West Hollywood, California: House from A Nightmare on Elm Street
Filmed in the summer of 1984. The movie kept the same house number, but changed the road to Elm Street in the fictitious town of Springwood, Ohio.
- Address:
- 1428 N. Genesee Ave., West Hollywood, CA
- Directions:
- On the east side of N. Genesee Ave., a half-block south of Sunset Blvd. Private property; no trespassing. Visible from street.
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Easy spot. Just south of Sunset. Pretty street.
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Hollywood's stand-in for the neighborhood in fictional Springwood, Ohio. The street name was changed for the 1984 movie, so we don't refer to Wes Craven's (and New Line Cinema's) wildly successful slasher horror franchise as "A Nightmare on North Genesee Avenue."