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Zombie Playground
By Destroyx | June 12, 2010
While we were driving back from Savannah on our last mini tour, we happened across this abandoned, derelict motel and playground by the side of the highway. We stopped to explore and I was absolutely captivated by the textures and chilling atmosphere of the now eerily abandoned ‘Family Inn’. We all agreed that it would be the perfect setting for a zombie film. I hope to one day return to shoot a video or a proper photoshoot at this location as I think it has such an evocative quality.
Topics: Travel |
June 12th, 2010 at 6:25 am
I love to explore abandoned buildings! This photos are just awesome!! ^^ heh, your skeleton boots are everywhere XD
<3 <3
June 12th, 2010 at 6:32 am
Woah! I love the photos <3
June 12th, 2010 at 6:32 am
oh I love abandoned places ^^
looks amazong as a shoot location.
Actually you mgiht be able to do a shoot in the Hellingly Asylum while you’re in the UK (it’s not too far away form Brighton). You might get permission to enter, here’s a link with some fab pics of the interior:
http://www.forbidden-places.net/urban-exploration-hellingly-asylum#gal
I know students occasionally get access if it is for some research, I’d love to shoot there myself lol
xx
June 12th, 2010 at 6:36 am
That is WAY too cool. Next time in down in GA I might just have to try to find that!
June 12th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Spooky! I love it but it totally creeps me out at the same time.
June 12th, 2010 at 7:53 am
that is run down for sure! or there were a bunch of bands staying there and trashed the place! Yiur shoes are cool and I like how they just show up in a few of the photos! The one of you taking the picture of the window with your refection in it is pretty cool looking as well!
June 12th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Super creepy…Love it! And I love zombie movies…this would be the perfect venue…
June 12th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Spooky, but facinating:)
I love the photos!
June 12th, 2010 at 10:38 am
U shouldn’t visit places which have the tell tale signs of danger.. A man could’ve been watching from a short distance away, for he would know the territory well - enough for a stash t*N gash stow away. all the whilst you cross your footsies for d’photo modelling capture. i don’t know but datz not exactly cool rapture. If it were just 2 of you there or even with 3rd man archer, anything could’ve happened thus over-powered 2 men bounce of d’rafters. Beds of mould, shoes with legs of skull cross n’ boned… If an attack occurred on that eerie afternoon whom is anyone known? be careful in London. If you need cash, take heed as there’s parents to phone, not jones :-)
June 12th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Crime is rife, and certain city suburbs not just hillbilly desolate places have much Skkttrriifff’E ‘n ffiigghht’e ddrrukkrrittt’e?! You must be careful in London, but if you will, see if you can spot any illegal activity at download festival- people doing drugs or areas which do not permit alcohol. Have you put an asbo on sorry yet &/or got the authorites involved regarding ‘friends’ drug problems yet? Are you onto it, or just more interested in email ‘word’ crime these days?
June 12th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Wow, absolutely beautiful.
That one hallway looked like the perfect place for a photo shoot. (Not that the whole place wasn’t photo shoot worthy.)
I’ll have to ask my friends about that next time we head down to Savannah.
June 12th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I love the old playground! It’s funny how motels look just the same nowadays (apart from the broken-down part!). Well, I guess they weren’t really around until the ’50s, but I feel like it’s a kind of housing that doesn’t evolve a lot. They’re still cheap and chilly-looking, and I hate that weird canvas/metal foldout stool thing they have in the closet sometimes!
June 12th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
I love urban exploration and that is an amazing find. That picture of the kitten among the wreckage is absolutely creepy.
June 12th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Interesting how some gothic fans are scared of buildings here, one would think they’d be used to old haunts & familiar with rituals of an early pagan nature. ? Odd, maybe folk are more commercially ‘fashion’ oriented here. Maybe mean looking men with hawks pushing 40 with an entire crowd behind them afraid of folk they call gay & mentally retarded was in a while back, out now and maybe in later on again. Who know? Doesn’t make any sense to gang up on the demented & weaker individuals in society.. What the hell am I on about, this is not design or fashion? Schizophrenia, never mind. Download fest is really good. Stay true to Loyalty, don’t say sorry. The simple edits here bring out the yellow/green, whites & blue. With these kind of captures, it’s the relic of all gothic industrial vision.. I’m taking my camera out for the day. Good stuff..
June 13th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Awesome, it looks JUST like one of the maps in Left 4 Dead 2. Wonder if the map was inspired by this place, as it also takes place in GA.
June 13th, 2010 at 1:23 am
I’m in agreement with the others that are saying it would be a great place for a photoshoot.
June 13th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Call me crazy… but thats so beautiful!
I wish we would have such pretty scary places around where I live.
I would love to see the pictures if you realize to make some there!
Have a nice day!
June 13th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Wicked shots =)
Totally reminds me of that SyFy show the lost room.
You should definitely look into that ^.^
June 14th, 2010 at 7:36 am
Those photos are amazing!
I wish I had somewhere like that where I live - old buildings interest me, and ‘decay’ would be such an awesome art and photography project to do…
Stuff like this really inspires me!
xx
June 14th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Whoa! What an amazing photo set. the photo with the kitty picture is pretty haunting… thanks for sharing A x
June 14th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
very creative use of those abandoned things! love the haunting photo sets… i try to imagine when the motel’s still running…
June 14th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
That is AWESOME. I wanna go there. :) I love those kinds of places
June 16th, 2010 at 1:22 am
why cant I find a place like this?
Those places are perfect for photoshoots…
June 16th, 2010 at 2:27 am
I think you might like Scouting NY http://www.scoutingny.com/
:)
The latest post on 5 Beekman is fantastic. He mostly sticks to NYC as he is a film scout whom is obviously passionate about what he does.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:21 am
What an eerie awesome place. Did you find the pool? :P
June 16th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
That is so cool, and really creepy too. A music video would be epic there.
June 29th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
I love that! So weird that people abandon whole hotels. Looks like something out of True Romance.