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Jared Cowan

Jared Cowan writes and podcasts about L.A. filming locations. He also works as a photographer and camera operator.

A ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Star Looks Back On Filming at Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights After 40 Years

“I remember driving early in the morning, in the dark, to get to the cemetery,” says Heather Langenkamp, who played Nancy. “I remember thinking to myself, 'I’ve never been over here, but I’ve heard that there’s really great tacos over here on Soto. Robert Englund was such a foodie. He probably told me that the best food in town was over there.”

November 14, 2024

How a Vacant Wilmington Lot Became Tyler Durden’s House in ‘Fight Club’ 25 Years Ago

The first rule of this article is… do not read further unless you’ve seen Fight Club. This is how the filming locations for the classic film shot in Wilmas look like now—25 years later.

October 15, 2024

Ten (Mostly) Recognizable ‘Repo Man’ Locations You Can Visit 40 Years Later

The original film somehow managed to cohesively fuse weathered, jaded repo men, L.A.’s burgeoning punk scene, UFO cultists, generically-labeled food items, and nuclear proliferation into a dark comedy that is both a product of its time and yet feels somewhat timeless.

February 29, 2024

Then and Now: Photographing the L.A. Filming Locations of ‘Scarface’ 40 Years Later

The film’s producers had intended to shoot almost all of Scarface in Miami, but some Miami columnists and politicians were highly critical of the storyline, and the controversies surrounding the filming of Scarface garnered numerous headlines before production started. Where did they end up shooting it? Find out exactly where they shot the iconic film in the essay.

December 11, 2023