Where was The Lost Boys filmed?
1987 film by Joel Schumacher, Richard Donner
The Lost Boys (1987) was filmed in Mobile, Los Angeles County, Burbank, Santa Cruz, Santa Clarita, Santa Cruz County and 5 more places, 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as California. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
Part of the Lost Boys film series
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 11 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Towns & cities
Burbank
United States
city in Los Angeles County, State of California, United States
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Studios & sets
Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank
United States
filmmaking facility owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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Towns & cities
Santa Clarita
United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, USA
“Other locations included a cliffside on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County, used for the entrance to the vampire cave, and a valley in Santa Clarita near Magic Mountain, where introductory shots were filmed for the scene where Michael and the Lost Boys hang from a railway bridge.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Los Angeles County
United States
county in California, United States
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Towns & cities
Palos Verdes Peninsula
United States
landform and a geographic sub-region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
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Towns & cities
Santa Cruz County
United States
county in California, United States
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Towns & cities
Valencia
United States
neighborhood of Santa Clarita/Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Mobile
United States
county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States
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Towns & cities
Santa Cruz
United States
city in and county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States
“Locations include the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, the Pogonip open space preserve, and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
United States
amusement park in Santa Cruz, California
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Landscapes & nature
Santa Cruz Mountains
United States
mountain range in California, United States
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: United States
Also shot in these places
- Scrubs 2001–2010
- Gilmore Girls 2000–2007
- Obsession 2025
- The Kid Brother 1927
- Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life 2016–
- The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder 2022–
- The Big Bang Theory 2007–
- The Exorcist 1973
- Ghostbusters 1984
- The Mentalist 2008–2015
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003
- The Conjuring 2 2016
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Lost Boys have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 11 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Scrubs (2001–2010), Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), Obsession (2025), The Kid Brother (1927) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.