Variety's Spooky List of 21 Los Angeles Film and TV Horror Sites

My colleague Pat Saperstein has put together another great L.A.-centric list of locations in Los Angeles — and this time it's horror-themed. She writes:

From “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” to “Halloween” and “Poltergeist,” Hollywood productions have found plenty of spooky locations to shoot iconic scare fare.

From everytown U.S.A. suburban houses to creepy desert gas stations and ominous cemetery gates, you don’t have to venture far outside the city to find just about any kind of location a horror film could need. Of course, some of the scariest movies take place in some of the most placid suburban settings.

Go here for her full list of 21 locations, which features:

"American Horror Story" Murder House (1120 Westchester Place, Los Angeles)
"Cabin Fever" - Bronson Caves (3200 Canyon Drive, Los Angeles)
"Charmed" House (1329 Carroll Ave., Los Angeles)
"The Convent" Sorority House (2218 South Harvard St., Los Angeles)
"Ghoulies" - Wattles Mansion (1824 N. Curson Ave., Hollywood)
"Halloween" – The Myers House (1000 Mission St., South Pasadena)
"Halloween" – Laurie’s House (1115 Oxley St., South Pasadena)
"Halloween" – The Hedge (1019 and 1025 Montrose Ave., South Pasadena)
"Halloween II" – Haddonfield Town Square (51 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre)
"Halloween III: Season of the Witch" - The Buccaneer (70 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" House (1428 N. Genessee Ave., West Hollywood)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street" - John Marshall High School (3939 Tracy St., Los Angeles)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors" - Royce Hall (10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles)
"The People Under the Stairs" House (2215 South Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles)
"Phantasm" – Mortuary Gates (5400 N. Lake Ave., Altadena)
"Poltergeist" House (4267 Roxbury St., Simi Valley)
"Poltergeist II: The Other Side" House (1589 Homewood Drive, Altadena, Calif.)
"Prince of Darkness" Church (120 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles)
"The Ring" House (413 S. McCadden Place, Los Angeles)
"Scream 2" - Rialto Theater (1023 Fair Oaks Ave., South Pasadena)
"Thriller" House (1345 Carroll Ave., Los Angeles)

[Photo: Michael Buckner/Variety]

CreepyLA's 'American Horror Story' Tour

Fresh off its whopping 17 Emmy nominations, FX's "American Horror Story" is clearly hot -- and prepping for a season two that will boast a completely different story and a partially new cast. But season one was all about Los Angeles, and exploring some of the creepy stories of our city's past. That meant the production was shot all over Los Angeles, part of the fun of watching it.

David Markland's Creepy L.A. blog -- focusing on all things Halloween and spooky in Los Angeles -- has put together a tour inspired by the Ryan Murphy show, with stops at:

The Alfred Rosenheim House, 1120 Westchester Pl.
Fairfax Senior High School, 7850 Melrose Ave.
Villain’s Tavern, 1356 Palmetto St.
Dearly Departed Tours, 6603 W Sunset Blvd.
Sal Mineo murder site – 8569 Holloway Dr, West Hollywood
The Black Dahlia’s remains dumped here – 3800 block S. Norton Dr.

We wrote back in May how the "American Horror Story" house is back on the market for a cool $12 million.

For Sale: The "American Horror Story" House

Got $12 million sitting around? The beautiful house seen in FX's "American Horror Story" is on the block -- and don't worry, a homicidal clown baby doesn't really live in the basement -- that we know of. The house will be featured in an episode of Syfy's "Hollywood Treasure," airing next Tuesday, May 29 at 10 p.m. Here's some detail on the house, which is being marketed by Profiles in History and Beverly Hills' Rodeo Realty:

Construction of the house began in 1904 and was completed in 1908. The Catholic Church added a chapel addition in 1954. The house sits on approximately 3/4 an acre and is around 12,000 square feet. The home was built by renowned architect Alfred Rosenheim and is currently a designated historic monument. The house will be going on the market for $12,000,000.00.

The house is located in the Country Club Park/Arlington Heights section of the city. When Curbed LA wrote about the house back in January 2011, before its superstardom, it was on the market for $4.5 million. That's quite a markup.