# What movie was this house in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328 "2017-10-31T20:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/1 "2017-10-31T20:57:01Z")
A couple of years ago, my (now ex) girlfriend and her family got to spend Thanksgiving time in the house featured in the video link I’m going to provide. It’s a $5.5 million property and was, as you might expect, gorgeous and a delight to stay in. The owners rented out to us but went through an intermediary and wished to remain anonymous, but apparently, according to the agent that was handling the rental agreement, the house had been the setting for at least one major film, and I think he said it was a thriller or horror movie; myself being a major horror movie buff, I thought for sure I must have seen it somewhere, but nope, I can’t recall seeing it on film. The house in the remake of When a Stranger Calls is about as close as I’ve seen to a house like this being used, but that’s not it. Anyone recognize it? It’s located on the edge of Lake Superior in Tettegouche State Park in MN. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xK4INUt64PE/hqdefault.jpg "House Tour | Modern Cliff House | Northern Minnesota | Sotheby's International Realty") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK4INUt64PE) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/2 "2017-10-31T21:27:58Z")
Beautiful house and setting, but I don’t recognize it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/3 "2017-10-31T21:49:29Z")
Was it the house the vampire family lived in in the _Twilight_ movies? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/4 "2017-10-31T22:23:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Was it the house the vampire family lived in in the _Twilight_ movies? Similar look, but the Twilight house looks like it’s in Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/5 "2017-10-31T22:26:02Z")
Fear? It reminds me of the house in Fear ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/6 "2017-10-31T22:39:58Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Fear? It reminds me of the house in Fear Interestingly, that was my first thought as well. It turns out that was filmed in [Vancouver](http://www.thennowmovielocations.com/2014/07/fear.html), though. Perhaps the house is one of these [films shot in Minnesota.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Minnesota) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/7 "2017-10-31T22:44:30Z")
Sleeping with the enemy? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/8 "2017-11-01T17:37:48Z")
Huh. Maybe I was mistaken, or the agent was. I checked out image searches for just about every movie on that Wikipedia page and nothing looks like it was shot there. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/9 "2017-11-01T17:44:13Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Huh. Maybe I was mistaken, or the agent was. I checked out image searches for just about every movie on that Wikipedia page and nothing looks like it was shot there. I wouldn’t take that list as gospel. It may have been used for second or third unit filming not principal photography. I’ve found that it’s much harder to find information on that. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/10 "2017-11-01T18:01:20Z")
Sorta looks like a house used in the relatively short-lived SyFy series _Caprica_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/11 "2017-11-01T18:16:30Z")
Wild-ass guess, but it looks kinda like the house Anthony Hopkins lives in a stupid movie I can’t remember the name of. He is an air-crash investigator who murders his cheating wife and tries to get away with it. He fools the cops by switching the gun with a cop who shows up, so when they test the ballistics, they don’t match. Real stupid movie. Anybody recognize this? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/12 "2017-11-01T18:57:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Wild-ass guess, but it looks kinda like the house Anthony Hopkins lives in a stupid movie I can’t remember the name of. > > He is an air-crash investigator who murders his cheating wife and tries to get away with it. He fools the cops by switching the gun with a cop who shows up, so when they test the ballistics, they don’t match. Real stupid movie. Anybody recognize this? The movie was \*[Fracture](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488120/) \*and IMDB reports that Ted Crawford’s (Hopkins) house was in Encino [here](https://goo.gl/maps/GZkndNNDNdN2). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/13 "2017-11-01T19:07:40Z")
My two WAGs: “Ex Machina” or “Arrival”? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/14 "2017-11-01T20:02:11Z")
Stupid question, but if you know who the agent for the house is/was, why not just ask them? Even assuming the agent doesn’t know, they may well be willing to ask the owners for you. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/15 "2017-11-01T20:29:00Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > The movie was \*[Fracture](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488120/) \*and IMDB reports that Ted Crawford’s (Hopkins) house was in Encino [here](https://goo.gl/maps/GZkndNNDNdN2). Missed it by _that_ much! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/16 "2017-11-01T22:11:55Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Stupid question, but if you know who the agent for the house is/was, why not just ask them? Even assuming the agent doesn’t know, they may well be willing to ask the owners for you. I didn’t have contact with the agent; my ex’s father did, and I don’t know who it was. The agent told them the house was featured in at least one movie but he either didn’t tell my ex’s father the name of the movie(s) or else he had forgotten which ones they were. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/17 "2017-11-01T22:17:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > My two WAGs: “Ex Machina” or “Arrival”? Nope. The Arrival house is in Quebec. > Ex Machina was actually in Norway. > **[Inside the Stunning Mansion in Ex Machina](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/04/ex-machina-location)** > > Production designer Mark Digby explains how movie magic, and metaphor, turned a real hotel into a sci-fi estate. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/18 "2017-11-01T22:43:35Z")
It was about 2 years ago that we rented the place, and it was built in 2014, so that’s a pretty narrow window of time for it to be used for a movie set… hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-house-in/800328/19 "2017-11-01T23:42:34Z")
Porn movie?