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From haunted mansions and castles in Europe to a psychiatric hospital converted into a hotel in the United States, here’s a list with the most terrifying accommodations to spend some nights. Of course, only suitable for the brave.

Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa, Scotland

Dalhousie Castle Hotel has its own dungeon. Guests who have passed within its walls have reported seeing a ghost woman on the stairs and in the main hall, and some have even reported experiencing sudden chills in their rooms.

The Emily Morgan, United States

It was first a hospital, with its own morgue and psychiatric ward. Those who are brave enough to stay overnight will experience noises, apparitions, or the sensation of being touched by a cold hand.

Fairmont Banff Springs, Canada

This hotel is in the middle of the woods and is home to a series of ghostly figures that are reported to appear in the middle of the night. The testimonies typically include a uniformed bellhop on the ninth floor, as well as a young bride who died on the marble staircase.

Ettington Park Hotel, United Kingdom

This is a Victorian mansion where numerous ghostly experiences have been alerted. In fact, the horror film The Haunting (1963) was shot here and is considered one of the most terrifying properties in Britain.

The Stanley Hotel, United States

Stephen King was forced to spend a night at the Stanley Hotel due to heavy snowfall. The experience at this hotel inspired him to write The Shining. It is said that those who have been in it have heard children laughing on the fourth floor or the sinister melody of a piano in the middle of the night.

Aparthotel Adagio Access Paris Philippe Auguste, Paris, France

These apartments are located a few meters from the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris (one of the most famous cemeteries in the world). Nearby are more than 300,000 graves where the remains of Édith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison rest.

Castello della Castelluccia, Rome, Italy

Two ghosts are said to haunt the Castello della Castelluccia. One of them is Emperor Nero, stalking the building in search of a quiet place to rest. The other, an alchemist who lost his life in the central tower of the hotel after being struck by lightning.

Waitomo Caves Hotel, New Zealand

Whether it’s a boy, a man, a Maori princess, or a woman dressed in Victorian style, the rooms at the Waitomo Caves Hotel have had a wide share of ghosts over the years. In addition to the hotel’s enchanted hallways, guests can visit the mysterious Waitomo Glowroom Caves, just a ten-minute walk away.

Would you spend a night in these places?

The environment in which a movie takes place, can actually become a place we would never forget for the feelings it makes us get. Especially if it is a horror movie, from fascination to real terror.  So here are 5 locations that were immortalized in horror films and that have become destinations desired by lovers of the genre.

A Cure for Wellness (2017)

The film tells the story of a spa in the Swiss Alps that uses unconventional procedures in order to heal its clients. The recording took place in several places, but the most representative is undoubtedly the Hohenzollern Castle, (Germany), which was originally built in the 11th century and, since then, has been rebuilt several times.

The orphanage (2009)

This Spanish film originally titled ‘El Orfanato’, follows Laura and her partner, who intend to reopen an orphanage in which the woman had grown up but it ends up becoming a supernatural experience.

The main location was Palacio de Partarriu, an imposing building in the town of Llanes, in eastern Asturias. This palace was completed in 1899 and served as a hospital during the Civil War in that country.

The Exorcist (1973)

The story of a 12-year-old girl possessed by a demon marked an entire generation in the 1970s and today continues to scare those who dare to see it. The film was also a precursor to ‘urban legends’, as there are those who believe that its production was cursed.

Its popularity has made house number 3,600 on Prospect Street Northwest, in Washington (United States), a mandatory stop for horror film lovers. There is even a plaque in honor of the film The place, however, was only for the outdoor scenes – like the one seen in the main poster of the film – as the rest were recreated in a New York studio.

The Shining (1980)

This adaptation by Stephen King’s book, was recorded on various sets in the United States and the United Kingdom. Most of the outdoor scenes were shot at the Timberline Lodge, in Oregon (USA), a hotel that is still in operation.

Stanley Kubrick, the director of the film, described the hotel in several public statements as “really scary” because, in addition, it is located on Mount Hood, a dormant volcano.

‘Psycho’ (1960)

The chilling house that Marion Crane’s character arrives in after fleeing the police continues to ‘exist’ sixty years after it was built for Alfred Hitchcock’s most recognized film.

Today the ‘Bates Motel’ from ‘Psychosis’ is a kind of amalgamation made of remodeled versions of the original buildings. The house is at Universal Studios in Hollywood.

Did you know where these films had been set?

The environment in which a movie takes place, can actually become a place we would never forget for the feelings it makes us get, especially if it is a horror movie.  So here are 5 locations that were immortalized in horror films and that have become destinations desired by lovers of the genre.

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

It is the first appearance on the big screen of the character Freddy Krueger, a spirit who scares  his victims by entering their dreams.

The house where the main story takes place – and which reappears in some other later films – is not located on Elm Street, but on North Genesee Avenue, in Los Angeles, California. The residence is not open to the public, but visitors can have their picture taken on the facade.

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

It is one of the films that popularized the ‘recovered footage’ format, that is, fictional stories narrated through clips that pretend to simulate a home documentary. It tells the story of three film students who get lost in a forest inhabited by a witch.

The place exists and can be visited. This is Seneca Creek Park, in the state of Maryland, United States. This is a space of more than 25,000 square meters in which there are trails enabled for walking and cycling.

Friday the 13th (1980)

It tells the experienced of a group of young people who decided to spend their vacations at Crystal Lake where, months before, a young man lost his life. This first film gave rise to one of the most important franchises of the genre.

It was recorded at the NoBeBoSco camp, in New Jersey, United States, which opened in 1927 and continues to operate today. It attracts travelers interested in resting, but also to get to know the set of their nightmares.

The Fog (1980)

This classic from the 80s tells the story of a sinister fog that brings misery to a small town in California, USA. Unlike other movies, the lighthouse is, indeed, in the state in which the story takes place.

Specifically, it is known as the Point Reyes Lighthouse. It is also recognized for having been built in 1870. Those interested in the history of the place or fans of the film can visit it after walking along a 380-step path, which adds more suspense to the experience.

Night of the living dead (1968)

It is one of the best known zombie movies and one of the first which popularized this subgenre of horror and suspense. Its fictional story takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where it was shot.

But some of the most terrifying scenes, such as the one in which the two main brothers go to visit their mother’s body, were recorded in the Evans City cemetery, a small town that is visited mainly to see the tombstones.

Will you visit them sometime in the future?

In the city of Natchez, in Adams County, Mississippi, is home to some unusual headstones like the grave of Florence Irene Ford which has one of the most moving stories.

Florence passed away of yellow fever at the age of ten (1861-1871). During her life, she was terrified whenever there were electrical storms and needed comfort from her mother in each storm.

So when she passed away, her mother, devastated by the loss, had a special coffin built for Florence that had a glass window so her body could be seen.

In addition, the girl’s grave has a series of concrete steps that lead down to her coffin, with a glass window under the ground. Every time there is a thunderstorm, Florence’s mother would go to the cemetery, walk down the steps, and sit there, comforting her daughter’s soul.

For years, the grave hasn’t changed much. It has the same epitaph on the grave: “A daughter so bright and affectionate as God blessed her with his image.” After Florence’s mother passed away, the glass that covered the little girl’s coffin was covered with cement to prevent vandalism in the 1950s.

However, to this day, visitors can still descend the steps to Florence’s tomb.

Beyond Florence Ford’s grave, the Natchez Cemetery has several curiosities: one of the tombstones is called the “Rotating Angel”, which is a statue of an angel carved in such a way as to form an optical illusion. When approaching the statue from the correct angle, the angel appears to turn towards the visitor.

There is also a large three-tiered tombstone which has a rocking chair inside, as that was the wish of Rufus E. Case, whose remains are there next to the chair that accompanied his last years.

What do you think of this touching story?

J-horror (aka Japanese horror movies) is one of the best in the genre as it has left us with some of the darkest stories of all time. The stories often combine legends of old folklore with hints of mystery, and always has a psychological element that makes the stories have an element of realism that makes it more tense, believable and effective to scare you.

So here we leave you with some of the scariest Japanese horror movies if you really want to get the scares, these are for you.

Audition (1999)

Takasi Miike’s brutal film appears to be, at first, a romantic tale in which a lonely widower searches for a new partner, but that couldn’t be further from the terrifying reality. After auditioning to find a new wife, he discovers that the woman he chose is not who she claims to be, creating one of the most awkward movies ever.

Kairo (2001)

A ghost story taken to the digital age of the 90s. The story revolves around two groups of students addicted to computers who want to discover evidence about whether there are supernatural beings trying to enter the human world through through the internet.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Directed by Shin’ya Tsukamoto, the story is about a businessman who accidentally takes the life of The Metal Fetishist and who takes revenge by turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh, bone and rusty metal. What follows is sadism, a lot of blood and violent images.

Dark Water (2002)

It tells the story of a divorced woman who moves with her young daughter to an apartment with a suspicious damp stain on the ceiling … get ready to find out what’s behind it. This is a very realistic ghost story and you can’t help but feel tense from the first moment the woman and her daughter walk into that unsettling department.

Ringu (1998)

You probably already know the version with Naomi Watts, but the original version of Hideo Nakata is much better. It was one of the first J horror movies to get recognition around the world.

The film follows a reporter and her ex-husband who investigate the case of a cursed videotape that, according to urban legend, takes the life of the viewer seven days after viewing. Ringu has one of the most haunting endings in the genre.

Which one are you watching this weekend?

First Kill, is based on the short story written by Victoria “V.E.” Schwab that was published in the Imprint story collection “Vampire Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite” back in September. Netflix has ordered eight episodes of one-hour long each.

It seems Emma Roberts wants to continue being part of the horror genre, having starred in several seasons of the anthology series American Horror Story and who has also participated in Scream 4 or Scream Queens.

But now Roberts will be the executive producer of the series for young audiences. It tells the story of Juliette, a vampire and the vampire slayer, Calliope. Schwab herself created the series, has co-written it, and will serve as executive producer too and who signed Roberts.

According to Variety reports, Felicia D. Henderson has been cast as showrunner, while Roberts and Karah Preiss will serve as executive producers under Belletrist Productions; a company that fought to seize the rights to First Kill in a fight against nearly two dozen other groups also seeking to gain this story, as indicated by a source close to the matter.

“When it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope. But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for.”

Schab reached to instagram to share the news as she wrote: “A year ago, @belletrist and @netflix won my queer teen vampire series, beating out a dozen other producer/studio teams, and I have spent the last year working with my amazing team to bring it to life, writing and revising the pilot and series plan. Earlier this summer, Netflix gave us the official series order, meaning the first 8 episodes!!!! Now we have our fearless showrunner, @followfeliciad, and an incredible writers room, and it’s really happening. My girls are coming to the screen.”

What do you think about this news?

The adrenaline rush of psychological thrillers can be addictive. If you are already a fan of the genre, you may have seen some of these films and if not, here is a list with the best ranked movies of this genre.

Psychosis (1960)

A classic of classics. Years can pass by but Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece continues to give new generations goosebumps in the same way it did the first time the world heard Janet Leigh cry in the shower. If you want to be scared for real, let Mr. Hitchcock do it himself with a little help from Anthony Perkins.

Gone Girl (2014)

The adaptation of the book of the same name under the direction of David Fincher didn’t disappoint at all. Expectations for this film were really high before its premiere and it was even better than expected. No matter how many times you watch it, you get carried away by this story with one of the most unexpected twists in the history of cinema.

Shutter Island (2010)

In this thriller Martin Scorsese made it very clear that he is not only good at gangster movies. The director joined forces with Leonardo DiCaprio to tell a story of crime, madness and love. With an all-star cast also composed of Mark Ruffalo and Michelle Williams, the film focuses on the investigation of the mysterious escape of a woman who was admitted to a fortress-like asylum located on a remote, windswept island. It’s one of those movies where a lot of what you see isn’t really what you think it is.

Changeling (2008)

Angelina Jolie stars in this psychological thriller directed by Clint Eastwood, in which a desperate mother gives life in 1928 whose son disappears. When the polices say they have found him. Her son goes back but she assures that he is not the same child that it’s not hers but nobody believes her.

1922 (2017)

This suspense thriller follows the story of Wilfred James, played by Thomas Jane, a farmer who confesses to taking his wife’s life in 1922 with the help of their teenage son. Needless to say,  they committed a crime that will bring terrible consequences.

What do you think about these movies?

There are some objects that are believed to be haunted or cursed but the worse part is that some of those, have been stolen before and those whom took them away, experienced bad luck and misfortune and really regretting their actions after that.

The Mirror At Myrtles Plantation

It is well known that the Myrtles Plantation in Francisville, Louisiana as one of the world’s most haunted homes. It is said that a slave named Chloe poisoned Sara Woodruff, the lady of the plantation, and her two daughters by feeding them an oleander-laced cake.

It is believed that Woodruff and the two girls are trapped inside the mirror as visitors to the plantation claimed to have seen handprints on it and figures dressed in old-fashioned clothing creeping around inside of it.

The Women from Lemb Statue

It’s a mysterious object carved out of limestone somewhere around the year 3500 BC and discovered in Lemb, Cyrus in 1878. No one knows what the object is exactly but it is believed to have been owned by four different families, all of whom passed away within a few years after receiving it.

The last two surviving sons of the last family decided that it would be best for them to donate the statue to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland but the museum curator who was taking care of the sculpture passed away within a year after that.

The Ballista Balls

In 1989, these Ballista Balls were found alongside what appeared to be the remains of a Ballista, which was a weapon similar to the crossbow but at a larger scale, which fired arrows or stones. Years later, in 1995, someone stole an ammunition of the Roman war artifact but nobody noticed.

In 2015, several rock balls that matched the ones found in the diggings of 1989 appeared in the courtyard of a museum in Israel with a note, which was supposedly written by the thief. In the note, he stated that after stealing the Ballista Balls, he had experienced profound bad luck and he believed them to be cursed, as he had a prosperous business that ended suddenly, his family abandoned him and he almost ended in bankruptcy.

Pompeiian Artifacts

Pompeii was a city in Ancient Rome that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

According to curators, custodians, and other employees in the area, there are constant reports of looting every year and the reason why many believe there’s a cursed is because the Pompeii Archaeological Superintendence receives about 100 packages a year of pieces allegedly stolen from the city. Most are accompanied by explanatory letters about the bad luck suffered by their owners.

The Ring Of Senicianus

It was discovered in 1785 by a farmer plowing the land, a few miles away from Silchester in Hampshire. It is made of 12g gold and bears the Latin inscription “Seniciane vivas in Deum.”

Time later, the ring passed to the hands of British archaeologists. By 1929, a scholar who was making an inventory of the artifacts under his charge, found some curious and sinister details relating the ring with the findings of an archaeological excavation that was carried out in the early 1900s, just 80 miles away from where the ring was found, at a place called Lydney.

At the site, archaeologists found a tablet in which a Roman named Silvianus told Nodens, the Celtic God of healing and hunting, that his ring had been stolen. He knew who had been and asked the god to do justice. The inscribed curse stated: “May he who bears the name of Senicianus not have health until he brings the ring back to the temple of Nodens.”