We
salute the former Bowling Green resident and ‘master of horror’
by introducing “Reel Sites, Real Scary: A John Carpenter Driving
Tour.” While no movie scenes were filmed in Bowling Green,
Carpenter did make numerous area references in a few of his flicks,
using local street and community names like the fictitious Warren
County- Smiths Grove Sanitarium from where Michael Myers escaped
in Halloween.
Visitors can
follow the “Reel Sites, Real Scary” brochure map to
17 different locations around town including the log cabin where
Carpenter lived as a boy on Western Kentucky University’s
campus, now open to the public (Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. when classes
are in session). Other sites on the tour include Russellville
Road, Chestnut Street, and the Capitol Arts Center, where Carpenter
watched movies as a child. If the driving tour inspires a Carpenter
movie marathon, each reference in the brochure notes the exact
time the quote is made and in which film. The brochure also includes
a brief Carpenter biography and filmography.
Brochures
are available at the Visitor Information Centers at I-65 exit
22 on Three Springs Road and I-65 exit 28 inside the National
Corvette Museum lobby. They are also available at Carpenter’s
former home across from Hilltop Shops, behind the Kentucky Library
and Museum.
Tour.” While no movie scenes were filmed in Bowling Green,
Carpenter did make numerous area references in a few of his flicks,
using local street and community names like the fictitious Warren
County- Smiths Grove Sanitarium from where Michael Myers escaped
in Halloween.