Killer deal: ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ house up for sale

Scott Lloyd tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/1JhRQGl ) that crews spent three days shooting at the home in Perryopolis.

On the bright side, the house has a pool and a 1.76 acre lot, which means that the very dedicated Silence of the Lambs fan could totally build their own version of Gumb’s dungeon. Those scenes were shot on a sound stage. Now, the fictional psycho’s house, which is in Perry Township Fay, Pennsylvania, has been put on the market for $300,000 by owners Scott and Barbara Lloyd, who have been living there since December 1976.

In the acclaimed film, Buffalo Bill is eventually brought down by the FBI’s Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), with an assist from imprisoned killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins).

And the couple never intended for their home to get into the movie business.

“They were looking for a home in which you entered the front door and had a straight line through”, Barbara Lloyd told TribLIVE. Barbara Lloyd said the impending move is “bittersweet”, as they got married and raised a son (who’s probably definitely alive) in the Victorian house.

The Silence of the Lambs went on to win five Oscars, including Best Picture.

Buffalo Bill’s house remains one of film’s most horrifying interiors, featuring a basement well where the character starves his victims. “They wanted it to look like a spider web, with Buffalo Bill drawing Jodie Foster into the foyer, into the kitchen, then into the basement”.

Still, real estate agent Dianne Wilk is hopeful that the 1910 home’s spooky pedigree will attract rather than repel buyers.

Authorities say a 5-year-old central New York boy was able to use his mother’s cellphone to call 911 for help after she died in a crash that fatally injured his sister. “I could see somebody doing something fun with this”.