizable from its dilapidated state in the movie. Being the subject of an iconic slasher '80s slasher film certainly did a lot to boost the asking price to $2.1 million in 2013 - that and a full renovation. 

If you saw MJ’s Thriller as a kid in the ‘80s, it probably freaked you out more than you’d care to admit. We invite you to check out the dilapidated house that couldn’t withstand a gang of pop-music crazed dancing zombies.

It's hard to believe this charming Wedgwood blue house was envisioned as a house of horror by John Carpenter. In "Halloween," the house with the creepy jack-o'-lantern sitting on the porch was set in small-town Illinois. The film was shot in Pasadena. Once the fictitious home of movie serial killer Michael Myers, it now serves as a chiropractor's office.

Netflix's "Bird Box" starring Sandra Bullock has set off an epidemic of Instagram and Facebook memes. The truly creepy and disturbing post-apocalyptic film took place in a gorgeous house located in the suburbs. The exterior of the Monrovia Craftsman home was built in the early 1900s and used in the film to portray the initial hideout of a group of survivors. It has drawn people from all over the country....

This split-level house was only used for its exterior as most of the indoor scenes were shot at the studios. Apart from maintenance and a light face-lift, the house hasn't changed too much from its appearance in the classic horror film. Even though this abode is decidedly safe, its typical suburban appearance was meant to starkly contrast against the malevolent paranormal activity experienced by the Free...