The "house" that is the main subject in this movie is called the Montezuma Castle and is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico. I grew up with this castle (as it is called by all the locals) right in my back yard. As a child my friends and i would play around and sometimes inside where a lot of the movie props were still stashed away in one of the many rooms downstairs on the main floor. This building was originally built three different times by the SF&AT Railroad in the late 1800's. The current building still standing was the third and final hotel, called the Montezuma hotel and also nicknamed the phoenix. After it closed during the great depression, it was a friary for many years as well as a sanitarium. It sat empty and fell into bad shape and was bought by the Armand Hammer United World College basically for storage, A movie in 1978 and the occasional tour of historic New Mexico sites. It was renovated in 2000 and rededicated By HRM Queen Noor of Jordan in 2001 as the Davis Center. Its a must see if you're a fan of the movie "The Evil" and even if you're not. The entire movie was shot on location in Las Vegas, NM....all of the interior is that of the Montezuma CAstle and the very beginning is at the New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Review of The Evil
