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Screamcation n an abandoned island off the coast of Maine… This alone is Opromise for a most chilling sto- ryline. Cue fog, crashing waves, and John Carpenter-esque intro synths and you’ve got yourself a horror film (or a Mainer’s dream vacation). On fictional Tucker Is- land in Tess Gerritsen’s Island Zero, the characters’ cozy ocean life turns night- mare when they find themselves “cut off from the outside world” and neighbors be- gin to disappear. Shot in and around Camden and Rockport, the 2018 film was directed by No spoilers from us, but the staircase at Victorian By The Sea the bestselling author’s son, Josh Ger- plays a rather ghastly role in Island Zero. Let’s just say it’s not ritsen, who says location was key. To for the squeamish. maintain the film’s eerie, aged aesthetic, they needed “locations that gave a sense of history and soul.” Two midcoast inns, Swan House and Victorian By The Sea, “fit the bill perfectly.” Camden’s Swan House B&B, an 1870 Victorian, got its fill of action during shooting. “We needed a room courtesy photos

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aroline Cole, who bought the inn Are You Ready To Live after production finished, has yet Cto view the final product. “I real- ly don’t see those kinds of films. I’m an al- The Automated Life? ternative health practitioner, and I try to keep a sense of zen. In fact,” she says, “a film producer came to me a few months ago about filming, and I actually declined. That energy is not for me. The entire breakfast room looks over the ocean, and the place is filled with light. It almost does an injustice to it.” The contrast between the inn’s reali- ty and what we see in Island Zero is stark. www.tuckerandtucker.com Luckily for Cole and her visitors, the film’s cleanup crew did a spectacular job. It’s a 636 US Route 1, Second Floor, Scarborough, ME testament to the magic of filmmaking—we 207-885-0059 | [email protected] can be whisked away to an alien invasion right here on our romantic coast of Maine.

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