Stephen King travel guide: where each film is set and where it was shot

1

Maine

Derry is It. Castle Rock, Maine, is the setting of Cujo, The Dead Zone and Needful Things. All four were shot elsewhere.

**Port Hope, Ontario, as Derry**. Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing, CC BY 2.0.

**Port Hope, Ontario, as Derry**. Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing, CC BY 2.0.

It 2017

Set in Derry, Maine. Shot in Port Hope, Oshawa and Toronto, Ontario.

Seven children known as the Losers Club face bullies, and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

Cujo 1983

Set in Castle Rock, Maine. Shot in near Petaluma, California.

A St. Bernard named Cujo is bitten by a rabid bat. When Donna Trenton takes her young son and their car to his owners' repair shop, the car breaks down.

The Dead Zone 1983

Set in Castle Rock, Maine. Shot in Niagara and the Toronto area, Ontario.

Schoolteacher Johnny Smith wakes from a five-year coma able to see the past, present and future of anyone he touches.

Needful Things 1993

Set in Castle Rock, Maine. Shot in Gibsons, British Columbia.

Leland Gaunt opens a shop in Castle Rock with something for everyone in town. He charges small amounts and asks each customer for a practical joke on a neighbor.

2

Maine (cont'd)

Five more Maine stories. Pet Sematary is the only one shot there.

**Mansfield, Ohio, as Shawshank State Penitentiary**. Photo: Becker1999, CC BY 2.0.

**Mansfield, Ohio, as Shawshank State Penitentiary**. Photo: Becker1999, CC BY 2.0.

A frame from Pet Sematary — Pet Sematary · 1989

A frame from The Shawshank Redemption — The Shawshank Redemption · 1994

Carrie 1976

Set in Chamberlain, Maine. Shot in Santa Paula and Culver City, California.

Carrie White is bullied at school and abused at home by her fanatically pious mother, and begins to suspect she has supernatural powers.

Pet Sematary 1989

Set in Ludlow, Maine. Shot in Ellsworth and Hancock, Maine.same state

After the family cat is killed, Louis Creed takes a neighbor's advice and buries it in an ancient burial ground.

The Shawshank Redemption 1994

Set in Shawshank State Penitentiary, Maine. Shot in Mansfield, Ohio.

Banker Andy Dufresne is imprisoned in the 1940s for the murder of his wife and her lover, and puts his accounting skills to work for the warden.

The Mist 2007

Set in Bridgton, Maine. Shot in Shreveport, Louisiana.

After a storm, a strange mist covers a small Maine town and traps David Drayton and his son in a grocery store.

Silver Bullet 1985

Set in Tarker's Mills, Maine. Shot in Wilmington and Burgaw, North Carolina.

Murders begin in a peaceful small town, and a young boy believes the killer is a werewolf.

3

The South

Gerald's Game and Maximum Overdrive were shot in the state they are set in. The Louisiana death row of The Green Mile was shot in Tennessee.

**Nashville, Tennessee, as Cold Mountain Penitentiary**. Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey, Public domain.

**Nashville, Tennessee, as Cold Mountain Penitentiary**. Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey, Public domain.

A frame from The Green Mile — The Green Mile · 1999

A frame from Gerald's Game — Gerald's Game · 2017

The Green Mile 1999

Set in Cold Mountain Penitentiary, Louisiana. Shot in Nashville and Shelbyville, Tennessee, and a Los Angeles studio.

Death row guard Paul Edgecomb meets John Coffey, a gentle giant with a mysterious power to heal.

Gerald's Game 2017

Set in a lake house in Fairhope, Alabama. Shot in Mobile, Alabama.same state

Jessie's getaway goes wrong, and she is left handcuffed to the bed in a remote lake house.

Maximum Overdrive 1986

Set in a truck stop outside Wilmington, North Carolina. Shot in Wilmington, North Carolina.same state

A comet passes close to Earth and machines come alive. At a truck stop, a group is held hostage by murderous 18-wheelers.

4

The Rockies and the Plains

The Shining, Misery and Children of the Corn were each shot outside the state they are set in.

**Timberline Lodge, Oregon, as the Overlook Hotel**. Photo: U.S. National Archives, Public domain.

**Timberline Lodge, Oregon, as the Overlook Hotel**. Photo: U.S. National Archives, Public domain.

A frame from The Shining — The Shining · 1980

A frame from Children of the Corn — Children of the Corn · 1984

The Shining 1980

Set in the Overlook Hotel, Colorado. Shot in Elstree Studios, England, and Timberline Lodge, Oregon.

Jack Torrance takes a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, his wife and their son are isolated for the winter.

Misery 1990

Set in Silver Creek, Colorado. Shot in Genoa, Nevada, and Los Angeles.

After an accident, novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan.

Children of the Corn 1984

Set in Gatlin, Nebraska. Shot in Whiting, Iowa, and nearby towns.

A traveling couple end up in an abandoned town run by a cult of children.

5

The Pacific coast

Stand by Me has its own Castle Rock, in Oregon. Christine and Apt Pupil are set and mostly shot in California.

**Brownsville, Oregon, as Castle Rock**. Photo: Bruce Fingerhood, CC BY 2.0.

**Brownsville, Oregon, as Castle Rock**. Photo: Bruce Fingerhood, CC BY 2.0.

A frame from Stand by Me — Stand by Me · 1986

A frame from Christine — Christine · 1983

Stand by Me 1986

Set in Castle Rock, Oregon. Shot in Brownsville and other Oregon towns.

Four boys set out to see the body of a boy their age who was killed near their homes.

Christine 1983

Set in Rockbridge, California. Shot in Los Angeles, California.

Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury and becomes obsessed with restoring it.

Apt Pupil 1998

Set in Southern California. Shot in Altadena, California.same state

Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by Nazism, knocks on the door of an old man he thinks is a wanted war criminal.