#darkly inclined

[shadowedaiartistry]

"... how to haunt"

[musings-from-an-elder-goth]

Lisa Frankenstein Filming Locations

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

As promised, here are some of the filming locations for Lisa Frankenstein. As I just saw Kathryn Newton at Spooky Empire in Orlando this past weekend, I decided to stalk filming locations for some of her cooler movies. Or you can just watch the video I made, which covers all the locations but it goes into much less detail:

I found most of the locations on my own, but then received a location list from a person on the film's production team which confirmed the ones I'd already found and gave me the ones I was missing. Big thank you to that person!

***Spoilers below***

We'll start with Lisa's home which is located at 2552 Cypress Lawn Dr, Marrero, LA 70072. The shed in the back yard for the tanning booth is really part of the property, & can just be seen from the street (circled in red in second image).

Now, if you go there, remember, THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. Perfectly fine to admire it from the street, but do not trespass, do not knock on the door, do not ask for a tour, & do not ask if Lisa is home. Please. Now, if the folks living there say 'Hey' & invite you in when they see you in the street taking selfies with the house, that's another thing entirely - but otherwise, low profile it.

Although they filmed a little bit inside the real house, at least for the scenes where Creature first arrives, most of the house interiors were filmed on a sound stage which I know thanks to Zelda Williams posting this photo:

And that sound stage is The University of New Orleans Nims Center Studio located at 800 - 824 Distributors Row in New Orleans. I know this because of this picture from a behind the scenes video showing the entire cast & crew taking a group photo with two distinct architectural features circled. The next image is a Google street view of the same location with those features also circled.

Per the locations list, the party house Lisa & Taffy go to early in the film is located at 12565 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA 70131, which I've confirmed via location detail on Google maps:

And the high school is Belle Chase high school at 8346 LA-23, Belle Chase, LA 70037, which I've also confirmed via architectural detail:

The exteriors for Bachelor's Grove Cemetery & the woods around it, the wooded paths, & the bench scenes all take place in Brechtel Park, which is located in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans.

The park offers roads for driving scenes as well as thick woodland with vines & dense ground cover for the cemetery set - which, sadly, was entirely fake. Below is the exact location of Bachelor's Grove.

Bachelor's Grove is located at GPS coordinates 29.9100534 -90.0124431. The easiest way to get there is to take an asphalt sidewalk that you'll find about 100 feet to the right of the entrance. That sidewalk will take you around the north edge of the park and then turn left (south) where you will look for the 2nd marked trail. Follow that trailfor about 50 feet and you'll find a second marked tree, which I call the Twisted Tree, and you're in Bachelor's Grove.

Moving along, the scene at 1:17:37 in the film where Creature goes to retrieve Janet's (Lisa's step-mom's) car and kills the mean old man who is harassing the kid who can't start a lawn mower, was filmed at the south dead end of Dede Street in Marrero, LA at GPS 29.855776, -90.093451.

Rather pleased with myself for finding that one - not easy.

Creature then returns to just outside Bachelor's Grove, which again was filmed in Brechtel Park, with precise location circled in the third image.

Lisa & Taffy arrive there & Lisa psychs herself up to go into the cemetery to kill Creature at GPS 29.906104, -90.009096

This is still in Brechtel Park, they just moved the cars about 30 feet to the west & spun the camera around - the dead giveaways are those posts along the road & the two small hills in the background.

Lisa then runs down a wide, woodland path.

This photo of one of Brechtel Park's wide, wooded paths is the same path, located at GPS 29.908912, -90.011958.

And here's that spot circled below:

When Dale, Lisa's dad (played by Joe Chrest, who also plays the Wheeler's dad on Stranger Things), & Taffy visit Lisa's grave at the end, they are standing in the southern section of Carrollton Cemetery in New Orleans, at GPS 29.947097, -90.121813.

The reason they used this location is because Carrollton is one of the few New Orleans cemeteries that has a large section where all the graves are below ground, as this movie is supposed to be taking place near Chicago.

As for how I know they used this specific location, I have a wine bottle shaped tombstone to thank for that. In the below image, we see that odd tombstone from the front.

And here we see it from the back, as I wasn't able to get a clear image of it from the same perspective of the above image:

Also rather proud of that find.

And the final scene on the bench is also in Brechtel Park at the location circled on the map, GPS 29.909290, -90.010784.

So the only significant filming location I can't find is Michael's red brick colonial, but whatever. Found Michael's house, too!

Anyway, here's to hoping we all find that special someone who was reanimated just for us. 🦇🖤🦇

creaturesfromelsewhere 5-23-2024

[livyamel]

I slayed homecoming. 🖤

[creaturesfromelsewhere]

New Tales of Florida Gothic - Chapter 6

"Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk." Robert Bloch

Whenever a freshly dug grave appears in your yard, you know it's time to kill again.

Although not native to Florida, many swamp witches cultivate Aspen trees for use as an extra set of eyes.

With basements so uncommon in Florida, most police never think to look for hidden trapdoors.

Something has been clawing at the trees in the swamp behind your house. A direct challenge to your territorial hunting grounds that cannot go unanswered.

Florida homes that survive hurrricanes unscathed are usually protected by the old gods, not the new.

Warning signs in Florida should be taken seriously. Very seriously.

creaturesfromelsewhere 11/22/2023

[nugothrhythms]

Happy Indigenous People's Day!

For those of you who use Spotify, DJ Mystic of Two Broke Goths made this playlist of indigenous goth/goth-adjacent bands from the US and Canada, starting the playlist with the episode of the Cemetery Confessions episode on indigenous goths.

[faelila]

[spookysalem13]

I always & forever will chose to be the Morticia, the Wednesday, the Elvira etc. Because this world has enough Kardashians. It's time for us spooky Bitche$ to fly 🦇 🖤

Stay weird & always remember it's a compliment to creep out a normie 😁

[ennui-lvr]

Are there any other African goths out there. Ive seen other metalheads and punks but I've never seen another Kenyan/African goth (other than myself).

I can't listen to Voodoo Church on my own in the rain forever yall.

[wisteriaawillow]

I made a little accessory Moodboard for @stygianoir I hope you enjoy it! Xoxo💜

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Black cat moon pin •Purple cat pic #1 • Cat moon necklace • cat ears + necklace • second cat picture • heart skull ring • Lace Purple and black chain choker • third cat picture • cat book sculpture

[mopeymuffin]

Goth & darkly inclined peeps: run to Michaels now!!!

Here's my haul from today, there's a ton of super cute pastel goth & romantic goth items

Couldn't find these in store but might order...

[shadowedaiartistry]

"...these things die slowly" ~ Helaena C Moon

[musings-from-an-elder-goth]

Happy 94th birthday to John Astin!

creaturesfromelsewhere 03-30-2024

[bumpytoad]

I'm Alterhuman because I have an Alternative experience and way of being human that the mainstream doesn't recognize as typical or really have a name for, and this involves and affects my self-perception. I also love things on an extremely deep level that most humans don't understand or share the same appreciation for or even much of any appreciation for, and these things have become part of me.

For me, it's neurological and psychological and identity-forming differences, special interests, defense mechanisms, and imprinting that inform how I experience things, and this way of perceiving is something that does make my spiritual sense of the world rather different, but it's not primarily spiritual (Especially not in the same sense as having a bunch of unverifiable beliefs), and imagination and various things that might not be so unusual do definitely play a big part.

I don't think of reincarnation as playing much of a role. I'm not sure about past lives. I don't have some elaborate backstory or memories. I don't have dreams regarding flashbacks as another species, or living in another time period or being on a different planet. I don't have special abilities from being Alt+H. I do, in fact, believe that anything could be possible, including alternate realities and universes, but for me it's more psychological and I'd like to concern myself with the here and now, rather than speculate about past lives or an afterlife.

I am myself, I am me. Through awareness, it's possible to transcend biology, at least to a certain degree, or else not let it limit you. I am ultimately a creature of my own design. My imagination definitely is a big part of what makes me who I am, though this isn't roleplaying or pretending. For me, it's an artistic construct that became an ingrained part of myself, as well as a result of imprinting and, yes, perhaps a certain level of spirituality. It has sociological implications and relates in a major way to me being Autistic. It's part of my self-concept and is a personal identity and subjective experience.

[creaturesfromelsewhere]

New Tales of Florida Gothic - Chapter 7

“Accordingly, some things torment us more than they ought; some torment us before they ought; and some torment us when they ought not to torment us at all. We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imagining, or anticipating, sorrow.” - Seneca

From time to time, you hear & then see the planes of Flight 19 fly over your house, forever lost & unable to find their way home. You watch them for a moment, then return to whatever it was you were doing.

Wiht the temperture & humidity shattering all previous records one aftenoon, you decide to go see a horror movie & enjoy the lavish air-conditioning. You are pleased to find the theater deserted with you the only one attending the showing. You are further delighted when the film turns out to be about you.

Sometimes your trail cam captures images of Florida creatures best left unseen. You always delete those pictures immediately. You consider it...professional courtesy.

As you work feverisly to complete your time machine, your future self, horrified at the unending nightmare you will eventually cause, labors equally feverisly to ensure that you never complete it.

After decades of false leads & bogus trails, you finally find your prize: a working genie's lamp, misplaced by a careless conquistador. You rub it & make your first wish; to be the smartest person in the world! But the genie professes that he cannot grant that wish, as you already are the smartest person in the world. This horrifies you beyond all reason but at the same time, explains so much.

You visit a fortune teller & ask to have your future told. But the seer seems increasingly frustrated each time she attempts to read the cards. You smile & reveal to her that she can no longer see the future, as she herself no longer has one. You then calmly draw your pistol & execute her, completing your assignment.

creaturesfromelsewhere 11-26-2024

[nugothrhythms]

Some great advice by Obscura Undead on different ways to support the modern goth scene

[a-solitary-crow]