Martin (1977)
Martin earns its 8 by asking a question that quietly dismantles the entire vampire genre. What if there is no such thing as a vampire, only a disturbed young man who believes he is one?
Filming Location: Pennsylvania
Films in this library shot in Pennsylvania, a state whose film identity splits between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
PennsylvaniaInnocent Blood (1992)
John Landis fuses the vampire film with the mob movie in a fun, tonally chaotic horror comedy. The film's premise is its strongest asset.
PennsylvaniaNight of the Living Dead (1968)
George Romero's 1968 zombie template. The genre's foundational document.
BahamasThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)
An FBI trainee consults imprisoned cannibal Hannibal Lecter to catch a serial killer skinning his victims. The Silence of the Lambs is Jonathan Demme's 1991 American psychological-thriller film adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel, depicting an FBI trainee who consults…
PennsylvaniaTrading Places (1983)
Trading Places is John Landis's 1983 American comedy depicting two wealthy commodity brokers who place a one-dollar wager on whether a homeless con artist and an Ivy League executive can be switched places without either knowing about the experiment, with…
PennsylvaniaDawn of the Dead (1978)
Survivors of the zombie apocalypse take refuge in a suburban shopping mall, in George Romero's social satire sequel. Dario Argento financed the Italian co-production and supervised the European cut that runs approximately fifteen minutes shorter than Romero's preferred American version.
PennsylvaniaSlap Shot (1977)
George Roy Hill's 1977 minor league hockey comedy. Paul Newman as player-coach of dying franchise.
CaliforniaRocky (1976)
John Avildsen's 1976 boxing underdog launcher. Began the franchise that defined boxing cinema.
PennsylvaniaJack Reacher (2012)
Rosamund Pike plays defense attorney Helen Rodin. The casting decision produced ongoing critical engagement that the work itself does not fully resolve.
CaliforniaThe Dark Knight Rises (2012)
2012 Christopher Nolan finale to his Batman trilogy. Christian Bale, Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.
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PennsylvaniaThe Sixth Sense (1999)
Night Shyamalan's 1999 ghost story with the most-quoted twist of its decade. Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, a script that earns its reveal twice.