A man has his testicles smashed by a high-heel shoe in a dark Hollywood alley. An apparent corpse springs to life in a house of horrors in Downtown L.A. A string of racially charged remarks flies from the mouth of a teenage ballplayer in the Valley.
These are the most shocking movie scenes shot right here in L.A.
Last April, we published a carefully curated list of 10 filming locations from scenes of infamous movie deaths shot in Los Angeles. It was no easy task, but we got inspired and thought we'd take it a step further, focusing this time on the filming locations from scenes that have shocked us (and hopefully some of you, too).
As soon as we got into it, however, we discovered that putting together this guide was going to require much more scrutiny. After all, who's to say what's "shocking"? Sure, we could have resorted to an oft-regurgitated slate of horror grossouts that resonate within our collective moviegoing consciousness, but that would have been child's play. At the same time, we didn't want to get too esoteric.
Here, we considered various genres over a period of multiple decades while also casting a wide net across L.A. Though a few of the scenes may not seem terribly provocative in a contemporary light, we took into account the eras in which the films were released and their influence on movies that were yet to be made.