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 will be available beginning October 22 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 will also be available at Carpenter’s former home across from Hilltop Shops, behind the Kentucky Library and Museum.

Pick up a brochure at the Three Springs Road location and register to win passes for four to the Nightmare at Cambridge Square Haunted House presented by Imagination Stations, Party One Superstore and Godfather’s Pizza. The winner will be chosen and notified on Friday, October 26.

NEW! Michael Myers tours Bowling Green and visits the CVB!