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Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural television series developed by Joss Whedon, based on the 1992 film of the same name, also developed by Whedon.
The show first aired on March 10, 1997, on The WB, and ended on UPN on May 20, 2003.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer tracks Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a high school student destined to fight vampires, demons, and other evil forces. As much as she wishes for a typical high school existence, she shapes her fate with the assistance of her Watcher and an intimate circle of friends known as the "Scoobies."
In supernatural hotbed Sunnydale—a town constructed over a Hellmouth—arrives the blending of coming-of-age drama and fighting evil.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s filming locations include Torrance High, the Ennis-Brown House, and Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade, among others.
Exploring filming locations of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1) Sunnydale locations
Several of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer landmark shots were filmed across Southern California, with well-known places representing fictional Sunnydale. The exterior of Torrance High School, which also appeared in Beverly Hills, 90210, and She's All That, was featured as Sunnydale High School.
Some academic settings were filmed at USC, Torrance's West High School, and California State University Northridge.
Some of the most notable Sunnydale landmarks included the Los Angeles Union Station as the Sunnydale Train Station, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History as the Sunnydale Museum, appearing in episodes like Inca Mummy Girl.
The Santa Ana Zoo was used as the Sunnydale Zoo, and Sunnydale City Hall was the Iowa Courthouse Building in Torrance. These were utilized to merge the supernatural aspect of the show with ordinary everyday environments.
2) The mansions
The traditional mansions scenes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer were shot on location across Southern California. Glorificus's mansion, within her storyline, was the Pasadena Castle Green Apartments, a historic site famous for its architecture.
Angel's brooding Crawford Street mansion was the Ennis-Brown House in Griffith Park, an example of Frank Lloyd Wright's Mayan Revival style.
3) Downtown Sunnydale and other key locations
Downtown Sunnydale scenes were shot on the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade, and it was the main street of Sunnydale in the majority of episodes. A permanent "Main Street" set was built on the show's backlot during season 3.
The Summers' home at 1630 Revello Drive in Sunnydale was located at 1313 Cota Avenue in Torrance, blocks from Torrance High School.
The other two prominent locations were Kingman's Bluff, which was taped at Angels Gate Park in San Pedro, and the Stoner Recreation Center in Los Angeles.
The Initiative facilities, which were first introduced in season 4, were filmed at Skunk Works, an airplane design factory in Palmdale, giving the show's darker scenes an industrial look.
Some of the other scenes include Xander's apartment (shot at 844 S. Plymouth Boulevard), The Bronze (exteriors at a warehouse in Santa Monica), and the Delta Zeta Kappa frat house (Wattles Mansion).
Plot overview of the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is the "Slayer," called upon to battle multitudes of evil with supernatural physical strength and athleticism, but conflicted about whether to have a normal life or complete her supernatural destiny.
Buffy is aided by her Watcher, Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head), and friends, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Xander (Nicholas Brendon), as she fights a series of supernatural villains.
As the "Scooby Gang" expands with new members Faith (Eliza Dushku), Spike (James Marsters), and Anya (Emma Caulfield), Buffy encounters increasingly powerful villains. She also grapples with their interpersonal dynamics, most notably with Angel (David Boreanaz) and Riley Finn (Marc Blucas), finally leading to a battle with the First Evil.
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer series spawned spin-offs like novels, comic books, and video games. Buffy went on to influence other TV shows with a female main character such as Charmed and Alias.
Both Buffy and Angel contributed to the "Buffyverse," the larger universe of the show and spin-offs.
Interested viewers can stream all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Disney+, Hulu, and Netflix.
