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<p>PERRYOPOLIS &#8212; A Pennsylvania couple is struggling to sell a house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs.&#8221;</p><p>Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last summer, but they&#8217;ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000.</p><p>The three-story Victorian in Layton was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but Scott Lloyd <a href="http://bit.ly/1ZneWt5" target="_blank">told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review</a> that the publicity has attracted curiosity seekers, but no serious buyers.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re finally starting to see a little bit of motion,&#8221; Lloyd said.</p><p>The home&#8217;s location in a tiny village about an hour&#8217;s drive southeast of Pittsburgh works against it. So does the fact that it has only one bathroom to go with its four bedrooms.</p><p>&#8220;Even though it&#8217;s got notoriety, location still is a big deal,&#8221; said Erik Gunther, a senior editor and expert on unique homes for Realtor.com.</p><p>The foyer and dining room were depicted in the film, but no, there&#8217;s no dungeon pit in the basement where the killer played by Ted Levine kept his victims before killing and skinning them. Those grisly scenes were filmed on a soundstage.</p><p>A film crew spent three days shooting in the home near Perryopolis. The Lloyds are selling the house, where they raised their son, because they&#8217;re downsizing into a ranch-style home they&#8217;re building a few miles away.</p><p>A couple months after buying the home, the Lloyds were married Feb. 13, 1977, in the foyer where Levine&#8217;s character first meets the FBI agent portrayed by Jodie Foster.</p><p>Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for playing Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a crazed, cannibalistic psychiatrist whose macabre clues help rookie Agent Clarice Starling track down and kill Buffalo Bill in his home. Foster also won an Oscar.</p><p>&#8220;The fact that a home gets a ton of publicity doesn&#8217;t necessarily add up to a quick sale,&#8221; Gunther said. &#8220;Just because I want to gawk at something doesn&#8217;t mean I want to buy it.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A realtor sign in front of the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs&#8221; is seen on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Perryopolis, Pa. Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last summer, but they&#8217;ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but no serious buyers. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_house2.jpg</photo0><caption0>A realtor sign in front of the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs&#8221; is seen on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Perryopolis, Pa. Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last summer, but they&#8217;ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but no serious buyers. </caption0><photoCredit0>AP Photo | Keith Srakocic </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_house1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Scott Lloyd stands on the front porch of his home which is the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs&#8221; on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Perryopolis, Pa. Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house for sale last summer, but they&#8217;ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but no serious buyers. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_house1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Scott Lloyd stands on the front porch of his home which is the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film &#8220;The Silence of the Lambs&#8221; on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Perryopolis, Pa. Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house for sale last summer, but they&#8217;ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but no serious buyers. </caption1><photoCredit1>AP Photo | Keith Srakocic </photoCredit1></div></div>
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Western Pa. couple struggles to sell ‘Silence of the Lambs’ house