Elgin is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It lies along the Fox River. As of 2019, the city had an estimated population of 110,849, making it the eighth-largest city in Illinois. Early Elgin achieved fame for the butter and dairy goods it sold to the city of Chicago. Elgin has a long tradition of education and invention.
This city Elgin is known for its historic architecture and landmarks from the Victorian era, including some fine examples of homes in the Queen Anne style. Many of the most remarkable homes once belonged to National Watch Company executives.
Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below.
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017):
This comedy-drama family movie is written by Andrea Gyertson Nasfell and is directed by Dallas Jenkins. This movie has been nominated for one award and it also won that award (Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival). This movie has the tagline of “If the church can change him it will be a miracle.”
The story revolves around the life of a former child star, who is forced to do community service at a local megachurch. He pretends to be a Christian to land the part of Jesus in their annual Passion Play. But soon he realizes that getting this role is not as important as the role of his life.
Filming Locations:
Elgin, Illinois
Geneva, Illinois
Cult of the Shadow People (2017):
This horror movie is written by James Baack (story), and Eric S. Brown (story) and it is directed by James Baack.
The town of Weeping Willow is sometimes called a curse and some call it forbidden. Its dark past makes it ideal for a depraved cult that has seemingly sprung from nowhere. Attempting to work with dark and forbidden powers of which they have no understanding, they open a portal into the dimension of pure evil. This is a portal through which a hideous creature and his army of Shadow people can travel. Now a little girl is kidnapped by the cult and her parents seek the help of warriors to save their daughter and close the portal.
Filming Locations:
Elgin, Illinois
New York City, New York
St. Charles, Illinois
Cerrillos, New Mexico
Oswego, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Contagion (2011):
This drama thriller movie is written by Scott Z. Burns and is directed by Steven Soderbergh. This movie has been nominated for 14 awards and it won 2 awards (Golden Trailer Awards, and Hollywood Film Awards). It has the tagline of “The world goes viral September 9.”
The story revolves around the spread of an infection which leads the world to panic. When Beth Emhoff returns from her business trip to Hong Kong, she dies from what is the flu or any other infection. Her son dies the same day of her death but her husband seems to be immune. From here the spread of a deadly infection starts. It takes a while before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control can determine what type of infection it is or what is the gravity of this virus. Before they can find a solution, it is going to take them some time to identify the virus in order to start working on it. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.
Filming Locations:
Elgin, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Geneva, Switzerland
Casablanca, Morocco
London, England
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010):
This horror crime drama movie is written by Wesly Strick, Eric Heisserer, and Wes Craven and is directed by Samuel Bayer. This movie has been nominated for 11 awards out of which it won 2 awards (Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and People’s Choice Award). It has a tagline of “Never Sleep Again.”
Freddy Kruger a young man was murdered by some people in cold blood. Now the ghost of Freddy Kruger has come back to take revenge for his killing. This specter of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who killed him, stalking and killing them in their dream.
Filming Locations:
Elgin, Illinois
Barrington, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois
Orland Park, Illinois
Gary, Indiana
Los Angeles, California
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin,_Illinois
https://www.cityofelgin.org/2140/Our-History
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4902904/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6850640/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/?ref_=adv_li_tt
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179056/?ref_=adv_li_tt