50 states of scare
52 places, one film each: the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico
From bayou beasts to desert slashers, every state has a body count in cinema. Tap a state to discover its claim to horror fame!
the northwest 5
The Reflecting Skin 1990
Set in rural Idaho in the 1950s. Shot in Alberta.
People are disappearing from town, and a boy comes to believe the widow next door is a vampire.
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County 1998
Set in Lake County, Montana.
Tommy films his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and then the power goes out.
Longlegs 2024
Set in Oregon. Shot in Vancouver.
Lee Harker, a gifted new FBI recruit, is assigned an unsolved serial killer case.
The Ring 2002
Set in Seattle.
Rachel Keller investigates a videotape linked to the deaths of four teenagers.
Prison 1987
Set in Creedmore Penitentiary, Wyoming.
An innocent man was executed at Creedmore in 1964, and he haunts the prison.
the southwest 8
30 Days of Night 2007
Set in Barrow, Alaska. Shot in New Zealand.
Barrow goes a month without sunrise, and a gang of vampires arrives with the dark.
Psycho 1960
Set in Phoenix, Arizona. Shot in Los Angeles.
Marion Crane leaves Phoenix with a wad of cash and stops at the Bates Motel.
The Birds 1963
Set in Bodega Bay, California.
Birds flock into a seaside town and start attacking the people in it.
The Shining 1980
Set in the Overlook Hotel, in the Colorado Rockies. Shot in England and Oregon.
Jack takes the caretaker job for the winter.
A Perfect Getaway 2009
Set in Kauai, Hawaii. Shot partly in Puerto Rico.
Newlyweds Cliff and Cydney spend their honeymoon hiking the Hawaiian countryside.
Tremors 1990
Set in Perfection, Nevada. Shot in California.
Val and Earl find their desolate town infested with giant man-eating creatures.
Let Me In 2010
Set in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
A bullied boy befriends the girl next door, a vampire who lives in secret with her guardian.
Hereditary 2018
Set in northern Utah.
After Ellen dies, her family uncovers secrets about its ancestry.
the plains 6
The Crazies 2010
Set in Ogden Marsh, Iowa. Shot in Georgia.
Neighbors start going insane, and four friends are trapped in their small town.
Carnival of Souls 1962
Set in Lawrence, Kansas. Shot in Lawrence and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mary Henry is the sole survivor of a fatal car accident, and a fiendish man starts turning up in her visions.
You're Next 2013
Set in a vacation house in rural Missouri.
The Davison family's anniversary getaway comes under attack.
Children of the Corn 1984
Set in Gatlin, Nebraska. Shot in Iowa.
A traveling couple end up in an abandoned town run by a cult of children.
Leprechaun 1993
Set in rural North Dakota. Shot in California.
The leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people he believes stole his gold.
The Boy Behind the Door 2020
Set in South Dakota. Shot in California.
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on the way home.
the great lakes 6
Candyman 1992
Set in Cabrini-Green, Chicago. Shot in Los Angeles, mostly.
A grad student researching the Candyman myth summons him by accident.
Scream 7 2026
Set in Pine Grove, Indiana. Shot in Georgia.
A new Ghostface killer targets Sidney Prescott's daughter in the quiet town where Sidney has built a new life.
It Follows 2014
Set in Detroit and its suburbs.
After a sexual encounter, Jay is followed by an unknown supernatural force.
Jennifer's Body 2009
Set in Devil's Kettle, Minnesota. Shot in British Columbia.
Possessed by a demon, Jennifer has to be stopped by her best friend.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
Set in Springwood, Ohio. Shot in Los Angeles.
Teenagers in a small town are dying, and Nancy traces it to Fred Krueger, who has come back in their dreams.
Dawn of the Dead 2004
Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Shot in Toronto.
Survivors take refuge in a mall as flesh-eating zombies take over.
texas and the deep south 8
Gerald's Game 2017
Set in a lake house in Fairhope, Alabama.
Jessie's getaway goes wrong, and she is left handcuffed to the bed in a remote lake house.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976
Set in Texarkana, on the border of Arkansas and Texas.
Couples on the back roads around Texarkana are attacked by a masked killer.
The Return of the Living Dead 1985
Set in Louisville, Kentucky. Shot in California.
Two warehouse workers accidentally release a gas that wakes the dead in Louisville.
Interview with the Vampire 1994
Set in New Orleans, 1791. Shot in London, mostly.
Louis tells a reporter how he became a vampire.
Sinners 2025
Set in the Mississippi Delta, 1932. Shot in Louisiana.
Brothers who worked for the Chicago Mafia come home to Mississippi, and trouble arrives in supernatural form.
Near Dark 1987
Set in a small town in Oklahoma.
A young man in a small town meets a girl who belongs to a family of nomadic vampires.
The Evil Dead 1981
Set in Morristown, Tennessee.
Five college students spend a vacation in a remote cabin and find a book and a tape.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
Set in Texas.
Five friends visit a grandfather's grave in rural Texas and stumble on a house that looks deserted.
the southeast 5
Crawl 2019
Set in a Florida town in a hurricane. Shot in Serbia.
Haley drives into a Category 5 hurricane to check on her estranged father.
Deliverance 1972
Set in northern Georgia.
Four men from Atlanta go to canoe the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed.
I Know What You Did Last Summer 1997
Set in Southport, North Carolina. Shot partly in California.
Four teens dump a body in the sea, and a year later a hook-handed figure stalks them.
Under Suspicion 2000
Set in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lawyer Henry Hearst is asked to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a murder.
Slither 2006
Set in Wheelsy, South Carolina.
A small town is taken over by an alien plague.
the mid-atlantic 5
Goosebumps 2015
Set in Madison, Delaware. Shot in Georgia.
Zach moves next door to Hannah and her father, the author of the Goosebumps books.
The Exorcist 1973
Set in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Shot partly in New York City.
A 12-year-old girl takes on the voices and characteristics of others, and the doctors say there is nothing they can do.
The Blair Witch Project 1999
Set in Burkittsville, Maryland.
Three film students hike into the woods to document a legend, and vanish.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016
Set in Grantham, Virginia. Shot in England.
Sheriff Sheldon brings an unidentified body to a father-and-son morgue late at night.
Wrong Turn 2003
Set in the West Virginia woods. Shot in Ontario.
A crash strands young people in the West Virginia woods, where cannibals hunt them.
the northeast 9
The Stepford Wives 1975
Set in Stepford, Connecticut.
Joanna Eberhart moves her family to Stepford and notices how perfect the neighbors are.
It 2017
Set in Derry, Maine. Shot in Ontario.
Seven kids called the Losers Club face bullies and a monster that takes the shape of what scares them.
The Haunting 1963
Set in Hill House, Massachusetts. Shot in England.
Dr. Markway invites three strangers to stay at Hill House, a mansion with a history of violent death.
In the Mouth of Madness 1995
Set in Hobb's End, New Hampshire. Shot in Ontario.
An insurance investigator visits a small town to look for a missing horror novelist.
Friday the 13th 1980
Set in Camp Crystal Lake, New Jersey.
Camp counselors are stalked while trying to reopen a summer camp.
Rosemary's Baby 1968
Set in Manhattan. Shot in Los Angeles, mostly.
Rosemary and Guy move into a New York apartment building, hoping to start a family.
Night of the Living Dead 1968
Set in Evans City, Pennsylvania.
A group of survivors barricades itself in an old farmhouse against flesh-eating ghouls.
The Conjuring 2013
Set in Harrisville, Rhode Island. Shot in North Carolina.
The Perron family move into a dilapidated farmhouse and call in paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
What Lies Beneath 2000
Set in Lake Champlain, Vermont.
Claire, a retired cellist, starts hearing voices and seeing a woman's face in the water.