List of productions using the Vasquez Rocks as a filming location

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 list of such multimedia in which the rock formations are included:

Film

• Alpha Dog (2007)
• Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2013)
• Apache (1954)
• Army of Darkness (1993)
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Bubble Boy (2001)
• Cars (2006)
• Deathsport (1978)
• Delta Farce (2007)
• Dracula (1931)
• Epoch (2000)
• The Flintstones (1994)
• For the Boys (1991)
• Free Enterprise (1998)
• 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)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• Nick Knight (1989)
• Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
• Missile to the Moon (1958)
• Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
• The Muppet Movie (1979)^[1]
• My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
• One Million B.C. (1940)
• Parasite (1982)
• Planet of Dinosaurs (1978)
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Princess of Mars (2009)
• The Rapture (1991)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• A Single Man (2009)
• Solar Crisis (1990)
• Star Trek (2009)
• Star Trek Generations (1994)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
• Very Bad Things (2006)
• Wavelength (1983)
• We're in the Legion Now! (1936)
• Werewolf of London (1935)
• Thief of Damascus (1952)
• Nickelodeon (1976)

Vasquez Rocks

Television

• 24
• The Adventures of Champion
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
• Airwolf
• Alias
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Alien Hunter
• Alien Nation
• Battlestar Galactica
• The Big Bang Theory Episode: "The Bakersfield Expedition"
• The Big Valley
• The Bionic Woman
• Bonanza
• Branded
• Broken Arrow
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• Buffalo Bill Jr.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Charmed
• Cheyenne
• Cimarron Strip
• The Cisco Kid
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Daniel Boone
• Dinosaurs
• Fantasy Island
• The Fall Guy
• Fastlane
• Fear Factor
• Friends
• The Fugitive
• The Greatest American Hero
• Gunsmoke
• Have Gun — Will Travel
• Hell Town
• The High Chaparral
• Hunter
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Invaders
• Johnny Ringo
• Korg: 70,000 BC
• Kung Fu
• 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
• New Girl
• Numb3rs
• The Outer Limits
• 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
• Roswell
• Saving Grace
• The Six Million Dollar Man
• Sliders
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: The Original Series
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Stories of the Century
• Street Hawk
• The Twilight Zone
• Touch
• Voyagers!
• The Wild Wild West
• Zorro

The rocks were drawn into the animated series Futurama, depicting various alien landscapes as they did in other science fiction shows, and they were also animated in the film Shrek (2001).

Music videos

• "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
• "High and Dry" (UK version) by Radiohead
• "Mind's Eye" by Wolfmother
• "Mobscene" by Marilyn Manson
• "Rehab" by Rihanna (feat. 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)
• "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
• "Turnaround by Stealin Horses
• "Work The Angles" by Dilated Peoples from The Platform
• "You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Video games

• Prey, a video game by 3D Realms and Human Head Studios (specifically the live action footage of the Super Trailer).

See also

• Movie ranch
• Category: Western (genre)

References

1. Muppet Wiki: Vasquez Rocks