PITTSBURGH — Sure, "Archive 81" is largely set in and around New York City. But to Matt McGorry, who plays podcaster Mark Higgins in the Netflix horror series, "Archive 81" is as much about where it was actually shot — western Pennsylvania — as it is the Big Apple.
"The spirit of where something is filmed usually makes it into the DNA of the show," McGorry told the Post-Gazette. "I do feel like that is true in this case as well. As much as we're supposed to be in New York City, I know for me it was always Pittsburgh and will forever be Pittsburgh in my mind."
"Archive 81" is a television adaptation of the found-footage horror podcast of the same name that premiered last week on Netflix. It's set across multiple timelines as present-day archivist Dan Turner (Mamoudou Athie) races to understand what's going on in the mysterious tapes he's restoring. He's also trying to help filmmaker Melody Pendras (Dina Shihabi), the main figure on those tapes, get out of a supernatural situation that's been plaguing her since 1994.
