Blackwood Asylum / The Devils Chair....

Blackwood Asylum / The Devils Chair

Good afternoon folks, get ready for an odd one.

Last night I saw the film ‘The Devils chair’ and noticed the two locations where it was filmed looked VERY familiar.

The location has been visited (and reported) by me on at least 3 occasions, and there are literally hundreds of reports on this place so I’m sure it doesn’t need any more publicity, hence I’ve not mentioned the location. Truth be told, it’s not an asylum either...

TBH I’m really surprised no one else has seen the film and put two and two together. I’ve not visited this place since I saw the film (last night) so I’m not able to post any ‘direct comparison’ shots. Are we sitting comfortably…

The Entrance Hall:




Weirdly, in the dining room there’s just a single lone table - here’s Cavewheel relaxing on it…


…Little did he know the tables grizzy past…


Shot from the film:


Shot from my visit:


Note the grimy green walls:




Note the clown in the back ground (apologies for dark pic, it’s a dark bit in the film!)


It did freak me out a little when I discovered it on a lone explore


The Chair…note the fenestration behind the chair


It’ the window on the left…


More in the entrance hall. You can even see the ‘Danger keep out’ sign painted on the white door by the airsofters that use the site.




Shot from the film:


Rad’s had been nicked for scrap by the time I paid my first lone visit, only ten months after filming.


Final shots from film


Even the same light fittings remain


Now, this is where it gets really weird, the ‘in-use’ asylum looked VERY familiar too.


Was I a former patient? Had I visited it in a previous life?

No…

…I got married there last year!

Don’t believe me? Here’s me & Mrs UrbanX:


Imagine my surprise when I saw the office they were using (Note Lady Sandwich above the fireplace)


That was the actual room I got married in!! It’s so odd to see the guy from Garth Merenghi, and the IT crowd arsing around in there months before I was there signing my life away.


Anyway folks, I hope you enjoyed my discovery, please don’t go nuts at the ‘Asylum’ with fake blood etc.
Let’s leave this for others to discover , and experience it just like we have