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April 17, 2008

1801 Clark Is The Simpsons's Hometown Of Springfield But For Murder

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There is a horror/thriller coming out at the end of May called The Strangers. It's a combination of Halloween and Funny Games. Also, Scott Speedman. You can watch the trailer here, and take particular note of your favorite forest sprite at the 1:14 mark. Newsom is the new black, goes with anything.

In addition to being a floppy sack mask (the spookiest type of mask if you didn't know) thriller, The Strangers has a weird Blair Witch component to it, insofar as it's being advertised as a story based on real events, namely "the horrifying events that took place in the Hoyt family's vacation home at 1801 Clark Road on February 11, 2005." But if you do an actual google search for Hoyt family, or Hoyt family Clark Road, all you get are a bunch of Yahoo! message boards about how if you google search for Hoyt family all you get are a bunch of Yahoo! message boards, and the circle will not be unbroken.

So, I did a little research of my own, using Google Maps. There are ten instances of 1801 Clark Road in the United States.

1801 Clark Road, Oroville, California:

Nah. This is secluded enough, but I don't think this movie takes place in California. There's something decidedly un-sunny about it. If you're going to set a horror movie in California, you set it in a hot tub dressed in a bikini, not some cabin in the woods.

1801 Clark Road, Gary, Indiana:

Haha, but no. Gary, Indiana is a horror documentary.

1801 Clark Road, Granville, Kansas:

Setting it in Kansas could lend the movie its In Cold Blood realism, but if you watch the trailer, they're definitely in a woodsy area, and this looks more like a granary.

1801 Clark Road, Inman, South Carolina:

Again, no. Look at that highway? You are thinking of this horror movie.

1801 Clark Road, Lapeer, Michigan:

You know, this one looks like it's in too crowded of an area at first. So many neighbors' houses to run to for shelter. But I dug a little deeper, and look how close Jill's Costume Rental is! Jills Costume Rental, of course, is Lapeer, Michigan's premiere merchandiser of creepy sack masks and generic Betty Boop rip-off masks.

So far it's Lapeer for the win.

1801 Clark Road, Mercedes, Texas:

No.

1801 Clark Road, Plantersville, Texas:

No.

1801 Clark Road, Prescott, Michigan:

Why is the satellite photo blurred out? Remember when they did that for Dick Cheney? Mightn't they have also done it for a make believe murder invented to help advertise a middle-of-the-road horror movie recycling old tropes of bourgeois home owner anxiety? MAYBE!

1801 Clark Road, Campti, Louisiana:

This movie does not take place in Louisiana.

1801 Clark Road, Williamsburg, Kansas:

Again with the Kansas. And the blurriness. Certainly suspicious, but the closest costume rental location is 38 miles away, and I don't really think the killers put a lot of thought into it (They use an axe, for Christ's sake. How pedestrian.) No, it was definitely Lapeer, Michigan. They did it. True storayyyyy.

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Colin

Time on your hands?

Posted by: Colin profile link at 04/17/08 3:48 PM | Reply
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There would be snow on Feb 11th and no leaving the house in a strapless gown with not coat in Lapeer. Plus i live there, and wouldhvae heard something about it

Posted by: Kort in reply to Colin's comment at 06/01/08 6:20 PM | Reply
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Scott

Floppy sack mask IS the spookiest type of mask. That's science fact.

Posted by: Scott profile link at 04/17/08 6:17 PM | Reply
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personally i find child masks to be the creepiest. or clear masks with eyebrows and lips colored in. those are pretty effin' spooky.

Posted by: nathan at 04/17/08 6:25 PM | Reply
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When they first showed the one on the right in the trailer, I couldn't help by say, "Liza Minelli?" Which, really, would make for one hell of a horror mask.

Posted by: berto at 04/17/08 7:43 PM | Reply
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I checked on IMDB, turns out it's South Carolina...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0482606/locations

Posted by: DeReK at 04/18/08 7:45 PM | Reply
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*AHEM* This is hollywood we're talking about people!!! This is a place that can take a story of a 15 yr old boy that "helped" save a local wetland California by protesting and then make a movie starring a 50 yr old actor who plays a wild life conservationist who fights poachers and developers and saves thousands of acres of swamp land in Louisianna and say it was based or inspired by real events!!!

Movie was probably based on a home invasion robbery gne bad in some quiet little suburb where the cops couldnt figure out who did it. We see stories like that ALL the time., but who would go see it? How do we make it scary enough? *IDEA* Let's take them from the burbs and put it in a wooded area. Lets take a couple of probable ex employees or random crackheads and replace them with three Jason/Mike Meyers type horror fiend. And last but not least lets remind them *snigger* that this movie was 'isnpired' by real events.

Inspired by real events is a marketing gimmick to sucker in movie goers who get off on the idea of watching a movie about a couple of poor schmucks who get their lives destroyed one spooky night...............................

Posted by: Bruce at 04/22/08 9:36 AM | Reply
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Not having seen this film in it's entirety.. I can't be sure, but only last year there was another film released called "Them" a French film about a couple based in a remote house in Romania, that becomes invaded and surrounded by "people" not wielding masks, as you don't see them for much of the movie... but this was also reportedly based on a true story.. yet this dvd actually has the proof.. won't tell you who did it.. but if this is a remake - BORING!

Posted by: rebecca at 05/01/08 12:05 PM | Reply
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Not having seen this film in it's entirety.. I can't be sure, but only last year there was another film released called "Them" a French film about a couple based in a remote house in Romania, that becomes invaded and surrounded by "people" not wielding masks, as you don't see them for much of the movie... but this was also reportedly based on a true story.. yet this dvd actually has the proof.. won't tell you who did it.. but if this is a remake - BORING!

Posted by: rebecca at 05/01/08 12:05 PM | Reply
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clark county indiana formed feb 3 1801 ?

Posted by: bree at 05/05/08 12:47 PM | Reply
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clark county indiana formed feb 3 1801 ?

Posted by: bree at 05/05/08 12:47 PM | Reply
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The murders, if even true were definately not committed in Lapeer Michigan according to the site http://www.city-data.com/city/Lapeer-Michigan.html there were no murders committed in Lapeer in the year 2005. There were 3 however committed the next year in 2006, but the movie the Strangers tells us these murders were committed on February 11th, 2005.

Posted by: Joe at 05/06/08 5:59 PM | Reply
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I never get why they take the crap. 2 against 3 is a pretty fair fight, especially since 2 of the 3 are small females. Kick some butt and bury the bodies... simple enough! I know... it's just a movie.

Posted by: Diane at 05/07/08 7:14 AM | Reply
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they changed the movie around just like they changed the texas chainsaw massacre, "leather face" he never even used a chainsaw.

Posted by: a at 05/11/08 2:18 PM | Reply
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they changed the movie around just like they changed the texas chainsaw massacre, "leather face" he never even used a chainsaw.

Posted by: a at 05/11/08 2:18 PM | Reply
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Ive been reading a little bit about this movie since i saw the trailer. Though i dont know the ending nor would i know i was spoiling it, but i dont believe any murders occured at all. Thats why i believe no one can come up with any info online because the documented events are probably only documented by the victims. The movie clearly has parts taken from other stories. I think its possible it took place in south carolina or michigan, those are the 2 theories that seem feazible. im excited to see it in theatres. Michigan seems like the most likely

Posted by: screamer22 at 05/11/08 5:00 PM | Reply
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i believe the story is based on this couple. close to michigan site, believeable.

Posted by: anubis2971 at 05/11/08 8:09 PM | Reply
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A chocolate bar is like a cocoa bar except for yellow pudding.

Posted by: JimFrogger at 05/12/08 2:06 AM | Reply
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what?

Posted by: cartman1993 in reply to JimFrogger's comment at 05/12/08 4:03 PM | Reply
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"Inspired by true events" isn't the same thing as "based on a true story." The people who made this movie could have heard a story about a suburban couple who saw a kid with a mask on for Halloween and were "inspired" by that. Just about anything could have "inspired" them.

Posted by: cartman1993 at 05/12/08 4:16 PM | Reply
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The best theory I've seen so far is that Barbara Hoyt was one of the Manson Family and that the movie is based on some of their killings or the idea of what they might have done since no one will ever really know. Google her name - it's a plausible theory. The address could be BS. But nice effort.

Posted by: LadyWolf at 05/13/08 12:11 AM | Reply
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IMDB indicates this movie was filmed in South Carolina. So, it could easily be set/based there. No reason to think it wasn't considering, as someone who has been through SC many, many times, there are a lot of isolated, secluded areas where something such of this could have easily occurred without being noticed by neighbors/passerbys/etc.

To throw another possibility in the pot, I read the story was loosely inspired by an attack on and eventual murder of an Austrian couple while staying at their vacation home in the Czech Republic.

Who knows...Either way, considering how "real" this scenario as compared to, say, "Darkness Falls" or "The Ring," this movie will creep many people out whether or not a similar, true story is uncovered.

Posted by: CSC at 05/13/08 10:46 AM | Reply
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IMDB indicates this movie was filmed in South Carolina. So, it could easily be set/based there. No reason to think it wasn't considering, as someone who has been through SC many, many times, there are a lot of isolated, secluded areas where something such of this could have easily occurred without being noticed by neighbors/passerbys/etc.

To throw another possibility in the pot, I read the story was loosely inspired by an attack on and - the eventual murder of - an Austrian couple while staying at their vacation home in the Czech Republic.

Who knows...Either way, considering how "real" this scenario is as compared to, say, "Darkness Falls" or "The Ring," this movie will creep many people out whether or not a similar, true story is uncovered.

Posted by: CSC at 05/13/08 10:47 AM | Reply
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Its "snicker" not "snigger". Back to the discussion.....

Posted by: Alli W. at 05/14/08 1:18 PM | Reply
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Its "snicker" not "snigger". Back to the discussion.....

Posted by: Alli W. at 05/14/08 1:18 PM | Reply
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Yep, you all should really listen to everyone who is telling you to take the "inspired by a true story" line with a grain of salt. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, and Silence of the Lambs are all "inspired" by the same man, Ed Gein, who was only convicted of actually killing 2 women, albeit he was one sick puppy. He was mostly a necrophiliac, but what he did with the bodies he dug up was mortifying. If you're interested in the real Gein story, I recommend the low budget flick "Deranged" which opens with a brief Gein documentary including the only real footage of the artifacts that Gein made (bowls made of skulls and the infamous "flesh suit", etc) out of the bodies of his "victims" (who were mostly already dead when he got to them). My best guess with this one is that it is some sort of twist on the Manson family murders of the LaBianca couple in CA. Just a guess though.

Posted by: Ashley at 05/14/08 8:48 PM | Reply
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Clarksville,AR could be another spot there is an 1801 clark road address there but I think the only plausible explaination was from CSC
"To throw another possibility in the pot, I read the story was loosely inspired by an attack on and eventual murder of an Austrian couple while staying at their vacation home in the Czech Republic. " Could be the "true" story.

Posted by: Michelle at 05/15/08 11:10 AM | Reply
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i live in Florence SC where the movie was filmed and I've spoken with several Private Investegators about the possibility of the events haven taken place here and they have told me over and over again that it did not take place here. One of the Private I's is a very good friend of mine and he's trying to figure out where exactly it did happen but I know for certain it was not in Florence SC.
The director actually wanted to use a guy i went to highschool's house. Its a huge white house that would have looked amazing on the film but they didnt want all the photographers around their house all the time so they turned the offer down.

If i do find anything else out ill be sure to post it here.
maybe we should just ask perez.
haha

Posted by: Morgan at 05/15/08 1:30 PM | Reply
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"The horrifying events that took place in the Hoyt family’s vacation home at 1801 Clark Road on February 11, 2005, are still not entirely known."


Probably because nothing of the kind ever happened to anyone by that name on that date.
Still sounds like a good spookfest.

Posted by: Kevin R. at 05/17/08 12:32 AM | Reply
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actually its based on a string of events that happened to the director of the movie. a group of 3 people (2 women 1 man) often went around knocking on peoples doors and breaking in. however, that could have inspired him to create the movie, but yes i do believe the murders actually took place.

Posted by: nate at 05/21/08 9:29 PM | Reply
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I live just south of Lapeer, MI. Nothing remotely like this has ever happened here.

Posted by: Jim at 05/21/08 9:55 PM | Reply
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HOW IN THE CRAP WOULD ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT WHEN 2 PEOPLE DIED?? (EXCEPT FOR THE DEAD PEOPLE THEMSELVES) WERE THE KILLERS CAUGHT??? DID THEY TELL THERE VERSION??WAS THERE A CAMERA IN THE HOUSE ON THE NIGHT OF THE KILLINGS??? THIS MOVIE SOUNDS MADE UP.

Posted by: Lynn at 05/22/08 11:44 PM | Reply
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if you see the movie you'd know she doesnt die in the end, so she could have told them what happend.

Posted by: cristy bets in reply to Lynn's comment at 06/16/08 1:38 AM | Reply
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This is the script to the movie. As you will see the original names were going to be James Hotopp for the boyfriend and also the script was written in 2004. Wasn't the "true story" said to happen in 2006????? By the way the script has changed over the past 4 years. I think the ending is the same though. :) ENJOY this fake movie.

Posted by: lynn at 05/23/08 1:35 AM | Reply
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uh your stupid. this isn't a "fake" movie. those events did happen because i searched it. your bascially saying that those people didn't die and it's "made up" well it isn't. the movie is based on what they think happen there hasn't been any real evidence proving what really happened on febuary 11th,2005. you really should shut your mouth b/c it's obvious you don't know what the hell your talking about

Posted by: shhh in reply to lynn's comment at 05/31/08 11:31 PM | Reply
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This is the script to the movie. As you will see the original names were going to be James Hotopp for the boyfriend and also the script was written in 2004. Wasn't the "true story" said to happen in 2006????? By the way the script has changed over the past 4 years. I think the ending is the same though. :) ENJOY this fake movie.

http://rapidshare.com/files/112878342/The_Strangers.pdf.html

Posted by: lynn at 05/23/08 1:36 AM | Reply
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I think a leper's face is more scar than a flappy mask.

Posted by: hoooker with a penis at 05/23/08 3:39 AM | Reply
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The movie is inspired by the Keddie Cabin Murders which took place on April 11, 1981. Just FYI people.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/10/MN128511.DTL

Posted by: whatever at 05/24/08 8:50 PM | Reply
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The movie is inspired by the Keddie Cabin Murders which took place on April 11, 1981. Just FYI people.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/10/MN128511.DTL

Posted by: whatever at 05/24/08 8:51 PM | Reply
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Haha well I have a few things to say
1. You all have wasted way too much time on something that doesnt even matter haha
2. IT'S A MOVIE YOU DUMBASSES
3. If anyone ever listens to the "Inspired by a true story" or "Based on true events" after seeing Open Water, then you deserve to be shot.
4. Who cares if it's based on something that actually happened or not? It looks like a good scary movie, isn't that all that really matters? I mean jeez

Posted by: Daniel at 05/26/08 1:58 PM | Reply
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ha, I was smart enough to watch Open Water, weren't you?

Posted by: Jon in reply to Daniel's comment at 05/27/08 11:43 AM | Reply
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The director of the movie, Bryon Bertino, in a interview with Fangoria Magazine said the story is inspired by the Manson murders.

Posted by: Blaine at 05/27/08 6:36 PM | Reply
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i think urr the spookiest kind of mask u little creep

Posted by: sam craig at 05/28/08 12:20 PM | Reply
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Another 1801 Clark Road in New Mexico... this house is for sale...

http://www.trulia.com/property/1056443323-1801-Clark-Rd-Las-Cruces-NM

Posted by: My Name at 05/30/08 12:22 AM | Reply
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Umm... the movie Open Water IS BASED ON REAL EVENTS!!! Two Americans went scuba diving off the Reef near Australia's coast...got separated from their diving boat and left out in the ocean.

THey were a married couple. SO THERE.

I think Strangers is an amalgamation of several crimes, with elements from those crimes put together in to one movie. For instance, there was no outside terrorizing of the victims all night long in the Keddie killing. In that crime, everything took place inside, and nobody heard or saw a thing.

Posted by: Dave at 05/30/08 6:08 PM | Reply
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Thanks for researching that for me. My son and I just got back from the move and have been searching all night for the TRUE story about "the strangers". Thank goodness I clicked on your sight....you saved me A LOT of time!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: lisa at 05/30/08 10:44 PM | Reply
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Just because the movie was filmed in South Carolina, doesn't mean that South Carolina is the place where these things supposedly happened.

Posted by: Leslie at 05/31/08 9:01 AM | Reply
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Ift the murders took place in 1981, or severl years ago....then current maps may not be the best bet, in finding the cabin. Development, like bussniess, or a highway could have been bulit around the area since then. I personally think It's address was made up for the film.

Check link , or read below:
http://www.socyberty.com/Paranormal/Unsolved-Mysteries-Part-1-Cabin-28.124492

by morbidmaven, May 23, 2008
"The Strangers" is loosley based on the Keddie murders, although the connection is a bit unclear. No one knows who or how many people committed the murders. It is a complete mystery what happened that night in 1981, yet The Strangers features three masked murderers. The only similarities that I can gather are the fact that both the Keddie murders and the movie occur in a somewhat isolated area to people residing in a cabin. The strange thing, though, is that the Keddie murders were not in an isolated area. In fact, cabin 28 where the murders occurred was in the middle of a cluster of cabins. It is a mystery why no one heard anything that night. So really there is no connection between the Keddie murders and the movie The Strangers. The movie makers probably just claimed that so that they could put "based on real events" on the movie trailer and posters, which of course makes it a lot scarier and appealing.

by Derek Cyr, May 15, 2008

In a small town where everybody knows everybody, one night in April changed their future forever.

I do not know why but most people have a certain thing about the unknown. Whether it is the unknowns of life, death, UFOs, murders or legends, some people just have to know the story and try and figure out the outcome. In part one of this series, I will write about some cases that have unknown endings. Some will be frightening, some will be brutal and some might even seem funny but all are true stories.

The Town of Keddie
Very few people know or have ever been in Keddie in Northern California. It has always been a very small and quiet place. This is even truer since in a census taken in 2000, only 96 people lived in Keddie. There used to be much more, but since 1981, it has become a ghost town. A terrible event happened in April of that year that has changed the little town forever and has left many questions unanswered. It has even given this town some unwanted and morbid tourists.

Cabin 28
On the morning of April 12, Sheila Sharp came back at her cabin at around 9 a.m. The cabin where she was the night before was not even 15 feet away from her own.

She walked in the front door as she usually did not knowing what had happened. What she was going to see probably still traumatizes her to this day. Directly inside she saw her brother John Sharp and his friend Dana Wingate. Both were bound hand and foot, stabbed and hammered to death. There was blood on every inch of the cabin. The walls had cuts on them and the furniture was busted open. She looked around and then saw on the blood soaked couch, her mother lying there. She was also killed the same way. What is strange though is that here two younger brothers and a friend of theirs were found in the back bedroom untouched. However, that was not it since her little sister Tina was missing.

On April 11 1981, at the Keddie resort three horrible murders were committed in Cabin 28. Glenna Sharp, 36, her 15-year-old son John and 17-year-old family friend Dana Wingate were bludgeoned and stabbed by assailants still unidentified. Sharp's 13-year-old daughter Tina was missing from the scene when 14-year-old Sheila Sharp discovered the bodies the following morning. Sheila had been spending the night with a friend. Glenna Sharp's two youngest boys and another boy, toddlers at the time, had been spared and were found safe in another room of the cabin. Ultimately, Tina Sharp's remains were discovered 3 years later when a bottle digger found parts of her remains 95 miles away near a waterfall.

Since the cabins were all, so close together it would be pretty much impossible that no noise was made that night. However, no one seemed to hear anything that night. In the years following the murders, the Keddie Resort fell into disrepair and most buildings were condemned. Many around the area talked of the cabin being haunted. To this day, the case remains unsolved.

Over the next decade or so, it rotted into a refuge for squatters and hobos, and the county condemned most of the buildings. However, in the past few years long-time owner Gary Mollath has gone on a furious restoration campaign that has the old resort looking pretty much as it did in 1981 -- sans people.

He rented out a couple of the best cabins, and says he hopes to rehab the rest enough to reopen in a year.

First there is Cabin #28 -- dubbed "The Murder House" by locals -- to contend with.

The condemned building's yellow-and-white paint is flaking, doors are nailed shut and most windows are covered with plywood. Bums and kids have often broken in for kicks, but by several accounts, they all flee in a hurry.

"That house has been such a negative point for so long that I intend to tear it down and put a park there," Mollath said. "Then I'm going to open this place back up and cater to groups -- with people traveling closer to home now, I think the timing will be just right.

"I want people to come and say, "Wow!" when we start up again. Not be scared."

He did indeed keep his word. In 2004, the famous Cabin 28 was torn down. There is no more cabin there but people all over still wonder what happened that sad night in April….


Posted by: K at 05/31/08 2:36 PM | Reply
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well if you go on google and type hoyt family house, the first link will shows you a map of the actual house and a picture. i just saw the movie and it looks exactly the same as the pic..

Posted by: paris at 06/01/08 12:50 AM | Reply
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All of you are dumb. If the events are true, then they aren't going to release the names of the real victims, or the real address, or the real date. This is for privacy of the victims families. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Pyscho", "Silence of the Lambs" were all based on Ed Gein. He didn't hack people up with a chainsaw, so this movie will obviously have differences from the truth. Besides, people didn't find out those movies were based on Ed Gein for years after he was long gone.

Posted by: ashley at 06/01/08 1:07 AM | Reply
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Um, hello? You're stupid. They wouldn't list the real address in the movie.. or real names... Duh?

Posted by: Steff at 06/01/08 4:25 PM | Reply
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they drove by a lake in the movie too, dont forget!

Posted by: Court at 06/01/08 6:21 PM | Reply
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Hey people. It is just a good movie. I like it and if it is a true story than so what.. Have a nice night....

San Diego, Ca

Posted by: Robert Kilburn at 06/02/08 1:01 AM | Reply
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Filmed in Florence SC goob

Posted by: KELLY at 06/02/08 10:18 AM | Reply
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Filmed in Florence SC goob, based on Keddie Cabin murders CA

Posted by: KELLY at 06/02/08 10:18 AM | Reply
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I would just like to thank all of you for saving me alot of time because i just watched the movie and the ending left me wanting to know more. Thanks to you all I can rest tonight because there is nothing to search for lol.

Posted by: mgordon at 06/02/08 8:29 PM | Reply
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In an interview with the director, he states that 1801 Clark Road is the address of his own childhood home, and that the movie is inspired by memories of his childhood. Robbers would go around in his neighborhood knocking door to door, asking if a certain (non-existant) person were home, then breaking into the homes where people were not home. The director said that The Strangers was the opposite, based on that the people WERE home. This being said, James Hoyt and Kristen McKay were not real people; it is also said that the movie is based off of the Keddie (Cabin 28) Murders or the Manson Murders. It IS hollywood that we are talking about, and the set does not always have to match up with the address....like Clark Road is not the actual location of the house used in the film.

Posted by: Abby at 06/02/08 9:59 PM | Reply
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From WIKIPEDIA:

The movie is inspired by an event from the director Bryan Bertino's childhood, among other things[citation needed]. A stranger came to his home asking for someone who did not live there. Later, he found out that empty homes in the neighborhood had been burglarized[citation needed]. With that memory in mind, Bertino created this screenplay[citation needed].

The screenplay is also inspired by the events of the Charles Manson murders[citation needed]. The core of the story is based on the murders that took place in Cabin #28 at Keddie Resort[citation needed], in the remote township of Keddie, CA, where three people were found tied up, stabbed, bludgeoned by a hammer. (A fourth victim who'd been at the site was found some months later, the body dumped 90 miles away.)[1]

Posted by: Holly at 06/03/08 9:39 AM | Reply
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My thing is...if they dont knowwhat truely happened yet...how the hell can they create a movie??? Yea...but if it did by any chance happen R.I.P. to those who lost there life...and if it isnt...Fu*K the person who thought it would be cool to wish this upon someone.

Posted by: Kimberley at 06/04/08 7:04 PM | Reply
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it's not lapeer michigan. i live in michigan not far form there, we would have heard something. besides about that time of the year the ground would be covered in snow and the movie didn't depict that at all.

Posted by: kelly at 06/05/08 11:05 AM | Reply
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Are you guys for real. This is NOT based on factual data, it is fiction plain and simple. Ever hear of Blair Witch lol, same thing.

It was JUST a movie.

Posted by: Pwntime at 06/06/08 10:48 PM | Reply
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umm if i remember correctly
the house wasnt exactly in the middle of no where
it looked to me it was in the country
with a country neighborhood
there were prolly houses around
because if there wasnt
what in the hell
was going thru the minds
of those kids parents
they had to be
12 or 13
like everyone else has said
i think the cabin 28
and manson murders are the closet too it
and if you research the mason murders
a girl actually did come forward years later
and admit to the killings
but she died before they could apeal it

Posted by: tyler at 06/08/08 2:10 AM | Reply
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I'm with the majority that it was in South Carolina or at least somewhere in the south. In the movie the trees outside were pine trees which it seems I see more in the southern states than the north.

Posted by: Meg at 06/08/08 10:27 PM | Reply
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I just saw it..... The movie is set in New York or close by New England area. The car has New York plates that you can barely read. Anyway, the writer admitted that it's just based on various events of invasion killings in the past. He even admitted that the address was one from his childhood. You can read the interview for yourself at www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=6242

Posted by: ArtVandal13 at 06/09/08 1:04 AM | Reply
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Sorry to tell you but you are COMPLETELY wrong. The murders were part of the Charles Manson murders. Also, the events took place in Keddie, California.

Posted by: Charles Mac at 06/11/08 3:01 PM | Reply
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Um, no, all vehicle plates in the movie are Pennsylvania plates. That's the only aspect of the movie that suggests which state it takes place, although Google Maps doesn't indicate a 1801 Clark Road anywhere in Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Rick at 06/11/08 5:08 PM | Reply
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From Wikipedia:

The movie is inspired by an event from the director Bryan Bertino's childhood, among other things.[citation needed] A stranger came to his home asking for someone who did not live there. Later, he found out that empty homes in the neighborhood had been burglarized.[citation needed] With that memory in mind, Bertino created this screenplay.[citation needed]

The screenplay is also inspired by the events of the Charles Manson murders.[citation needed] The core of the story is based[citation needed] on the murders that took place in Cabin #28 at Keddie Resort, in the remote township of Keddie, CA, where three people were found tied up, stabbed, bludgeoned by a hammer. (A fourth victim who had been with the group was found some months later, the body dumped 90 miles away.)[1]

Posted by: Spoom at 06/13/08 12:43 AM | Reply
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ANYONE EVER LOOK AT 1801 WEST CLARK ROAD IN CLARKSVILLE, AR???...


Posted by: cristy bets at 06/16/08 1:36 AM | Reply
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Michigan is WAY OFF. If you are going off of purely what was shown in the movie there are 2 major things that you need to notice.
1) If you look at what they are wearing and look at the roof of the house as well as many other things, you will notice there is no snow. also the couple is wearing light winter outfits. Simple jacket and pants. In Michigan, you would be in full snow clothes on Feb. 11th. You would have to be in the south like La, or Tx to make their outfits reality.
2)Notice the landscaping. All around the house in the movie there are Pine Trees. Pines are found primarily around southern Texas near houston and in the Louisiana areas. They require lots of rain, hot temps and high humid air.


Unfortunately, you cannot find teh location for this souly off of the address and names given. I gaurantee this would information would be held confidential in respect for the families.

I would guestimate that the original killers are watching the movie and critiquing it heavily.

Posted by: Justin at 06/27/08 5:18 PM | Reply
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well its a BIG TIME copy of the vacancy the one with Luke Wilson and kate bekinsale a married couple who are also very cold with each other cuz of their sons death
end up in this shack motel and 3 ppl try to kill them and the room is already set up with the killers hidden in there and it starts with hard knocks on doors and windows and their car and cell phones not working

Posted by: hira at 07/02/08 6:32 AM | Reply
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Well, I took my husband to see the movie for his birthday and it really freaked me out. I am a California native who recently moved to Texas and that story really screwed with me because we live in a wooded area. Now i'm no chicken I love anything horror and I haven't been rattled jby a movie since the original TX chainsaw massacre and i am an aficiando of serial killers and the criminal mind and find myself fascinated by all things horror, but I will offer this on tidbit.... I did some research of my own and Blubell ice cream which is featured in the movie is not sold in Michigan. I personally believe the story is fabricated for the most part because the "dead don't tell tells" as my grandma would say. But I will tell you that a rusty old Ford pickup is the fave vehicle of a lot a people out here and there is a lot of seclusion if someone did attempt something like that, and in the movie the two boys on the bike passing out Christian literature is a constant sight in my neighborhood. So my bet is on Texas.

Posted by: Horrorfreak at 07/02/08 5:57 PM | Reply
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Blue bell is only sold in texas i do believe but the movie was filmed in SC.