Okay, so, I’ve been getting into this whole “visiting famous movie locations” thing lately. It’s pretty cool, you know? And the latest movie that caught my eye was “Blacklight”. I decided to dig into where they filmed this flick.
First, I hit up Facebook. There’s this group called “Historic Film Locations” – almost 900,000 people in it, crazy, right? Anyway, I figured these folks would know something. And yeah, they did. Turns out, a big chunk of the movie was shot in Melbourne, Australia. I’ve never been, but it’s way down in the southeastern part of the country.
Then I started poking around on this site called MovieLocate. They have a database of, like, tons of movie and TV show locations. I also found out the film started shooting in Melbourne in November 2020. But get this – they filmed a car chase scene in Canberra! I guess Melbourne wasn’t enough for a good chase, haha.
- Started looking online for “Blacklight” filming spots.
- Checked out a Facebook group called “Historic Film Locations”.
- Found out a lot of it was filmed in Melbourne, Australia.
- Discovered a car chase was shot in Canberra.
- Then realized some places in the movie, which I recognized from Star Wars, were actually in Iceland.
Now, I’m a bit of a “Star Wars” nerd, too. And I remembered reading somewhere that they used Iceland for some scenes in “Rogue One” and “The Force Awakens”. They had mentioned black sand beaches and a volcano. Then, I find out that “Blacklight” used some of those same spots! Like, they filmed at Myrdalssandur and Reynisfjara – both are black sand beaches. And they used Hjorleifshofoi and Hafursey, which are also in Iceland. All in the same area!
So, yeah, that’s what I found out about the filming locations for “Blacklight”. It’s cool to see how they use these real-world places to create different worlds in movies. I am gonna see if I can visit some of these spots sometime.
