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‘Fear Street: 1978’ Was Filmed at the Same Camp Location as ‘Friday the 13th: Jason Lives’!

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Now streaming on Netflix, Fear Street Part 2: 1978 (read Meagan’s review) is the middle piece in director Leigh Janiak‘s trilogy of films inspired by R.L. Stine’s teen horror novels, taking a (mostly) new group of characters to Camp Nightwing for a retro slasher inspired by “Golden Age” films like Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp. It may be set in 1978 but it’s pure ’80s, loaded with horny teens, gory axe murders, and of course, a summer camp setting.

But did you know that Fear Street Part 2: 1978 was actually filmed at a summer camp we’ve already been to before? Revealed by the official Netflix Film account on Twitter this afternoon, Janiak filmed Part 2 at the very same camp location where 1986 sequel Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was filmed, playing the role in that film of the fictional Camp Crystal Lake!

“And the camp is said to be haunted,” @NetflixFilm notes in their tweet.

Director Tom McLoughlin filmed Jason Lives at Camp Daniel Morgan in Rutledge, Georgia, which is located within Hard Labor Creek State Park. The very same park indeed played the role of Camp Nightwing for Fear Street: 1978, which was filmed at the Camp Rutledge site. And fans of Jason Lives and/or Fear Street can actually make reservations to stay on the grounds!

“Camp Forest Green” in ‘Jason Lives’

So is it really haunted? “Several crew members claimed to have seen things during filming,” production designer Scott Kuzio noted in a Fear Street press package sent out by Netflix.

According to Only in Your State, the park is said to be haunted by a man and a boy named Ethan. The website explains, “The man is said to be angry, slamming doors, stomping around the grounds late at night, even loudly knocking on cabin walls before disappearing. The boy is said to roll a red ball toward witnesses, laughing almost maniacally as he does.”

One for the horror fan bucket list, that’s for sure! Just be careful out there…

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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts

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April 19, 2024

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In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.

The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.

But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).

Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.

That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.

Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.

Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.

In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”

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