The Parenting filming locations: Where was the horror comedy filmed?

Brian Cox starrer The Parenting is up and running on HBO Max, as it met with an average reception by the critics. The film is about a family vacation gone wrong when people in the house encounter a 400-year-old entity that keeps possessing humans lurking on the premises.

Other than Brian Cox, the film also stars Edith Falco (The Sopranos), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Lisa Kudrow (Friends), and more in the horror comedy. Despite average reviews, the film became the most popular entry on Max this week, followed by Despicable Me 4 (2024) and Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim.

The film reportedly entered production in March 2022 and wrapped things up in just a couple of months. As for filming locations, it was shot in different regions of Massachusetts.

Where in Massachusetts was The Parenting filmed?

The film was shot in three places - Worcester City, Leominister, and Devens. We will take a closer look at these locations now.

Worcester City

Though supernatural entities prefer the most secluded places, Worcester City made the cut for this supernatural film. That's the second most populous city in Massachusetts. However, there was one wedding reception scene in The Parenting that didn't make the cut in the film.

The city is often considered the "Heart of the Commonwealth" for being close to the geographic center of the US state. The confluence of the center, Middle River, and Mill Brooks forms the Blackstone River in the middle of the city.

As far as movies are concerned, films like Captain Phillips (2013), The Judge (2014), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and more have been shot in the region.

Leominster

Leominster serves as another location for The Parenting, more specifically, the Doyle Community Park, a 170-acre open space reservation under the watchful eye of a non-profit conservation dubbed The Trustees of Reservations.

Population-wise, it's comparatively smaller than Worcester City, with around 43k people in it, according to the recent census in the US. Interestingly, the region is divided into small villages, including French Hill, Lincoln Terrace, Morse Hollow, and more.

The region is featured most popularly in Apple TV's Defending Jacob, starring Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Pablo Schreiber, and more. Other prominent projects include School Ties (1992), Tumbledown (2015), and more.

Devens

Lastly, we have Devens as the final location for The Parenting in this list. The crew used New England Studios' premises for filming, which has become a popular destination in the industry, particularly for the New England Region. The entire facility is spread across 15.7 acres in Devens.

Devens is the smallest of the three locations, and its recent census reports that only 1,697 people lived there. It serves as a boundary between Middlesex and Worcester, too. A few places that might interest people include Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Devens Historic District, and the Fort Devens Museum.

Dexter: New Blood would be the most popular project featuring Devens, but the region is also featured in Dwayne Johnson's Central Intelligence (2016), Denzel Washington's The Equalizer 2 (2018), and Zachary Levi's Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), and more.

The Parenting is currently streaming on HBO Max.