People Are Gushing Over This Aggressively Charming Airbnb Listing (That Just So Happened To Be An Iconic Horror Movie Shooting Location)

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Scream fans, this one is for you. (And honestly, non-Scream fans who just like looking at pretty Airbnb listings and fantasizing about staying in them, this one's for you too.) Remember the reaaaaaally gorgeous, really remote cabin where Sidney Prescott was hiding away in Scream 3? With this view?

vista of mountains at sunset
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Where Dewey very romantically proposes to Gale on the porch?

gale weathers getting proposed to in scream 3
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And where — in a moment of true closure for the original trilogy of films — Sidney decides she can just, you know, leave the front door open?! No scary murderers to run from anymore?!

sidney prescott leaving door open and smiling in scream 3
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That house is now listed on Airbnb. IDK if it's because Scream is my guilty pleasure or because I love looking at pictures of Airbnb listings I can't afford, but I am fully obsessed with it.

In Scream 3, the cabin is supposed to be in Monterey, California. But according to the listing, the real-life property is located in Topanga, which is basically right between Malibu and Los Angeles proper in the Santa Monica Mountains.

pin on topanga on the california coast via google maps
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The actual Scream cabin — now known as The Gate House — is one of seven unique spaces in a gated estate called, shockingly, The Estate. The various properties were all rehabbed by Elsewhere California, and y'all, they did not mess around with these renovations.

Let's start with the interior. If you've ever seen Scream 3, you'll remember this shot. Likely because of hot Patrick Dempsey holding a bowl of popcorn.

patrick dempsey holding a bowl of popcorn in a green kitchen in scream 3

(My first viewing of the original Scream trilogy was right in the middle of my "I think I might be gay" era, so obviously McDreamy as Mark Kincaid lives in my head rent-free.)

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The new-and-improved cabin seemingly ran with the original green kitchen cabinets and said "Y'all like green? I'll give you green." I, for one, think it's immaculate.

renovated kitchen and living room in airbnb with plush orange velvet couch and all green walls and ceiling

(Though they're missing one important element.)

photoshopped version of said living room with patrick dempsey in it holding the bowl of popcorn

The kitchen itself is sage green from bottom to top and includes a farmhouse sink and French door fridge to boot. As evidenced by the horrifically blurry screenshot from Scream 3, the original kitchen had neither. It also appears that they moved the original stairs from the hallway to the kitchen.

sidney prescott in scream walking through the kitchen with renovated version below

These ones...

arrow pointing to the stairs behind patrick dempsey in the scene
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...to accommodate this sleeping loft! We love.

sleeping loft with two twin beds on the floor

The entryway that Sidney used and initially locked up like it was Fort Knox appears to now be a bedroom. Great idea for an Airbnb — but something (*cough* Sidney's double-lock and security system in the movie) tells me that she would NOT have appreciated that design choice.

arrow pointing to the door in scream 3 closed with locks and the door being wide open in the newly-renovated version, with a bed in that room

And while we're in the living room: Remember that cursed scene where Sidney gets haunted by the ghost of her dead mother in the bay window?

sidney's mom haunting her in scream 3 through a bay window
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And then she imagines Ghostface there?!

ghostface scaring sidney in the same window
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The bay window is still there, and I'm so glad they didn't tear it out.

arrow pointing to the bay window in the renovated house

Outside, the gate that Sidney utilized to walk her sweet pup looks pretty much the same nowadays, minus A) the paved driveway and B) lots of deer.

sidney opening the gate with her dog in scream 3 with an image of the same gate, surrounded by deer, in the airbnb listing

The biggest update since the Scream days, however, is probably the exterior of the house itself. They built a retaining wall, landscaped the hell out of it, and most obviously, they traded the brown-with-green-trim paint job for the very trendy all-black look.

sidney walking dog to house that's brown with green trim, and the new house in contrast that's all black

The porch also appears to be a brand-new addition. It spans the entire length of the cabin...and was even built around a tree! (And there's that bay window again.)

cedar deck with four rocking chairs against the all black house

And that gorgeous establishing shot of the mountains that I brought up earlier?

shot of sunset through the california mountains in the movie
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I'm 99% sure this is the exact same view. Add in the cedar soaking tub, and I'm literally drooling.

same view as above, but with a cedar soaking tub at the airbnb looking out

Bury me here.

wide angle of the cedar deck with soaking tub, fire pit, and lounge chairs

Or, more realistically, here.

grassy field with trees and hammock

Anyway, the Scream 3 cabin, aka The Gate House, is currently available to rent on Airbnb. If you've got some money to blow and would love nothing more than to live out your horror film fantasies IRL, the cabin sleeps four guests across two bedrooms, and rates start at around $600 a night.

exterior shot of the all black house with gravel pathways and gardens

Watch out for Ghostface, though.

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(And for the love of god, please SOMEBODY re-create the Sidney Gets Haunted By Her Mother and Her Bloody Fingers scene in that damn bay window.)