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4 Movies that were filmed at Sanford
2021-06-11
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Sanford is known as the “Historic Waterfront Gateway City” in the central region of Florida in the U.S. It is located on the southern side of Lake Monroe. Sanford is a downtown city that attracts tourists with marina, shops, and restaurants. The lakefront walking trail also works as an embellishment to the city. As the downtown Riverwalk displays the charm of antique and collectible shops.
A lot of Florida’s historic outlook was reshaped by the opening of Walt Disney World Resort in 1971, but Sanford due to its pioneer and eminent functionality as an early trade center retained the aged touch to its city life with old commercial and residential architecture. Sanford has also been the home to many notable sportsmen, including many professional baseball and football players.
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Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below:
Never Back Down (2008):
As the name indicates, “Never Back Down” is an action, drama, and sports film. It was written by Chris Hauty and directed by Jeff Wadlow and is credited as an American Martial arts film.
The film revolves around a rebellious, rather frustrated and conflicted, teen named Jake Tyler, played by Sean Faris, who gets involved in an underground fight club shortly after his arrival at a new high school. The movie builds around Jake Tyler’s relationship with his mentor who is a mixed martial arts veteran. The teen develops to train his body and mind for an ultimate fight. Amber Heard also starred in the film and played the character of Baja Miller who is Jake’s classmate.
Filming Locations:
Orlando, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Clermont, Florida
Montverde, Florida
Los Angles, California
Wilder Napalm (1993):
Wilder Napalm is a comedy film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and written by Vince Gilligan. It is a story about two brothers, Wilder and Wallace, who have a secret superpower of pyrokinesis, which is basically the ability to start fires with their minds. The film develops after their childhood where they face off a tragedy of unintentionally killing a man. The brothers are shown to be grown up very differently post this tragedy with totally different lifestyles as one becomes a regular 9-5 worker and the other performs in a traveling circus. The story gets interesting when both the brothers reunite in town because of Wallace’s traveling circus.
Filming Locations:
Lakeland, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Vadim, Florida
Lake Helen, Florida
Ocoee, Florida
Rockabilly Zombie Weekend (2013):
Rockabilly Zombie Weekend is a horror movie filmed in Central Florida in the modern-day setting. The film features a virus outbreak which brings a turn of events as it starts spawning zombies. It was written as an original screenplay by Tammy Bennett and then directed into a movie by Jaime Velez Soto.
A young couple, played by Christina Bach and J. LaRose, plans their wedding at an old farm with a “rockabilly” theme. The couple is warned to restrict the wedding festivity due to a West Nile Virus outbreak. This virus leading to the outbreak of zombies creates horrible terrors for not only the couple itself but also the wedding guests.
Filming Locations:
Sanford, Florida
The Woods Have Eyes (2007):
The Woods Have Eyes is another horror and thriller movie directed by Anthony Indelicato. It is based on a true story and was written as a screenplay by Frank Adonis, Anthony Indelicato, and Jason Noto. It follows a story of a group of young friends who go camping in the backwoods of upstate New York.
The young campers wander into the woods to find a place they have heard about in urban legend called “Cappy’s Cabin”. They end up lost in the woods and trapped in a terrifying game which makes this movie a thriller. The young campers are pushed to a quest for survival across a forbidden river where they have to survive through the night. It ends up being a game of hunt between predator and prey. Although a horror movie, yet it is considered to be tame with a nearly friendly-family vibe.
Filming Locations:
Orlando, Florida
Sanford, Florida
DeLand, Florida
Apopka, Florida
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