The rural Pennsylvania home where the “Silence of the Lambs” serial killer mangled his victims has sold after almost a year on the market.
Located in the village of Layton, Pa., the five-bedroom, 1½-bathroom house had struggled to find a buyer.
Scott and Barbara Lloyd — the decidedly non-psychotic couple who currently live at 8 Circle St., decades after the fictional Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb used it as a subterranean holding pen and murder site in the 1991 film — initially asked for $300,000 when they listed the house in August 2015.
The “Silence of the Lambs” house sold after a year on the market for two-thirds of its original asking price.ZillowThe Lloyds, who even got married in the foyer, which appears in the movie along with the dining room, cut the price of the three-story Victorian to $249,900 earlier this year.
But ultimately, a buyer nabbed the brick house — with its octagonal porch, backyard pool and large lawns — for a mere $195,000. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review first reported the sale earlier this month.
The buyer wanted to remain anonymous, according to broker Dianne Wilk of RE/Max Select Realty, but he is a fan of the movie.
“Because of ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ that’s what piqued his interest, and that’s how he found the home,” she told the Tribune-Review.
Perhaps to the new owner’s disappointment (or relief?), listing photos of the property show slightly worn but clean bedrooms and bathrooms.
One of the listing photos shows a book “Lambs” director Jonathan Demme inscribed to the owners.ZillowThere is an inscribed book from the director Jonathan Demme, thanking the Lloyds “for letting us use your beautiful home for our scary movie.” But they’re probably taking that with them.
Unless you find wooden accents, ceiling fans and flowered wallpaper scary.
Oh, the horror!
