On the second and fourth Friday of every month in 2020, Limelight Magazine will spotlight the filming location site(s) we visited for some of our favorite (and not so favorite) films. Today we spotlight the filming location for the 1985 movie House which was directed by Steve Miner. The top photo is a screen shot taken from the movie while the photo underneath is what the location looks like today.

The house from this movie is located at 329 Melrose Avenue in Monrovia, CA. When we visited this location, the street was under construction. We attempted to move the recycling bin in front of the house for the photo but the police officer directing traffic would not let us do so. He did allow us to take the photo from our rental car.

Since today is Friday the 13th, we’re going to post some of the filming locations of “Friday the 13th: Part 2” (1981) to see what everything looks like today. In June 2015, I ventured to the towns of New Preston and Kent, CT, where much of the movie was filmed. As we did with the filming locations of the original “Friday the 13th” last year, the top photo is a screen shot taken from the movie. The photo underneath it is what the area looks like today. Unfortunately, all of the camp cabins used in the film that were located at North Spectacle Pond in Kent, CT, have been torn down.