Outside Location Deconstruction

Halloween

• The location in Halloween is primarily set in the Myers household as well as another baby sitters household. 
• Both are large, suburban homes, with porches/balconies. 
• Very family like, decorated with Halloween decorations
• Trees and leaves flood the area too, as it is autumn
• Detached, large American style family homes.

The Strangers

• Bungalow style house, detached
• Still very large
• Dimly lit, river near by
• In a fairly remote setting, plays into the narrative.
• We need a house which appears to be quite remote so that the victims cannot just go next door and ask for help
• Looks like a holiday home / villa for a getaway.

You're Next

• Huge, detached house
• Wooded area surrounding
• Old style, beamed, clearly very expensive
• Large driveway
• Remote also, so no neighbours can disturb/help the victims.
• Leaves flood the floor as well, like Halloween.
• Ideally, we'd have a location like this, but very unrealistic.
• In first image, at quite a high-angle doesn't look scary or intimadating, however at a more eye-level angle with low-key lighting and ambient lighting, a lot more frightening.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

• Huge, faded white/grey, detached house
• Iconic beams in the front, quite sinister looking
• At a low angle shot (below), looks very big and daunting
• In a field, nothing surrounding it, remote, no neighbours to disturb.
• Contrasts with the dark sky, to make it appear more sinister looking

For our film

• We will need a large, detached home
• Surrounded by green would be good, ideally
• However, if we cannot find a property like that, then one that looks quite rural and out of the way, so nobody can come to help the victims.
• Preferably not as creepy looking as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre house, as our killer doesn't live in the house, one of the characters does / owns it.