Château de l'horreur
About this location
At Château de l'horreur in Dordogne, the approach at night is made by car, headlights sweeping a grassy drive that curves toward a large, unlit stone gatehouse or tower with a steep pointed roof and a long wall extending left, trees silhouetted in the darkness. Inside, the abandoned château opens into dim, decaying rooms where white sheets cover furniture and a wooden table beneath exposed plank-and-beam ceilings, with an ornate brass chandelier and a candelabra-style chandelier hanging above pale walls patched with exposed stone. A tiled utility room holds a white washing machine topped by a laundry basket of white cloth, a sink with a blue basin, and a blue canister vacuum on a grimy floor, while a cramped room with peeling paint and a stained ceiling contains a wire drying rack with plastic hangers, a yellow cloth, a small purple item, a thin stick, and a large patterned sack. Elsewhere, an abandoned bedroom shows a dust-covered bed with a reddish headboard, a dark wooden wardrobe, a chair draped in white cloth, a patterned rug, a single hanging light, and scattered debris, leaving the whole place damp, neglected, and eerie.