So I was reading Joystiq today (this article) about Silent Hill (The Movie). They were discussing the isnpiration for the movie coming from a very creep town.
Centralia, Pennsylvania (Aerial Photos)
“In 1981, over 1000 people lived in the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. But twenty years earlier, a poorly contained trash fire had set an underground coal vein alight. The mines and subterranean shafts continued to burn, making the area a danger zone, so an evacuation of the residents of Centralia began.
It never finished, however. 11 stalwart Centralians remain, even though all the town’s buildings have been condemned and the borough’s zip code has been revoked.
You can read a brief piece on Centralia, which screenwriter Roger Avary discovered while conducting research for the Silent Hill screenplay, here. In a way, the film version of the village of Silent Hill is inspired by the real-life Pennsylvanian burg.” - IGN Film Force
Now imagine this… driving down this road:
and seeing something super creepy like this:
photos courtesy of offroaders.com