Is The Northeast The Scariest Place on Earth?
The United States is a big place, encompassing about 1,650 miles of space between the Canadian and Mexican borders. As such, location scouts rarely have to go very far to find an environment for a horror picture. Desert or snowcapped mountains, volcanoes, cities, or farms, the US can act as a surrogate for just about every location on Earth. There’s even a rainforest off the mainland in Puerto Rico. George A. Romero Of course, different states have different resources available to horror productions. California, the home of LA and Hollywood, is the obvious example. The CableTV website reports 163 “deaths” in the Sunshine State from just 17 movies, including The Fog, The Shining, Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal The Birds, and Killer Klowns from Outer Space, an oddly satisfying watch even after all these years. However, California doesn’t come close to Pennsylvania’s fictional death toll of 615 from six movies. As this fictional catastrophe can mainly be laid at George A. Romero’s
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