On Film
In 1964, Jack Hill shot the horror comedy cult film Spider Baby (also known as Attack of the Liver Eaters) at the Smith Estate. A short clip from the film showing a full view of the estate and the front porch can be viewed on YouTube.com. In 2007, writer/director Hill recalled: "We did a documentary for the DVD where I went back to the house and showed where we shot this, where we shot that. Today, of course, it's been remodeled and people are living there and it's probably worth a couple of million."
Silent Scream was also shot at this location. The exterior of the house can be viewed in the opening ten minutes of the film.
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