One of the big reasons why I love watching horror movies is because of the atmosphere it creates. From dark forests to haunted houses, camp grounds to insane asylums, horror always manages to find ways to take innocuous locations and turn them into something unsettling and eerie. What was once a place we could visit with total and untainted glee no longer has that safety. Instead, we find lurking in the back of our minds the memory of scenes that forever alter our view of these destinations.
But some places have yet to receive a truly great horror movie. Or, if they have, they’re rarely revisited. I picked a few places that I think a really good horror film could be created and shared them below. After checking them out, tell me where you think a horror movie either hasn’t ventured yet or has gone but didn’t make the best impression.
Underwater
Much like how Alien solved the haunted house dilemma by placing the house in space, it’s kinda impossible to flee from danger when enough water is surrounding you to pressurize your organs into liquid. Oh, and that’s not even counting drowning. But what if someone took the location seriously and came up with something truly unsettling? If that were to happen, I’d be there ticket in hand opening night.
Airplanes
I’ve been traveling a great deal this year and it amazes me that more horror films don’t find a way to use an airplane to their full advantage. From having a narrow timeframe (planes can only stay aloft for so long) to everyone being cramped and squeezed in, there’s loads of ways to use an airplane to create terror in the sky.
An Abandoned Castle
I’m a huge fan of gothic horror films. Having just experienced an amazing week in Prague, I’m obsessed with the idea of a horror film taking place in some sort of gothic castle that features a vast, gorgeous, cold cathedral and a series of underground catacombs and torture chambers. Done properly, such an environment could provide countless scares.
Ghost Towns
Think of movies like Silent Hill and Phantoms. While they each have their flaws, there’s no denying that they oozed atmosphere and it was hugely due to the towns in which they were located. There’s something deeply unsettling about an entire town being empty, as though the memories and experiences of everyone there simply vanished without a trace.