Buffy the Vampire Slayer filming locations
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Many scenes in the movie
and television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer were shot on locations in and around Los Angeles, California
.
In the 1992 motion picture version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
starring Kristy Swanson
, Marshall High School at 400 Tracy Street in Los Angeles provided locations for Hemery High School.
After the events of that movie, Buffy Summers
was expelled from Hemery and moved to Sunnydale
, where she attended Sunnydale High School, whose exterior scenes were shot at Torrance High School
at 2200 W. Carson Street in Torrance, California
.
During the fourth season of the show, Buffy and her friends Willow Rosenberg
and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne attended the fictional University of California at Sunnydale. Exterior shots used in the series were filmed at the actual University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Westwood
, at California State University, Northridge
, and at the CF Braun Business Park at 1000 S. Fremont Street, Alhambra
. In later seasons, the Cal State Northridge exteriors were used for the new Sunnydale High School where Buffy's younger sister Dawn
was a student, rebuilt after the original high school was blown up.
, three blocks north of Torrance High School.
The mansion occupied by vampires Angel, Drusilla and Spike at the end of the second season (and by Angel in the third) is the Ennis House
, designed by the celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright
. It stands on a hilltop at 2607 Glendower Avenue in Griffith Park
.
, and many cemetery scenes were filmed at the Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery at 1831 W. Washington Boulevard, to the south of Los Angeles’ Koreatown
.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American action/comedy/horror film about a Valley girl cheerleader named Buffy who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires. The original script for the film was written by Joss Whedon, who later created the darker and more acclaimed TV series of the same name...
and television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer were shot on locations in and around Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Schools
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American action/comedy/horror film about a Valley girl cheerleader named Buffy who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires. The original script for the film was written by Joss Whedon, who later created the darker and more acclaimed TV series of the same name...
starring Kristy Swanson
Kristy Swanson
Kristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson is an American actress best known for playing Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she also played Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C...
, Marshall High School at 400 Tracy Street in Los Angeles provided locations for Hemery High School.
After the events of that movie, Buffy Summers
Buffy Summers
Buffy Summers is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer before going on to appear in the television series and subsequent comic book of the same name...
was expelled from Hemery and moved to Sunnydale
Sunnydale
Sunnydale, California is the fictional setting for the U.S. television drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Series creator Joss Whedon conceived the town as a representation of a generic California city, as well as a narrative parody of the all-too-serene towns typical in traditional horror...
, where she attended Sunnydale High School, whose exterior scenes were shot at Torrance High School
Torrance High School
Torrance High School is a high school located in Torrance, California. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and is the oldest of the four high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Four of its buildings are listed on the U.S...
at 2200 W. Carson Street in Torrance, California
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
.
During the fourth season of the show, Buffy and her friends Willow Rosenberg
Willow Rosenberg
Willow Rosenberg is a fictional character created for the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan...
and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne attended the fictional University of California at Sunnydale. Exterior shots used in the series were filmed at the actual University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Westwood
Westwood, Los Angeles, California
Westwood is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles .-History:...
, at California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
, and at the CF Braun Business Park at 1000 S. Fremont Street, Alhambra
Alhambra, California
Alhambra is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, which is approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles civic center. As of the 2010 census, the population was 83,089, down from 85,804 at the 2000 census. The city's...
. In later seasons, the Cal State Northridge exteriors were used for the new Sunnydale High School where Buffy's younger sister Dawn
Dawn Summers
Dawn Summers is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Marti Noxon and David Fury on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Michelle Trachtenberg. She made her debut in the premiere episode of the show's fifth season, and subsequently appeared in every...
was a student, rebuilt after the original high school was blown up.
Residences
The house used for exterior shots of Buffy’s house on Revello Drive is a real house in Torrance, CaliforniaTorrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
, three blocks north of Torrance High School.
The mansion occupied by vampires Angel, Drusilla and Spike at the end of the second season (and by Angel in the third) is the Ennis House
Ennis House
The Ennis House is a residential dwelling in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA, south of Griffith Park. The home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923, and built in 1924....
, designed by the celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
. It stands on a hilltop at 2607 Glendower Avenue in Griffith Park
Griffith Park
Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America...
.
Cemeteries
A makeshift cemetery was set up in the parking lot of the show’s studios in Santa MonicaSanta Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
, and many cemetery scenes were filmed at the Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery at 1831 W. Washington Boulevard, to the south of Los Angeles’ Koreatown
Koreatown, Los Angeles, California
Koreatown is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire district of the city of Los Angeles, California known for its concentration of Korean American people and institutions...
.
Other locations
Other Buffy locations include:- West Torrance High SchoolWest High School (Torrance)West Torrance High School is a public high school in Torrance, California, United States. The mascot is the Warrior.-History:West Torrance High was established in 1962. It serves area bounded by 190th Street, Hawthorne, Sepulveda and west city boundary. The school colors are brown and gold. The...
's football stadium and bleachers ("Some Assembly Required"). - Walt DisneyWalt DisneyWalter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
’s Golden Oak RanchGolden Oak RanchThe Walt Disney Company’s Golden Oak Ranch is a movie ranch that serves as an interior and exterior filming location. The ranch is off of Placerita Canyon Road in Canyon Country, California, less than an hour north of Los Angeles; its entrance is about from Placerita Canyon Road's intersection...
. - The Rose Garden at Exposition ParkExposition Park (Los Angeles)Exposition Park is located in University Park, Los Angeles, California, across the street from the University of Southern California. Exposition Park houses the following:* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum* Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena...
(“Inca Mummy Girl”). - The Santa Ana ZooSanta Ana ZooThe Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California is a zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America. The Santa Ana Zoo hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana...
(“The Pack”, “Shadow”). - Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park at 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Road in Agua Dulce, California.
- Stoner Recreation Center at the intersection of Stoner Avenue and Missouri Avenue in West Los Angeles (“Shadow”, “I Was Made to Love You”, “All the Way”, “Gone”, and “Grave”).
- The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Gardens at 301 N. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia (“Grave”).
- Angel’s Gate Recreation Center at Gaffey and 37th Street in San Pedro (“Grave”).
- Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area at 4100 South La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles (where Tara sings "Under Your Spell" in “Once More, with Feeling”).
- Woodley Avenue Park between Victory Boulevard and Burbank Boulevard in Van Nuys (“Two to Go”).
- The Church of the Angels at 1100 Avenue 64 in PasadenaPasadena, CaliforniaPasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
(“Who Are You?”). - Lockheed Martin’s Skunk WorksSkunk worksSkunk Works is an official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs , formerly called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. Skunk Works is responsible for a number of famous aircraft designs, including the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk, and the F-22 Raptor...
, a facility about an hour’s drive northeast of Los Angeles at which stealth fighters were built (the Initiative in Season Four). - The Castle Green Apartments at 99 S. Raymond Avenue in Pasadena (exterior of Glory’s apartment in Season Five).
- The Four Aces Desert Film Location near 145th Street and Avenue Q, east of Palmdale (“Spiral”, “Villains”).
- Paramount Iceland at 8041 Jackson Street, Paramount (the ice rink in “What’s My Line, Part OneWhat's My Line (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)"What's My Line" is a two-episode story in season two of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.In Part One, Buffy endures Career Week at school while Spike hires assassins to kill her; a fierce fighter who identifies herself as "Kendra, the Vampire Slayer" shows up in Sunnydale...
”). - Third Street PromenadeThird Street PromenadeThe Third Street Promenade is a public entertainment venue in the downtown area of Santa Monica, California. It is considered a premier shopping and dining district on the Westside and draws crowds from all over Los Angeles County...
in Santa Monica (“Entropy”). - Six Flags Magic MountainSix Flags Magic MountainSix Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In...
(“Seeing Red”) (it's next to the "Déjà Vu" ride, southwest corner of park). - The San PedroSan Pedro, Los Angeles, CaliforniaSan Pedro is a port district of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was annexed in 1909 and is a major seaport of the area...
docks (Sunnydale’s waterfront in “Surprise”). - Sherman Oaks GalleriaSherman Oaks GalleriaSherman Oaks Galleria is a shopping mall and business center located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards in the San Fernando Valley....
(the shopping mall in “Bad Eggs”). - Robinson's Department Store at 7th and S. Grand in Los Angeles (the “shopping mall” in “Innocence”).
- The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyNatural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyThe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. Its distinctive main building, with fitted marble walls and domed and...
at 900 Exposition Boulevard (“Inca Mummy Girl”). - Linda Vista HospitalLinda Vista HospitalLinda Vista Community Hospital, originally called the Santa Fe Railroad Hospital and Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital, is a former hospital that is located at 610-30 St. Louis Street in Los Angeles, California, United States, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The hospital was constructed for railroad...
at 610 S. St. Louis Street, Los Angeles. - The "Factory" ("When She Was BadWhen She Was Bad"When She Was Bad" is the first episode in the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The episode was written and directed by series creator and executive producer Joss Whedon...
" through "Passion" and "Lovers WalkLovers Walk"Lovers Walk" is episode 8 of season 3 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing in a Series.- Plot synopsis :...
") is at Willow St. & S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles. - Long Beach Airport at 4100 E Donald Douglas Dr. Long Beach. (Sunnydale Airport in “Bargaining, Part One”)
- The Sunnydale Backlot is at 1800 Stewart St., Santa Monica.
- Sunnydale City Hall is at 18411 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance.
- Mr Kaltenbach's house ("All the Way") is at 4th Ave. & W. 15th St., Los Angeles.
- Amy Madigan's house ("Witch") was at Post Ave. & W. Carson St., Torrance.
- In "The Freshman", Buffy & Eddie got lost on campus and accidentally bumped into each other in front of Macgowan Hall, U.C.L.A.
- The bus stop location used in ("Inca Mummy Girl") was at Torrance H.S., the rear parking lot on Plaza del Amo (the building is next to the exit).
- In "The Pack", the house where Buffy jumped on the van to protect the family inside was on Watson Ave. (across from the large stairway, left of school front).
- In "AngelAngel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)"Angel" is the seventh episode of season 1 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was written by co-executive producer David Greenwalt and directed by Scott Brazil. The narrative follows Buffy Summers , vampire slayer, coming to terms with her feelings for Angel , who is revealed to...
", Buffy was attacked by The Three at Cravens & Gramercy Ave., Torrance. - The miniature golf scenes in "Ted" were shot at the Sherman Oaks Castle Park at 4989 Sepulveda Blvd. (courses 6 & 2).
- Buffy was hit by a pickup truck ("Anne") at 11th & Broadway, Los Angeles.
- Buffy and Angel watched the snow ("Amends") at Angel's Gate Park (3601 Gaffey St., San Pedro).
- In "The Zeppo", zombie Parker is beheaded by a mailbox on Watson Ave. (across from the Assembly Hall).
- In "The Freshman", Oz, Willow and Buffy meet to the lower/right side of Powell Library (near the bulletin board). In the same episode, Buffy is seen exiting the far right door of Royce Hall.
- In "I Will Remember YouI Will Remember You (Angel episode)"I Will Remember You" is episode 8 of season 1 in the television show Angel, originally broadcast on the WB network. In this episode, Buffy follows Angel back to Los Angeles, where she confronts him about his surreptitious assistance back in Sunnydale. They are attacked by a Mohra demon; when Angel...
", Buffy and Angel kissed on the cliff at Santa Monica, at a point across from the Georgian Hotel, off Ocean Avenue near Santa Monica Boulevard. - Riley played basketball ("Out of My Mind") at Stewart Street Park.
- The train in "Crush" is at The Fillmore Western Railway, 351 Santa Clara St., Fillmore.
- In "Once More, with Feeling", the "Walk through the Fire" scene is at Clyde Ave. & Fallsgrove St., Los Angeles.
- The museum robbed by the Trio ("Smashed") is the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles (southeast corner).
- Buffy is invisible ("Gone") at Cravens & Marcelina Ave., Torrance.
- "Doublemeat Palace" was shot at Sepulveda & Palms Blvd., Los Angeles.
- Tara's grave ("Help") is at the Anthony Bellenson Park, northwest section. (This part of the park is better known by the name of the lake situated there; Lake Balboa)
- One of the locations in "Him" is at Santa Clara & Mountain View St., Fillmore.
- The Rye Canyon Loop at the intersection of Kelly Johnson Parkway, Santa Clarita, is seen several times in seasons 4-5: "Goodbye Iowa", "This Year's Girl", "New Moon Rising", "Primeval", "Into the Woods" and "Spiral".
- The Griffith ParkGriffith ParkGriffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America...
carousel in Los Angeles (visited by Riley and Dawn in “Shadow”). - Buffy finds the Dagon Sphere (“No Place Like Home”) at the parking lot at the corner of Palmetto Street and S. Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles. The Buffybot is destroyed (“Bargaining, Part Two”) in the same place. Buffy first meets Glory (“No Place Like Home”) in the adjacent Willow Street warehouse.
- Palmetto Street between S. Santa Fe Avenue and Mateo Street in Los Angeles (street scenes with Buffy and the Hellions and with Spike and Dawn on the motorcycle in “Bargaining, Part Two”, Willow and Dawn’s monster encounter in “Wrecked”, and Dawn and Clem searching for Willow in “Two to Go”).
- Antelope Valley at the northwest corner of Piute Butte (34°39'44" N, 117°51'25" W), near 151st Street East and East Avenue L (Buffy’s dream encounter with the Primitive/First Slayer in “Restless”, her vision quest in “Intervention”, and her encounter with the Shadow Men in “Get It Done”).
- Sony Pictures StudioSony Pictures StudiosThe Sony Pictures Studios are a television and film studio complex located in Culver City, California at 10202 West Washington Boulevard and bounded by Culver Boulevard , Washington Boulevard , Overland Avenue and Madison Avenue...
- in "Sleeper" - When Buffy was following Spike to see where he was going. - Mission San Fernando Rey in Mission Hills - in "Pangs" - where Buffy went to find Father Gabriel.
- St. Timothy's Catholic ChurchSt. Timothy Catholic ChurchSt. Timothy Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region. The church is located at 10425 West Pico Boulevard in the Rancho Park neighborhood on the westside of Los Angeles, California, USA. Its Spanish Renaissance style church was...
in "The Prom" - Church interior was used for the wedding scene and the entrance that faces S. Beverly Glen Blvd. was used for the sequence where Buffy bursts into flames. - Bioness company grounds (34.455894,-118.580184) from "This Year's Girl" where Buffy and Willow encounter Faith on the UCSD campus and Bioness' helipad (34.455162,-118.580166) from "Into the WoodsInto the WoodsInto the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...
" where Riley departs via helicopter at the end of the episode. - The University of Southern California'sUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Physical Education Building swimming pool (34.021315,-118.28623) is where all the pool scenes from "Go Fish" were filmed.