Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ Directed by John Lee Hancock, is a horror film based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name from his collection If It Bleeds. It follows Craig, a teenager who tries to fit in with the crowd at school but is constantly bullied by his classmates. A lonely boy befriends Mr. Harrigan, an elderly billionaire for whom he does odd jobs, and gives him an iPhone.
When the latter dies suddenly, Craig is devastated to lose his only friend and puts the phone in the coffin at the funeral. One day, unable to deal with his bullies, he calls the late billionaire’s phone, desperate to hear his voice again.
To Craig’s complete shock, he receives a response from Mr. Harrigan, who begins communicating with him regularly on the phone. But things take a turn for the worse when the teenager’s aggressors start dying one by one, and he fears that his late friend is to blame. While the suspenseful narrative scares the audience and keeps them hooked, the visual backdrop of the eerie small town adds to the scary aspect of Mr. Harrigan’s Phone film.
Where Was Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Movie Filmed?
‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ was shot entirely in Connecticut, specifically in Fairfield, Middlesex, and Litchfield counties. Filming for the lead role of Jaeden Martell began in October 2021 and ended about two months later in December of that year.
Although the story takes place in a fictional town in Maine, the Constitution State perfectly represents the latter. Now let’s walk through all the chilling locations featured in Mr. Harrigan’s Phone Netflix movie.
Connecticut
‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ was primarily filmed in Fairfield County in the southwest corner of Connecticut. The cast and crew set up camp mainly in Norwalk, a city in the southern part of the county. The Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum in Matthews Park at 295 West Avenue represents Mr. Harrigan’s mysterious mansion.
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The Second Empire-style country house was built for railroad magnate LeGrand Lockwood in 1864-1868. The property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It features a beautiful conservatory and an extensive library with walls lined with books that appear in many scenes.
Patsy Brescia, then-chair of the LMMM board of directors, shared that the film crew was quite considerate in taking care of the property throughout the process. She said: “…anything that moves or touches them has to be done with our people and they pay for it,
So our architects and everyone we’ve worked with on the restoration of the building over the last many years will be working with them on protecting the building while they are filming.” The rotunda area, the balcony above the rotunda, and the exteriors of the castle served as the main shooting locations.
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In addition, the scene where Craig buys an iPhone was filmed on Washington Street in South Norwalk, where the production team converted an empty storefront into a cell phone store in 2010. Production was later moved to the beach town of Fairfield, which sits on the shores of Long Island Sound.
Key sequences were filmed at the Old Academy Building on the Town Hall Campus, First Church Congregational at 148 Beach Road, and the South Benson Marina at 471 Turney Road in Fairfield.
The crew then traveled to Wilton, where they reportedly shot some scenes at the former Wilton Baptist Church at 254 Danbury Road. In addition, the Ridgefield Playhouse concert hall at 80 East Ridge Road in Colonial Ridgefield represents the fictional Gates Fall High School in the film Mr. Harrigan’s Phone.’
Other parts of the horror film were shot at Sherwood Island State Park in the Green Farms section of Westport and Greenwich, a town in southwestern Fairfield County.
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While filming the Donald Sutherland starrer, the production unit also stopped in Portland, a city in Middlesex County that lies across the Connecticut River from Middletown. Several opening shots were shot at the Quarry View Historic Park and Campground at 311 Brownstone Avenue.
Some parts of ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ was shot in Barkhamsted, a town in Litchfield County. The cast and crew were mainly spotted filming many scenes on West River Road. Barkhamsted is named after the English town of the same name and includes seven villages – West Hill, Mallory, Center Hill, Barkhamsted Center, Pleasant Valley, Washington Hill, and Riverton.
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