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Carcosa
A mysterious, ancient, and possibly other-dimensional city referenced in various works, including Robert W. Chambers' 'The King in Yellow'.
Keyhouse
A New England mansion filled with mysterious keys that unlock various doors with supernatural abilities in Joe Hill's graphic novel series 'Locke & Key'.
221B Baker Street
While not traditionally a horror setting, it's the home of Sherlock Holmes who encounters horrific and macabre cases in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
Manderley
An estate in England with a haunting presence of the past in Daphne du Maurier's 'Rebecca'.
Outpost #31
A remote research station in Antarctica that becomes a site of alien horror in John W. Campbell Jr.'s novella 'Who Goes There?', famously adapted in the film 'The Thing'.
Castle Dracula
An ancient Transylvanian fortress and the home of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.
Arkham
A fictional New England town created by H.P. Lovecraft, known for its strange occurrences and connections to the Cthulhu mythos.
The Hill House
An 80-year-old mansion with a history of strange events and family tragedy in Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House'.
The Paris Opera House
This grand and opulent building hides secrets and passageways that become the lair for a deformed genius in Gaston Leroux's 'The Phantom of the Opera'.
The Sawyer Farmhouse
A rural Texas homestead that becomes known for its gruesome secrets in Tobe Hooper's 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'.
The Overlook Hotel
An isolated Colorado hotel with a sinister history, from Stephen King's 'The Shining'.
The House of Usher
The family home of Roderick Usher, which takes on a life of its own, reflecting the decay of the Usher family in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.
Bates Motel
A small roadside motel with an unsettling past and a secretive owner, from Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho', originally a novel by Robert Bloch.
Oxrun Station
A town that serves as the setting for a series of supernatural and horror novels by Charles L. Grant, where ordinary settings become the backdrop for terror.
Allerdale Hall
A dilapidated, crimson-soaked mansion in rural England, haunted by restless spirits in Guillermo del Toro’s film 'Crimson Peak', although the film is not based on a book.
Silent Hill
A fog-shrouded, supernatural town filled with otherworldly horrors that is the setting for the 'Silent Hill' video game series, also adapted into films and comic books.
Derry, Maine
A fictional town in Stephen King's universe that serves as the primary setting for his novel 'IT', known for its dark history and the presence of a malevolent entity.
Eel Marsh House
An isolated manor in the English countryside, haunted by a vengeful spirit in Susan Hill's 'The Woman in Black'.
Whale's Mouth
A strange underground depository of alien origin from Harlan Ellison's short story 'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'.
Innsmouth
A decaying seaside town in Massachusetts plagued by a hybrid race of human and deep sea creature in Lovecraft's 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth'.
The Lutz House
A house in Amityville, New York, which becomes the site of supernatural occurrences in the 'Amityville Horror' series based on true events.
Danvers State Hospital
An abandoned psychiatric hospital that is the setting for the novel 'Session 9' by Jennifer Pelland, inspired by the real Danvers State Insane Asylum.
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