21 Everyday Places You'd Never Guess Were Used for Dark Movie Scenes

14. Astoria, Oregon & Yaquina Head Lighthouse – The Ring (2002)

While famous for hosting family adventures like The Goonies, the moody, often overcast atmosphere of Astoria and the surrounding Oregon coast provided the perfect unsettling backdrop for Gore Verbinski's chilling remake, The Ring. Key locations, including the dramatic Yaquina Head Lighthouse further down the coast (representing the cursed Moesko Island Lighthouse), were imbued with dread and supernatural mystery. The film transformed the region's natural Pacific Northwest gloom and maritime history into symbols of inescapable, water-logged horror emanating from that videotape.