43 Creepiest Locations Around The World To Be Actually Used In Film

13. The Hill of Crosses, Lithuania – A Landscape of Silent Prayers

Few places in the world carry an unsettling beauty quite like Lithuania’s Hill of Crosses. What appears at first to be a peaceful site of pilgrimage takes on a more haunting presence when you step among the tens of thousands of crosses, crucifixes, and religious effigies that cover the landscape. The wind rattles the wooden crosses, creating an eerie, almost whisper-like sound that lingers in the air. This chilling atmosphere made it an unforgettable filming location for The Nun (2018), part of The Conjuring universe, where the site served as a backdrop for the Vatican’s eerie quest for answers. The real-life origins of the Hill of Crosses are just as mysterious; despite being destroyed multiple times under Soviet rule, the site kept reappearing overnight, as if placed there by unseen hands. Today, it remains a site of both devotion and dread—a perfect blend of sacred and sinister.