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Most of us have probably at some point wanted to explore the universe we’ve seen in a movie or TV show in real life. Sometimes it seems as if characters live in parallel realities and those movie locations don't exist in our world. Of course, with the help of special effects and editing, some locations look nothing like those in actual life. However, the places that do still seem magical when one sees them with their own eyes.
Let us introduce you to Paul Slattery (or Paul S.), the man that revealed what houses, buildings, parks, and streets in popular movies and TV shows look like in real life today. He satisfies the curiosity of all movie fans by making incredible compilations of film locations then and now.
If you wonder where each picture was taken, the addresses for every single location are listed on Paul's website.
More info: Instagram | thennowmovielocations.com | Facebook
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That is a great house!
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Bored Pandacontacted Paul to learn more about this hobby of his. Paul introduced himself as a big movie nerd and it's impossible not to notice it looking at these comparison pictures. The man revealed that ever since he was a young child, he has loved movies and horror movies in particular. "I always thought how fascinating it would be if I could ever visit where they happened, the exact places I've seen on the television screen countless times. So in 2001, when I was driving from Kentucky to California, I decided to take a detour while driving through Texas and track down a location from one of my favorite films, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It turned out to be an experience I'll never forget and well worth the 200-mile detour. It was around 2009 that I started visiting movie locations more frequently. As for the 'Now' images, they're all my own. I've personally traveled to every one of the locations I've posted a comparison photo to. I'd say I've visited well over 1000 locations."
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Psycho (1960)
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Does Mother still live there?
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Watching American movies how many of you thought that the average American family had houses like this?
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Paul continued, "I launched my website in 2011 but with new social media platforms constantly becoming available, you're always looking for new ways to present what you do to more people who may have the same interests. My friend Gina actually suggested that I should start an Instagram account and she helped me kickstart it." ADVERTIsem*nT
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The bridge is located in Burney, CA
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See the Bill and Ted post.
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Paul started visiting movie locations because they were something that had always intrigued him. "How neat would it be to stand in the exact same spot of one of your favorite scenes from one of your favorite movies you'd seen on the screen countless times? And since I couldn't be there when it was shot, I figured this was the next best thing." When Paul started documenting the locations he visited on his website, it was primarily for the purpose to store them and be able to look back at them, similar to a scrapbook. The man never started posting with the intent of becoming famous or gaining mass recognition. "Almost everyone collects something, whether it be baseball cards, comic books, vinyl records, etc. I collect movie locations and for me, it's all about the memories. Since it's not a physical possession, documenting all of the locations I've visited and looking back at them whenever I feel the need allows me to instantly remember that particular moment in time when I was there and the experience I had. I like to say that I collect memories, not things." ADVERTIsem*nT
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They lied! There was supposed to be a housing estate on that land now!
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Polk High! al-bundy-p...edae37.jpg
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They say you never forget your first and for Paul, the most memorable place he visited was the primary location from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) where the majority of the film was shot, in Round Rock, Texas. "To this day it's still my favorite location I've visited, for a multitude of reasons. It being one of my favorite movies was certainly a huge factor. But also the fact that I visited it in 2001 (only a couple of years after the house had been moved) and the area was still very similar to how it was seen in the film. At the time, there still weren't many online sources showing where movies or television shows were filmed."
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The color of the door has changed, and not for the better.
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Just cleaned it up a tad I see
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Big Trouble In Little China
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What a film!
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I wish Paul S. would of let us know the general location of these. The Castaway crossroads above are in Canadian, TX
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Roberto Clemente Playground at 1800 Wallace Street, in North Philadelphia, not West!
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Looked better as a train bridge :(
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Looks so much better with the greenery.
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Lovely building in the daytime
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"Los Pollos Hermanos" is infinitely more alluring
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We're gonna need a bigger lawnmower.
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this movie is recent... from 2019... "what it looks like today..."
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Probably not a good idea to paint the steps
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The Vasquez Rocks were in Star Trek way before Bill & Ted
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Trees!
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I love this movie. Tom Hanks is the best!
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The tower grew a bell!
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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
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Well, the alien trees got bigger...
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Looks better now without the angry mob outside.
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This is sad, really
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The light post is still there!
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Pretty house
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Looks much better in blue.
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Never heard of it.
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I'm actually surprised how after all this time, so little has changed in some of them.
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John Baker John Baker Community Member Follow
And others don't look like the same place.
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Melissa TO Melissa TO Community Member Follow
I enjoyed this, especially the horror movie ones, I'm a big horror fan!
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Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member Follow
I'm impressed by how well he was able to line the pictures up. That always bother me in this sort of thing
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I'm actually surprised how after all this time, so little has changed in some of them.
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And others don't look like the same place.
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Melissa TO Melissa TO Community Member Follow
I enjoyed this, especially the horror movie ones, I'm a big horror fan!
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Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member Follow
I'm impressed by how well he was able to line the pictures up. That always bother me in this sort of thing
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