Lights, camera, Franklin: “House of Holloway” rolls next week

SIMPSON COUNTY, Ky. — A Hollywood film titled “House of Holloway” will begin production in Franklin. The horror film’s plot hasn’t yet been disclosed. It will be filmed in residential areas throughout Franklin.

Amy Ellis, the executive with the Simpson County Tourism Commission, said, “The West Kentucky Film Commission contacts and says, ‘We’re looking for a house. It has to have a basement, woods, and it has to have a creek. The things they need.’ We send photos and the director looks at the pictures and says, ‘Yeah, this is kind of what I’m looking for.’”

The film will be in production for a couple of weeks, starting Tuesday, Jan. 20. According to Judge-Executive Mason Barnes, this influx of Hollywood investment into the area could boost local tourism.

Barnes said, “The more things that happen in this community, it brings people in, they’re staying overnight, that just bolsters our tourism efforts.”

According to Ellis, film productions are coming to Kentucky because of the Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program, which gives tax credits to films whose productions happen in the Commonwealth.

Ellis said, “If you come to Kentucky, and you film, hire people from Kentucky, do business in Kentucky, and stay in our hotels and eat in our restaurants, you keep all of those receipts, Kentucky gives you back a certain percentage of that.”

“House of Holloway” is hiring for positions such as production assistants and script screeners.

People can apply by sending an email to nick@goldhivemedia.com.