<P> The majority of the film was shot in Santa Cruz , California ; this includes the Santa Cruz Boardwalk , the Pogonip open space preserve , and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains . Originally , the script called for Santa Cruz to be the name of the fictional town where the `` lost boys '' hunted their prey . However , the aforementioned city 's council strongly objected to the town being portrayed as the `` murder capital of the world '' ; so they refused to grant filming permits . It was for this reason the producers introduced the fictional town of `` Santa Carla '' . Unbeknown at the time , was the fact that Santa Cruz 's true crime history is what attracted the producers to the beach town in the first place . In the late 1970s , Santa Cruz gained an unpopular reputation as `` Murdersville , USA '' and as being `` the Murder Capital of the World '' after three infamous serial killers ( Kemper , Mullin , and Carpenter ) were found to have hunted victims in the area . </P>
<P> The majority of the film was shot in Santa Cruz , California ; this includes the Santa Cruz Boardwalk , the Pogonip open space preserve , and the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains . Originally , the script called for Santa Cruz to be the name of the fictional town where the `` lost boys '' hunted their prey . However , the aforementioned city 's council strongly objected to the town being portrayed as the `` murder capital of the world '' ; so they refused to grant filming permits . It was for this reason the producers introduced the fictional town of `` Santa Carla '' . Unbeknown at the time , was the fact that Santa Cruz 's true crime history is what attracted the producers to the beach town in the first place . In the late 1970s , Santa Cruz gained an unpopular reputation as `` Murdersville , USA '' and as being `` the Murder Capital of the World '' after three infamous serial killers ( Kemper , Mullin , and Carpenter ) were found to have hunted victims in the area . </P>
which vampire film takes place in the seaside town of santa carla
which vampire film takes place in the seaside town of santa carla
`` lost boys ''
`` lost boys ''