where the Southern Gothic imagery is pronounced. But viewers may be surprised to learn where To Kill a Mockingbird was actually filmed. The good people don't always win, not even in the movies.

The fictional town in "To Kill a Mockingbird" was based on Monroeville, Ala., but the 1962 movie was not filmed in Monroeville.

and low-key lighting right out of a gothic monster flick. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is not the be-all, end-all American story ...