It may not be as prominent and
rabid as it had been in the decade before, but there would still be an active global
fandom for the modest media franchise started by Stephenie Meyer and her book
series about a human girl and her “vegetarian” vampire boyfriend. “Twilight”
and its sequels in the saga (three more books, four more movies) were a collective
smash hit that turned the real-life equivalent of its setting – Forks,
Washington – into a tourist destination. The movies however, were filmed just
about everywhere in the Pacific Northwest. The Forks home of Bella Swan and her
father, for example, was in Oregon. And now said home is listed as an Airbnb
location.
USA Today reports that a two-story five bedroom residence in St.
Helens, Oregon (not far from Portland), is ready to accommodate a maximum 10-person
group of “Twi-Hard” fans of the “Twilight” saga via Airbnb. That is because
that house was used in the film adaptations to stand for the Swan residence in
the cinematic rendition of constantly-overcast Forks. The home was built during
the 1930s and its most previous owners, who have asked fans to stand from the
road when taking pictures and video, sold the home last year. The current
owners are even bigger Twi-hards and have spruced up the house for Airbnb
occupation.
Granted, when Summit Entertainment
used the house for filming the first “Twilight” movie, they did a lot of
aesthetic improvements to the property, which was retained after production and
the 2018 sale. As an Airbnb location, the owners have tried to leave the house
and furnishings as depicted in the film, even leaving cardboard standees of
Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) and her alternate werewolf love interest
Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) at rooms in the house. No Edward standee though,
as he tended to stay outside watching Bella sleep.
The St. Helens home, now called the
“Twilight Swan House” on Airbnb, was only ever used for location filming on the
original movie. For the sequels, the Swan residence interiors were merely on a
studio soundstage, but the actual house has been immortalized in the eyes of
fans. The Airbnb listing states that a stay at the Twilight Swan house is worth
a basic $330 with an added cleaning charge and commission. It can accommodate a
group of ten people max with a minimum stay of two nights. About the only
hazard in the property are not red-eyed (non-vegetarian) vamps or angry
werewolves, but a steep gully at the back that requires caution when viewing.
For more details, visit the
listing on the Airbnb website.
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