Dark Spots in Tinsel Town part 2
zombie zoo 57, originally uploaded by Boju.
There are so many great weird and spooky locations in Hollywood. I couldn't fit them all in one post. For the haunted tourist, more dark destinations. And remember, to trip through the horror's of Hollywood is complete without a stop at Dapper Cadaver, 5519 Hollywood Blvd
1. The Abandoned Zoo - A very post apocalyptic part of LA where you get the crawl through the caves and onto the rusted cages of the old zoo. "Zombie Zoo" (above) was shot there. The old zoo is in Griffith Park, and shares a parking lot with the Merry Go Round, keep hiking west, not far from the parking lot.
2. Cipher - an art gallery that sells molding old statuary, metal bolted to skulls, and other items for the gothic home and garden.
165 1/2 S. Fairfax Ave.
3. The "Halloween" House
1530 & 1537 Orange Grove Ave., L.A., 1000 Mission St in Pasadena
Halloween’s Haddonfield, Ill., was actually a neighborhood in hip west LA. Jamie Lee Curtis' friends were killed in 1537 Orange Grove Ave.-a house renovated almost beyond recognition. Much of the exteriors were shot in Pasadena.
4. House on Haunted Hill
2655 Glendower Ave.,L.A.
This Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece (also home to Bladerunner) was built in 1923. Very unusual Architecture have been made only creepier through years of neglect.
5. The Batcave (Bronson cave)
The top of Bronson Avenue
So many features and TV shows have used the caves, you've probably seen them a hundred times in a hundred locations, including Star Trek planets, the old west of Bonanza, King Kong's Skull Island, Mars, Robin Hood's Sherwood forest and more. Actually a man made tunnel less than 100 feet long. Info on how to get there here
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/BronsonCaves.shtml
See entries 6 - 10 after the cut