Fright Night was released on August 2nd, 1985.
Filming locations include Culver City and Los Angeles, Ca.
Charley meets Peter Vincent - 4401 Sunset Dr. Los Angeles, Ca. 90027
(Scientology Media Productions)
"Evil" Ed Thompson's house - 9520 Farragut Dr. Culver City, Ca. 90232
Club Radio (interior) - 1600 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, Ca. 90017
Outside Club Radio - E. 3rd St. and S. Santa Fe Ave. Los Angeles, Ca. 90013
Outside Club Radio - E. 3rd St. and S. Santa Fe Ave. Los Angeles, Ca. 90013
"Evil" Ed Thompson is bit - southeast corner of* 1st St. and S. Vignes St. Los Angeles, Ca. 90012
The alley runs between S. Vignes St. and Santa Fe Avenue.
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Does anyone know the actual house in movie and next door of course???
ReplyDeleteI think the houses were on the Disney Studio back lot.
DeleteUniversal Studios Backlot. Same street as The Burbs. Wisteria Lane.
DeleteAlso used in Wes Craven's Deadly Friend
DeleteThe Houses and Street in Fright Night were probably Giant models or show Houses on a Brand New Street
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe the original house was on a studio lot - probably the same lot of the 1989 Tom Hanks movie "The 'Burbs" (the houses in fright night look very much like those in The 'Burbs, and The 'Burbs was shot at a studio lot). Jerry Dandriges house very well could be the same creepy house of the 'Klopecks' of The 'Burbs. So, if that is the case, then this house prop doesn't exist anymore (most of the houses on this lot have been torn down or replaced with other buildings for other movies).
ReplyDeleteWarners Bros Studios Lot in Burbank .
DeleteThe burns was shot on the Universal lot. The street from The Burbs is actually Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives. Jerry’s house was in the old Disney lot that got razed. The house was later used in Mr. Boogedy and Bride of Boogedy.
DeleteThey are the Munsters and Leave It to Beaver houses
ReplyDeleteSo no one is sure right?
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ReplyDeleteWhere was Fright Night Part 2 filmed?? I always wnt to know...
ReplyDeleteThat last comparison shot on S. Santa Fe Ave is really confusing. I wonder what kind of lens they used in the film. It really "squashed up" the buildings. In the film shot, the building to the right is no longer there.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the film shot is distorted?
It's a zoomed in shot with a telephoto lens. The present photo is taken in the wrong spot. If you want to find the exact spot, use Google Streetview to see that it is possible to get this shot. It is taken from the median created by the column for the 3rd street bridge. The street that Dandridge speeds down is 2nd Street. The only building that changed is the one on the right foreground. From Historicaerials, it looks like it used to be a converted old brick warehouse that was taller and obstructed the rest of the white looking building across 2nd Street. It seems the original warehouse building was demolished to make way for the current, more modern looking building, not pictured.
DeleteThat Wisteria Lane Street in the back of Universal Studios lot was used in TV shows and movies through the 60s 70s 80s and 90s. I can remember seeing it used in the show emergency in the early 70s.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know where the school was filmed? Particularly the exterior where Charlie talks to Evil about the pop quiz
ReplyDeletePalms Middle School -- the covered arcade runs from the middle of the campus to Palms Blvd.
DeleteThe Jerry Dandrige/Charlie Brewster houses were filmed on the now sadly gone Disney Studio Back Lot "Residential Street" set. Which was originally constructed in 1960 for use on numerous TV shows and movies right up until 1991 when it was pulled down to make room for other soundstages (located where Stages 6 & 7 now are). It was also part of the Disney Studio Tour up until it was eventually torn down. It's often been mistaken for both the similarly themed "Colonial Street" set at Universal Studios and the "Warner Village" set at Warner Studios.
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