The property that served as the on-screen residence of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs is for sale. In addition to being one of the highest-grossing films of 1991, Jonathan Demme's horror classic is regularly ranked among the greatest films ever made. It became the third film to ever sweep all "Big Five" Academy Awards, with its Best Picture win particularly influential given that it remains the only horror film ever to take the top prize. The iconic psychiatrist-turned-cannibalistic-serial-killer Hannibal Lecter continues to be popular nearly three decades after the movie's release, as actors like Mads Mikkelsen and Gaspard Ulliel have assumed the character in recent years.
Even though Buffalo Bill never appeared again beyond The Silence of the Lambs, his character's legacy is just as disturbing as Hannibal Lecter's. In the film and Thomas Harris's book of the same name, Buffalo Bill is another serial killer known for targeting overweight women. One of the movie's most disturbing scenes involves one of his victims being imprisoned in a large pit in the basement of his home, where he delivers the memorable "it rubs the lotion on its skin" line.
Now, overly enthusiastic fans of the film can bid on Buffalo Bill's iconic house of horrors themselves. The three-story Victorian-style home located at 8 Circle Street in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, is now up for sale just in time for Halloween. Sitting on nearly two acres of land right along the Youghiogheny River, the house features four bedrooms and is listed for $298,500. Fans may be disappointed to find out there's no giant pit in the house's unfinished basement, as those scenes were shot on a sound stage. However, The Sisters Sold It realtors' tour through multiple areas of the house featured in the film, including the kitchen and cold cellar. Check out the full video tour of the property below.
This isn't the first time the Perryopolis home has been brought to market. It failed to sell back in 2016 when the then-owners had to drop the price down from $300,000 to $250,000. At one point, animal rights group PETA even offered to buy it to turn it into an "empathy museum" where patrons could wear the skin of abused animals and reflect on animal abuse pervasive across the clothing industry.
The listing of Buffalo Bill's The Silence of the Lambs residence is just the latest evidence of a growing, competitive market for iconic movie and TV real estate. Last November, the Full House house used in exterior shots went on sale for a whopping $5.75 million in San Francisco, while the one-bedroom condo that served as the Continental Hotel in the first John Wick listed for $749,000. It's clear from these insane prices that super-fandom doesn't stop at watching a movie or show over and over. If anything, they show that certain people might be willing to pay whatever price necessary to live inside these iconic pieces of pop culture.
Source: The Sisters Sold It