20 Easter Eggs You Didn't Notice In American Horror Story
6. The Murder House Has A History Of Being A Scary Set
The eponymous Murder House from American Horror Story's first season is an actual place. You can visit it and everything. Situated at 1120 Westchester Place in Los Angeles, it's better known as the Rosenheim Mansion, built in 1908 by architect Alfred Rosenheim as his own residence. But its famous legacy doesn't begin and end there. Before Ryan Murphy and co rocked up to transform it into the epicentre of all manner of spooky goings on, it was also used in episodes of the equally terrifying Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files and Ghost Whisperer. It was also used in less scary projects like the original Spider-Man and Seabiscuit. It may be most recognisable to fans of camp horror telly, however, as the Frat House location on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 1997 Halloween special Fear, Itself, where a curse makes the character's fears manifest themselves as real, terrifying visions. Which is actually not far off the plot of Murder House, actually...
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