HEY!!! Read About This Movie That Was Filmed Where I Live

[bloodrayne]

I'm buying this one right now...And we're considering going to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium to check it out:


The Sick truth behind the Death Tunnel movie


THE SICK TRUTH - One of the greatest things about Death Tunnel, was not only how the filmmakers utilized the true history of, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, but also how this monster of a building impacted the crews lives during the shoot. For co-producer and writer, Shane Dax Taylor, being a native of Kentucky and growing up entranced by the Waverly Hills mythology, was the catalyst of inspiration that compelled him to collaborate with the Booth Bros. and write a story featuring this haunted hospital.

Utilizing medical history of the disease called the white plague and it’s infected, the filmmakers wrapped a contemporary truth or scare tale around the bizarre experiments, the deaths, the paranormal sightings of the dead and most importantly, the intense FEAR factor that this twisted infirmary generates.

After feeling the chilling presence of shooting inside Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the producers opted out of returning to Los Angeles to finish production. Instead they had the cast and crew remain at this 80-year-old decaying structure to truly complete this horror epic. The ultimate creepy finale, they set up cameras and filmed in the real Death Tunnel.

The climactic scene of the film takes the audience into a 500 ft. tunnel running below the hospital. It was called a "body chute." Tens of thousands of patients died at Waverly Hills, as their diseased bodies secretly were hoisted down this tunnel and then loaded onto a train. This was done so that the constant sight of dead patients exiting the hospital would not diminish the hope of the other patients still desperately trying to stay alive. It was essential to the filmmakers that the true history of Waverly Hills be remembered as well through this frightening horror film.

While shooting on location in the scary Kentucky Sanatorium, the film evolved into something much more startling than originally conceived. They recorded actual poltergeist (EVP’s) and were also able to capture shadowy figures and menacing faces of the past.

[crabapple]

That sounds like a creepy little movie! I like going to haunted places too, some really strange things happen in places like that, yo.

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by crabapple

That sounds like a creepy little movie! I like going to haunted places too, some really strange things happen in places like that, yo.

Here's more information about the hospital if you're curious...It's considered by some to be "the most haunted place in the world" and "one of the scariest places on earth"

It's an early 20th Century sanatorium in Kentucky that was built just to house (and attempt to treat) victims of the White Plague (Tuberculosis)

http://www.medhunters.com/articles/h...pitalsOne.html

This one is REALLY interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly_Hills_Sanatorium

Check out the entries at the bottom called:

Reports of paranormal activity
Room 502
The "death tunnel"
Specific ghosts
Other apparitions and activity




Dustin just said, "When are we going there?"

[crabapple]

Oh yeah, that does look like a really spooky place. Especially that photo...just lately one of my big hobbies has been visiting sites like this.

I think I may have mentioned a story a while back about a friend who used to live near me...he was a location manager for various deserted buildings, and would sit watch over these places at night when the film crews had left...and he said EVERY SINGLE HOSPITAL he had managed was haunted. Every single one.

Sometimes it was something subtle or barely noticeable, sometimes it was something that happened all the time, sometimes it was really seriously freaky stuff. You go into these places, these disused hospitals, and the feeling is really quite shivery.

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by crabapple

just lately one of my big hobbies has been visiting sites like this.

Well, if you decide you wanna check this one out...We have a guest room :)

[crabapple]

I won't be sleeping, I'll be watching all you videos.

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by crabapple

I won't be sleeping, I'll be watching all you videos.

HAHAHA...You planning on being here for a couple of YEARS? :p

[bloodrayne]

The movie is on DVD...I just ordered it a few minutes ago (when I made this thread)

The movie may or may not turn out to be crap, but the history behind it is very interesting, so I still want to have it...Especially since the place is near where I live

[crabapple]

I swear...isn't that picture creepy? The broken windows...I dunno but I feel all awful and horrible just looking at that...

[bloodrayne]

Originally Posted by crabapple

I swear...isn't that picture creepy? The broken windows...I dunno but I feel all awful and horrible just looking at that...

I knooowwww...Isn't it awesome?!