11 real abandoned places where your favorite movies and TV shows were filmed

Talia LakritzSep 22, 2020, 02:26 IST

Hashima Island, as featured in "Skyfall."Sitthinart Susevi/Shutterstock, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group

The Nazi-era Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, appeared in "The Bourne Supremacy" and "Bridge of Spies."
The abandoned Ohio State Reformatory was the prison in "The Shawshank Redemption."
Henry River Mill Village in North Carolina was transformed into District 12 for "The Hunger Games" movies.

Abandoned places can provide the perfect eerie backdrops for filming movies and TV shows. Their crumbling structures have created authentic shadowy settings in films such as "Gone Girl," "Skyfall," and "The Shawshank Redemption."

Here are 11 abandoned places that became filming locations for movies and TV shows.

Henry River Mill Village in North Carolina was established in 1905 as a gold-panning town, with the mill producing fine yarn.

Derelict homes in Henry River Mill Village. MilesbeforeIsleep/Shutterstock

The village became District 12 in "The Hunger Games" movies.

"The Hunger Games." Lionsgate Films

The now-closed campus of Caerleon was once part of the University of South Wales.

Inside the empty Caerleon campus. Courtesy of Thomas Duke

Netflix began filming "Sex Education" at the old campus, reimagined as Moordale Secondary School, in 2018.

"Sex Education." Netflix

Hashima Island was a mining town established in 1881.

Hashima Island. Sitthinart Susevi/Shutterstock

The island was featured as a villain's lair in the James Bond movie "Skyfall."

"Skyfall." Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group

The Ohio State Reformatory opened in 1896 and held 5,235 prisoners at its peak in 1955.

The west cell block of the Ohio State Reformatory. Courtesy of the Ohio State Reformatory

The old reformatory was the prison setting in "The Shawshank Redemption."

"The Shawshank Redemption." Columbia Pictures

Rhyolite is one of Nevada's largest ghost towns, formed in 1904 during the Gold Rush.

The Ryholite Mercantile building. Jimtake/ Shutterstock

Parts of the ghost town have been restored by Paramount Pictures to use as movie sets.

"The Island." DreamWorks

The town of Craco, Italy, emptied in 1963 after landslides and earthquakes made it unsafe to inhabit.

Craco, Italy. Stee/Shutterstock

Craco has appeared in "Quantum of Solace" and "The Passion of the Christ."

"The Passion of the Christ." Newmarket Films

The abandoned Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, was built by the Nazis between 1936 and 1941.

Tempelhof Airport. Business Insider/Sam Shead

The airport has appeared in "The Hunger Games," "The Bourne Supremacy," and "Bridge of Spies."

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2." Lionsgate Films

Six Flags New Orleans closed after Hurricane Katrina damaged the park in 2005.

The closed Six Flags in New Orleans. KEG-KEG/Shutterstock

"Jurassic World," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," and "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" were filmed at the abandoned theme park.

"Jurassic World." Universal Pictures

The Babcock building of the South Carolina State Hospital, formerly known as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, was built between 1857 and 1885.

Ruins of the Columbia State Mental Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. nameinfame/Getty Images

"Chattahoochee," starring Gary Oldman, filmed in one of the Babcock Building's abandoned rooms.

"Chattahoochee." Hemdale Film Corporation

The City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, closed in 1975.

The City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. Boyd Hendrikse/Shutterstock

The church has been the eerie backdrop in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," and "Pearl Harbor."

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon." Paramount Pictures

The abandoned Hawthorne Plaza Mall in California opened in 1977 and closed in 1999.

Inside the Hawthorne Plaza Mall. Trent Alexander Maxwell/Shutterstock

The abandoned mall provided spooky settings for numerous films.

"Gone Girl." 20th Century Studios

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