Towns like.... (Bangor, Orrington, Southwest Harbor: real estate, house, movies)

[wawin1]

Are there any towns in Maine that mirror or are similar to Stephen King's Syfy show "Haven", or to his tv miniseries, "Storm of the Century"?

[Maineah]

Never seen either show. You can be fairly certain that if it's in the movies or on TV it's contrived and far removed from reality. Murder She Wrote was supposedly a Maine based story but was filmed in California.

[mainebrokerman]

I hear real estate is cheap in Salem's Lot, just up the road from redrum


Im not familiar with the shows, maybe I'll start to watch them....

[bangorme]

I've never watched those shows, but King grew up in Bangor. I know he's attributed two Bangor locations to those in his books. One the power generation plant on the Penobscot River, the second a dry cleaner where he worked as a teenager (now closed) on Fern Street. I wouldn't be surprised if most of his books are somehow connected to the area.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by bangorme

I've never watched those shows, but King grew up in Bangor. I know he's attributed two Bangor locations to those in his books. One the power generation plant on the Penobscot River, the second a dry cleaner where he worked as a teenager (now closed) on Fern Street. I wouldn't be surprised if most of his books are somehow connected to the area.

He used the Pownal/Durham area in some of his writings as well. I'm not sure how he knew the area...relatives perhaps.

[moughie]

Sad to hear this...Pownal/Durham areas are lovely, not at all creepy........

[deerislesmile]

I'm going to have to go with St. Agatha.

[8635angelvalley]

Parts of Storm of the Century were filmed in Southwest Harbor on MDI.

[Newdaawn]

Pet Cemetery was set in Orrington and "IT" was in Bangor.

[BoxCar Willie]

He got many of hs ideas traveling around the state .One of his stories he used an old house in my hometown and the main area for the book [I can't remember which one]