MASSACHUSETTS

Thanks to tax incentives paired with iconic New England charm and the state’s popularity among cinematographers, Massachusetts is known as “Hollywood East." The brownstones and old brick pathways of Boston and the sleepy coastal magic of Cape Cod beguile producers with authentic New England backdrops oozing with old-world character. Boston was used as a New York City backdrop for the all-female blockbuster remake of Ghostbusters

In the 2009 Sandra Bullock rom-com The Proposal starring Ryan Reynolds, an Alaska seaside family vista overlooking the ocean was filmed in Manchester-ByThe-Sea and Rockport on the Cape. Historic Salem was the obvious magical choice for the 1993 cult Halloween classic Hocus Pocus