According to Reuters, the house featured in the Academy Award-winning thriller film "The Silence of the Lambs" as the lair of the psychopathic criminal known as Buffalo Bill is up for sale in Pennsylvania for $300,000.  The owners, Scott and Barbara Lloyd, are looking to downsize and decided to sell the house last Sunday.

"The Silence of the Lambs" is a 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme.  The story revolved around the young FBI agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) who is assigned to find Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), a psychopathic killer who skins his female victims creating a "woman suit".  To help her find the killer, she seeks the help of another psychopath, Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to understand how psychopath's mind works.  The agents believe that Hannibal can lead them to the right location of Buffalo Bill.  The movie won six Oscars which include "Best Director", "Best Actor", "Best Actress", "Best Adapted Screenplay" and "Best Picture".

The house is actually a bright and cheery three-storey Victorian house that has four bedrooms, a pool and a garage that can fit four cars.  According to Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the four-bedroom home was built in 1910.  Scott and Barbara Lloyd finally bought the house in 1976 and the couple actually married right at the home's foyer February 1977.  In 1989, they were approached by a movie producer scouting for locations for a film.  Finally Lloyd's home was chosen and it took 6 weeks for the production crew to prepare the house for shooting.  According to Barbara Lloyd, "They were looking for a home in which you entered the front door and had a straight line through.  They wanted it to look like a spider web, with Buffalo Bill drawing Jodie Foster into the foyer, into the kitchen, then into the basement."

Diana Wilk, the estate agent looking after the property, believes that its infamy can be a strong selling point.  She could imagine the house being used as a "horror-themed bed and breakfast".