You can rent the whole house that stood in for Buffalo Bill's home in The Silence of the Lambs. It's in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, and the building was already about 80 years old when the movie came out in 1991. Look at the entrance in the scene where Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling comes to the door. That part of the movie was shot at this 1910 Queen Anne. Ted Levine played the man she was there to see.
Owner Chris Rowan rents the house out for overnight stays and opens it to visitors on certain tour dates. Those have separate booking pages. The 2026 tour season ended in October, and the operator has a waitlist for people who want to hear when 2027 tickets go on sale. If you're thinking about a night there, use the overnight calendar. The house and grounds are private between booked visits, so you'll need to arrange a stay or tour before you go.
What the Movie Shot Here
Rowan bought the property in early 2021. There was already plenty to work with. In the photographs, the stair rail and dark wood trim give you a sense of the house underneath the movie theme. The operator points to the porch, kitchen and stairs down to the basement as places the crew used. The film needed a house a character could walk through, and the crew made use of the rooms and passages it found here.
A photo by the stairs shows a figure in an orange outfit and restraint mask, part of the movie-themed display. In another image, a character portrait fills part of the bathroom. Those are details from the rental as it was photographed after Rowan took over. The poster at the top of the gallery belongs to the film's promotion. The exterior photo gives you the view of the actual house, porch and all.
The well is the part visitors might expect to recognize. The production shot the scenes in which Buffalo Bill holds Catherine Martin, played by Brooke Smith, on a separate set. There's a well in the basement today because Rowan worked with horror effects artist Tom Savini to create one for visitors. If you see a photograph of people standing inside the pit here, you're looking at the recreation built after the movie.
