Where ‘Carrie’ Was Really Filmed and How Vancouver Became Chamberlain, Maine

Stephen King’s first novel has finally been rebuilt for television, and fans are already hunting for the real streets and school hallways behind the horror. The eight episodes of the limited series will all be released on Wednesday, October 7. That makes the ‘Carrie‘ filming locations one of the hottest questions in horror fandom right now.

Mike Flanagan’s version never actually went to Maine. Production took place in Vancouver, with official filming dates running from June 16 to October 17 in 2025. A handful of Canadian neighborhoods ended up doing the heavy lifting for a fictional New England town, so here is where the cameras really landed.

‘Carrie’ Filming Locations Across Vancouver

The production used The Bridge Studios for its sound stage work. Intrepid Pictures, Red Room Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios are the companies behind the series. Studio work like this usually handles the interiors that need total control, which fits a story built around a claustrophobic home life.

Flanagan was no stranger to the region when he arrived. All of his Netflix horror series filmed in Vancouver, with the exception of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’. He also returned to the city in mid February to start prep on the series, so the crew had months of groundwork before the cameras rolled.

When the shoot finally ended, the showrunner marked the moment publicly. He shared that it was the last day of filming and said he could not wait for audiences to see what the team had made. For a production that spent roughly four months in the city, it was a fitting goodbye.

The Eric Hamber Secondary School as Ewen High

The most important real world location is the school where so much of Carrie White’s pain unfolds. Eric Hamber School in Vancouver stands in for Carrie’s high school, which is called Ewen High School in King’s novel. Daily Hive reports the building was transformed into Ewen High School during filming.

Viewers already got a peek at the campus when the full trailer dropped. Various spots inside Eric Hamber can be seen in the official trailer released on September 9, including classrooms, a changeroom and a gymnasium. Those are exactly the kinds of spaces where a high school horror story lives or dies.

Eagle eyed film fans may also feel a strange sense of déjà vu. The school sits in the Shaughnessy neighborhood of Vancouver right next door to VanDusen Botanical Garden, and it served as Dancing Elk High School in ‘Juno’. Its parking lot also appeared in the television series ’21 Jump Street’.

Cloverdale Becomes Chamberlain, Maine

King’s story takes place in the fictional town of Chamberlain, and the production found its stand in somewhere else. The series turned Cloverdale, BC into Chamberlain, Maine. That small town transformation gives the show its everyday, lived in backdrop before everything goes wrong.

Cloverdale has already made an appearance in the marketing. A fiery scene that was filmed in Cloverdale made the cut for the new trailer. Anyone who knows how this story ends will understand why a blaze in the middle of town is the kind of image that sticks.

The shoot also mattered beyond the screen. Paul Orazietti, executive director of the Cloverdale BIA, says filming is a vital part of the community’s economy. For a neighborhood that ended up playing a Maine town, the attention is a welcome bonus.

The Cast Who Called Vancouver Home During the Shoot

The people on screen spent plenty of time in these locations too. The drama stars Summer H. Howell, Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Thalia Dudek, Amber Midthunder and Matthew Lillard. Howell won the title role after an extensive search that saw nearly 1,500 actors audition.

The shoot doubled as a reunion for several familiar faces. Michael Trucco and Katee Sackhoff of ‘Battlestar Galactica’ reunited in Vancouver for the series. Several of Flanagan’s regular collaborators also appear, including Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint and Michael Trucco, and Heather Graham was also in Vancouver filming for the series.

Now the finished product is almost here. The series closes Primetime at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 18, and then all eight episodes arrive at once in more than 240 countries and territories. And when you spot Eric Hamber’s gymnasium on screen and recognize it from ‘Juno’, does that familiarity soften the dread or make Ewen High feel even more unsettlingly real?