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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

  • Alpha Dog (2007)
  • Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
  • 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)
  • The Charge at Feather River (1953)
  • DANGER! DANGER! (2019)
  • 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)
  • Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  • Nick Knight (1989)
  • 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)
  • 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 Magnificent Seven Ride (1972)
  • 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

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

  • "High and Dry" (UK version) by Radiohead
  • "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
  • "Mind's Eye" by Wolfmother
  • "Mobscene" by Marilyn Manson
  • "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
  • "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
  • "Love's Just a Feeling" by Lindsey Stirling featuring Rooty
  • "I Know You" by Lil Skies & Yung Pinch
  • "Too Much to Think" by 311
  • "On" by BTS from Map of the Soul: 7 (2020)

The cover of Village People's album Cruisin' was shot at Vasquez Rocks.

Video games

  • Prey, a video game by 3D Realms and Human Head Studios
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