The Vasquez Rocks, situated in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, in northern Los Angeles County, California, have been used as a setting for key scenes in many motion pictures, television shows, music videos, and video games. The following is a partial list of such multimedia in which the rock formations are included:
Film
[edit]- Alpha Dog (2007)
- Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
- Apache (1954)
- Army of Darkness (1992)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
- Bubble Boy (2001)
- Cars (2006)
- The Charge at Feather River (1953)
- Danger! Danger! (2021)
- Deathsport (1978)
- Delta Farce (2007)
- Dracula (1931)
- The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
- Epoch (2000)
- The Flintstones (1994)
- For the Boys (1991)
- Forbidden World (1982)
- Free Enterprise (1998)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Guns of El Chupacabra (1997)
- Hail, Caesar! (2016)
- Hearts of the West (1975)
- Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987)
- Holes (2003)
- In the Army Now (1994)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Jingle All the Way (1996)
- Joe Dirt (2001)
- John Carter (2012)
- Kill Your Darlings (2006)
- Last Assassins (1996)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- Nick Knight (1989)
- The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
- Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
- Missile to the Moon (1958)
- Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
- The Muppet Movie (1979)
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
- Nickelodeon (1976)
- One Million B.C. (1940)
- Parasite (1982)
- Planet of Dinosaurs (1978)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Playing God (1997)
- Princess of Mars (2009)
- The Rapture (1991)
- The Sea of Grass (1947)
- Secrets (1933)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- A Single Man (2009)
- Solar Crisis (1990)
- Son of the Border (1933)
- Space Raiders (1983)
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Thief of Damascus (1952)
- A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
- To the Bone (2017)
- Very Bad Things (2006)
- Wavelength (1983)
- We're in the Legion Now! (1936)
- Werewolf of London (1935)
Vasquez Rocks
Television
[edit]- 24
- The A-Team
- The Adventures of Champion
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- Airwolf
- Alias
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Alien Hunter
- Alien Nation
- Annie Oakley
- Bat Masterson
- Batman (TV series) [1]
- Battlestar Galactica
- Benson
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Big Valley
- The Bionic Woman
- Bonanza
- Bones
- Branded
- Broken Arrow
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Buffalo Bill, Jr.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Charmed
- Cheyenne
- Cimarron Strip
- The Cisco Kid
- Cousin Skeeter
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Daniel Boone
- Death Valley Days
- Dinosaurs
- Fantasy Island
- The Fall Guy
- Fastlane
- Fear Factor
- Firefly
- For All Mankind
- Friends
- The Fugitive
- The Gene Autry Show
- The Greatest American Hero
- Gunsmoke
- Have Gun – Will Travel
- Hell Town
- The High Chaparral
- Hondo
- Hunter
- The Incredible Hulk
- The Invaders
- JAG
- Johnny Ringo
- Korg: 70,000 B.C.
- Kung Fu
- Laramie
- Las Vegas
- Lassie
- Logan's Run
- The Lone Ranger
- MacGyver
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Maverick
- Medium
- The Middleman
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Mission: Impossible
- Monk
- Mr. Show with Bob and David
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- New Girl
- New Monkees
- Numb3rs
- The Outer Limits (1963–65)
- Paradise
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Power Rangers Turbo
- Power Rangers Zeo
- The Pretender
- Prey
- Project U.F.O.
- The Range Rider
- The Rat Patrol
- The Rifleman
- The Rough Riders
- Roswell
- Room 104
- Saving Grace
- Shazam!
- Simon & Simon
- The Six Million Dollar Man
- Sliders
- Space: Above and Beyond
- Stage 7
- Star Trek
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Star Trek: Picard
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Stories of the Century
- Street Hawk
- Tales from the Crypt
- Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
- Tales of Wells Fargo
- The Tall Man
- Teen Wolf
- The Texan
- Tombstone Territory
- Touch
- The Twilight Zone
- Voyagers!
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- The Westerner
- Westworld
- The Wild Wild West
- Zane Grey Theatre
- Zorro
The rocks were drawn into the animated series Futurama and Star Trek: Lower Decks, depicting various alien landscapes as they did in other science fiction series, and they were also animated in the film Shrek (2001).
Music videos
[edit]- "About a Girl" by Sugababes
- "Be with You" by Enrique Iglesias
- "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
- "Can't Believe a Single Word" by VHS OR BETA
- "Crawl Back In" by Dead By Sunrise
- "Drip Drop" by Lee Tae-min from "Press It"
- "Drummer Boy" by Debi Nova
- "Far Side of Crazy" by Wall Of Voodoo
- "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk3
- "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" by OPM
- "Heavy Metal and Reflective" by Azealia Banks
- "High and Dry" (UK version) by Radiohead
- "I Know You" by Lil Skies & Yung Pinch
- "Like Flames" by Berlin
- "Love's Just a Feeling" by Lindsey Stirling featuring Rooty
- "Mind's Eye" by Wolfmother
- "Mobscene" by Marilyn Manson
- "On" by BTS from Map of the Soul: 7 (2020)
- "Rehab" by Rihanna (featuring Justin Timberlake)
- "Resta in ascolto" by Laura Pausini
- "S Club Party" by S Club 7 (also used for their 1999 TV special Back to the 50's)
- "Sanctuary" by Joji
- "Solitary Confinement" by Evidence (feat. Krondon) from The Layover EP DVD
- "Sora ni Kakeru Hashi (空にかける橋?)" by Masami Okui
- "Steal My Girl" by One Direction
- "This Darkened Heart" by All That Remains
- "This Ladder is Ours" by The Joy Formidable
- "Too Much to Think" by 311
- "Turnaround" by Stealin Horses
- "When the Curtain Falls" by Greta Van Fleet
- "Work The Angles" by Dilated Peoples from The Platform
- "You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The cover of Village People's album Cruisin' was shot at Vasquez Rocks.
Video games
[edit]- Prey, a video game by 3D Realms and Human Head Studios[a]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ specifically the live action footage of the Super Trailer
References
[edit]- ^ "Batman - Filming & production". IMDB.