They’ve turned Buffalo Bill’s house in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ into a B&B

They’ve turned Buffalo Bill’s house in The Silence of the Lambs into a B&B and you’d have to be a brave soul to spend the night there.

This week it was revealed that the eerie Pennsylvania house seen in the iconic horror movie had been sold. As per TMZ, theatrical art director Chris Rowan purchased the property for about $300,000.

He plans to turn it into a cosy little bed and breakfast which could either be a disastrous business idea or a genius one: there are a lot of massive horror fans out there but how could you head to the kitchen for a cup of tea without thinking that ol’ Bill was going to switch the lights off and use his night vision goggles on ya?

Rowan wants to give it a full makeover while maintaining the creepiness and the history. The home still possesses a lot of the original decor from the 90’s (it was built in 1910 beside land once owned by George Washington, to give you an idea of how much work it will need).

The Silence of the Lambs came out in 1991 and was a box office and critical smash. It’s the only horror movie to have won the Oscar for Best Picture, which really highlights its classic status. It also was the third film to to win Oscars in all the top five categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay).

Buffalo Bill (played by Ted Levine) was one of the main antagonists of the movie, a slimy serial killer who targeted overweight women and skinned them to make a delightful ‘woman suit’.

There’s no word yet on when the bed and breakfast will be up and running. If you’re a fan of the movie or Jodie Foster or, just a tad more worryingly, serial killers, then Pennsylvania might now be an ideal holiday destination.

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