The Simi Valley home where the classic horror movie “Poltergeist” was filmed is officially for sale, and the realtor promises this house is clean of any “ghostly antics.”
Filming locations are always popular with movie fans, but this four-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom house was a main character in the 1982 film, coming to life and terrorizing a family who moves in.
In the Tobe Hooper-directed film, the family navigates ghosts, a child-absorbing tree and hidden portals to another dimension.
Lauren Murdock, who holds the listing with Equity Unionpromises there are no portals and no ghosts. Instead, she said, large windows give the home plenty of natural light, there’s a built-in office space and four spacious bedrooms upstairs.
This is the first time in 45 years that the house along Roxbury Street has been for sale, she said, and the listing has already gotten a lot of attention.
The home was newly built when it first caught the eye of filmmakers, Murdock said, and the large lot made production easier for the crew with all their equipment.
Now, Murdock said, the 16,000-square-foot property could be ideal for new homeowners to build a pool house or accessory residence for additional income. There may also be enough space for a motor home or boat. The house is currently priced at $1,174,999.
In the horror film, the backyard is excavated while the family builds a new pool, but the dig reveals that the home had been built in a cemetery.
There’s a pool and hot tub there now that, according to the listing, are “ideal for cooling off on hot California days or for hosting epic pool parties.”
But unlike in the movie, it wasn’t built on top of a graveyard. It’s close to schools, parks, shopping and restaurants, according to the listing, but not interdimensional portals.
Much of the house will still be familiar to fans of the film, including the kitchen and living room, which featured in several of the film’s iconic scenes.
Homes made famous in popular movies can sometimes be tricky to sell, especially those in the horror genre, but Murdock said she quickly decided to lean into that theme with the “Poltergeist” house.
“There will be buyers who don’t want to buy it because they think it’s haunted,” Murdock said, but others are drawn to being part of Hollywood history.
“It’s better to tell everyone what it is and have fun playing with it,” she said.