Because a lot of these theaters were by their nature considered "seedy", I got to see all sorts of strange, offbeat Films, always avoiding the plethora of Porn and badly dubbed Chop Socky at my disposal. Porn because I was way too young, and Chop Socky because it somehow bored me. Although I still very much loved all the Mainstream films of the time (which I'm sure I'll get to in future posts), I tended to gravitate towards those of the more visceral variety. The Horror Film especially. I was lucky enough to watch a lot of movies that probably didn't get a lot of play outside of the Drive-In's in this country. I still greatly remember sitting in the theater watching Basket Case with both a wide smile on my face and my hands sometimes covering it in fear. To quote my Favorite Horror Film, Halloween, "...Everyone's Entitled To One Good Scare". I wanted a few more. And I got 'em.Thank you, New York!
Here's my way of celebrating the New York Horror Film. A visual list of everything that was either filmed in or set in the boroughs, upstate, the islands and all the nooks in between. Enjoy!
What better way to start off then the most infamous of Haunted House Movies & it's sequels, the Long Island set:
The Amityville Horror (1978) - Amityville, Long Island
Amityville II: The Possession (1982) - Amityville, Long Island
Amityville 3-D (1983) - Amityville, Long Island
The Addiction (1994) - Manhattan
The Ambulance (1990) - Manhattan
American Psycho (2000) - Manhattan
Angel Heart (1987) - Manhattan, Brooklyn
Aroused (1966) - Manhattan
Audrey Rose (1977) - Manhattan
Bad Biology (2008) - Brooklyn, Mahattan, Staten Island
Basket Case (1982) - Manhattan
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Manhattan
Begotten (1990) - Manhattan
The Believers (1987) - Manhattan, Brooklyn
Blood Sisters (1987) - Manhattan, New Jersey
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976) - Manhattan
Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970) - Staten Island
Brain Damage (1988) - Manhattan
Breeders (1986) - Manhattan
The Burning (1981) - Buffalo, New York
Carnage (1984) - Staten Island
Carnival Of Blood (1970) - Brooklyn
Cat People (1942) - Manhattan
C.H.U.D (1984) - Manhattan
Cloverfield (2008) - Manhattan
Combat Shock (1986) - Staten Island
Dark Water (2005) - Roosevelt Island
Dead Dudes In The House (1991) - Cherry Valley, NY
Def By Temptation (1990) - Brooklyn
Deranged (1987) - Manhattan
Devil's Advocate (1997) - Manhattan
Driller Killer (1979) - Manhattan
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) - Manhattan
The Eyes Of Laura Mars (1978) - Manhattan
The Fan (1981) - Manhattan
Fear No Evil (1981) - Rochester & Alexandria Bay, NY
Final Destination (2000) - Long Island
Final Destination 2 (2003) - Long Island
5 Dead On The Crimson Canvas (1996) Glen Cove, Long Island
Flesh Eating Mothers (1988) - Long Island
Forced Entry (1973) - Queens, Manhattan
1408 (2007) - Manhattan
Frankenhooker (1990) - Manhattan, Long Island, New Jersey
The Ghastly Ones (1968) - Staten Island
God Told Me To (1976) - Manhattan
Guru The Mad Monk (1970) - Staten Island
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Manhattan
Habit (1997) - Manhattan
He Knows You're Alone (1980) - Staten Island
Headless Eyes (1971) - Manhattan
Hell High (1989) - Scarsdale, The Bronx
Horror (2002) - Warwick, The Bronx, New Jersey
House On The Edge Of The Park (1980) - Manhattan, New Jersey
The Hunger (1983) - Manhattan
I Drink Your Blood (1970) - Sharon Springs, NY
Igor And The Lunatics (1985) Carmel, NY
Inferno (1980) - Manhattan
Invasion Of The Blood Farmers (1972) - Weschester County
Jacob's Ladder (1990) - Manhattan
Kill By Inches (1999) - Brooklyn, Manhattan
Killer Condom (1996) - Manhattan
The Killing Hour (1982) - Manhattan
King Kong (1933) - Manhattan
King Kong (1976) - Manhattan, Queens
Lady In White (1988) - Rochester, Alexandria Bay, Wade County, NY
Lake Placid (1999) - Lake Placid, Manhattan
Last House On Dead End Street (1977) - Oneonta, NY
Legacy Of Horror(Blood) (1978) - Staten Island
Love At First Bite (1979) - Manhattan
Lurkers (1988) - Manhattan
Madman (1982) - Southhampton, Long Island
Magic (1978) - Manhattan
Malevolence (2004) - Long Island
Manhattan Baby (1982) - Manhattan
Maniac (1980) - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens
Maniac Cop (1988) - Manhattan
Maniac Cop 2 (1990) - Manhattan, New Jersey
Mimic (1997) - Manhattan
Mirrors (2008) - Manhattan
The Monster Of Camp Sunshine (1964) - Manhattan
Mulberry Street (2006) - Manhattan
My Demon Lover (1987) - Manhattan
New York Ripper (1982) - Manhattan
Night Owl (1993) - Manhattan
A Night To Dismember (1983) - Long Island, Queens, The Bronx
Nightmare (1981) - Manhattan
100 Feet (2008) - Brooklyn
The Oracle (1985) - Manhattan
Perfect Strangers (1984) - Manhattan
The Phantom Of The Opera (1989) - Manhattan
Plutonium Baby (1987) - Manhattan
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) - Poughkeepsie, NY
The Possession Of Joel Delaney (1972) - Manhattan
Prime Evil (1989) - Manhattan
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) - Manhattan
The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972) - Staten Island
Red Hook (2009) - Manhattan, Brooklyn
The Rejuvenator (1988) - Manhattan
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Manhattan
Satan's Little Helper (2004) - Hastins-On-Hudson, Tarrytown, White Plains, NY
Scream For Help (1984) - New Rochelle, NY
The Sentinel (1977) - Brooklyn
The Seventh Victim (1943) - Manhattan
Sex Wish (1976) - Manhattan
Shriek Of The Mutilated (1976) - Croton-On-Hudson, NY
Silent Madness (1984) Staten Island, New Jersey
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) - Oyster Bay, Long Island
Sisters (1973) - Staten Island, Manhattan
Sleepaway Camp (1983) - Argyle, Fort Edward, Glen Falls, Lake Luzerne, NY
Sleepy Hollow (1999) - Sleepy Hollow, NY
Slime City (1988) - Manhattan
Slime City Massacre (2010) - Buffalo, NY
Slugs: The Movie (1987) - Lyons, NY
Special Effects (1984) - Manhattan
Spookies (1986) - Rye, NY
A Stranger Is Watching (1982) - Manhattan
Street Trash (1987) - Brooklyn
The Stuff (1985) - Manhattan, Accord, Kingston, NY
Tenement: Game Of Survival (1985) - The Bronx
Terror Firmer (1999) - Brooklyn, Manhattan
There's Nothing Out There (1992) - Piermont, NY
Too Scared To Scream (1985) - Manhattan
Vampire's Kiss (1989) - Manhattan
Wait Until Dark (1967) - Manhattan
Wendigo (2001) - Kingston, Phoenecia, Ulster County, NY
Wolf (1994) - Manhattan
Wolfen (1981) - The Bronx, Manhattan
7 Hot Beef Injections:
Oh my gosh, WOW. How long did this post take you??!!
This is all the more amazing because I am actually going on a trip to NYC next week to visit a friend and of course do some marathon sightseeing. We plan on going to the Ghostbusters firehouse, which was the only big movie location I could think of!
god bless you for this list.
Wowzers, dude, applause, applause! Thats quite the collection of posters you got there man!
I have never seen but always wanted to: The Rejuvenator and Robert Englund's Phantom of the OPera.
The Driller Killer, it doesnt get anymore 70's New York than that! So grimmy!
I recently reviewed four of these: The Sentinel, Lucio Fulci's Manhattan Baby, Dante Tomaselli's Horror and the awesomeness that is Lady in White, I really loved that one.
Thank you for all the kind words, guys. It was a fun list to put together.
What a great post. That New York of the 70s and 80s that I grew up with in all the movies I remember was the kind of thing that was a character unto itself, and it's cool to get your perspective on it as someone who grew up there.
Amazing! Great list! There's nothing better then New York in the '70's and '80's. Love seeing films listed that like Fear No Evil and Lady In White which both filmed partly in Rochester, not there that far from where I live.
Thanks again!
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