How a Nova Scotia film crew built a fake town in Beaver Bank

There's a town on a piece of land in Beaver Bank, but it's unlike any other.

It's filled with mystery, monsters and fake buildings and it was created for the television series From.

The Paramount+ show, which is being produced in the Halifax area,is abouta group of people who can't escape froma small town because the surrounding woods arefilled with man-eating humanoidcreatures.

The set was built in 2021for the show's first season. It features 10 buildings, including a church, a diner and a mansion, which are used for both exterior and interior shots.

"It's just sort of unbelievable how quickly it all went up and how believable it is when you drive through it it's actually a town," Kevin Lewis, the head of the show's scenic department, told CBC Radio's Information Morning Nova Scotia.

To hear more about the set and how it came together, listen to Information Morning guest host Preston Mulligan's full interview below.