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Blade (1998)
Where Blade says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Almost every scene of Blade was built on a shampoo-factory set in Canoga Park, and the real places we can name are only a hospital and an apartment building.
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Scenes and places
1967: the birth that makes Blade (1967)
A pregnant woman, attacked by a vampire, is rushed in and goes into premature labor. The doctors save the baby, but the mother dies.
Set in Hospital (1967) — Where the woman who was attacked by a vampire gives birth.
An unnamed hospital; the film gives no city.
The blood rave raid (1997)
Blade storms a rave club owned by the vampire Deacon Frost. The raid leaves a badly injured vampire who is taken away by police.
Set in Blood rave club — The nightclub owned by Deacon Frost where Blade strikes.
A club owned by Frost, used to draw in human victims.
The hospital bite (1997)
The injured vampire is taken to the hospital, where he feeds on the hematologist Karen Jenson and escapes. Karen is left bitten and on the run.
Set in Hospital — The hospital where Karen works and the injured vampire is brought.
A city hospital where Karen works as a hematologist.
Filmed at St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach — One film-location site lists this Long Beach hospital as the hospital; it does not say which scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The safe house (1997)
Blade takes the bitten Karen to a safe house, where his old friend Whistler treats her. Whistler explains the secret war against vampires and tells her to leave the city.
Set in Whistler's safe house — The hideout where Blade and Whistler treat Karen.
Blade and Whistler's hideout, stocked with weapons.
The council of elders (1997)
At a meeting of pure-blood elders, Frost is rebuked for trying to start a war between vampires and humans. As he was turned rather than born a vampire, the elders see him as inferior.
Set in Vampire elders' meeting — A meeting of the pure-blood vampire houses.
A council chamber of the old vampire houses.
Attack at Karen's apartment (1997)
Returning to her apartment, Karen is attacked by police officer Krieger, a human servant of vampires. Blade subdues him, but Karen lets him get away, and Blade then tracks him down.
Set in Karen's apartment — Karen's home, where she returns after the safe house.
A city apartment building.
Filmed at Chester Williams Building, Los Angeles — One film-location site names this downtown Los Angeles building as Karen's apartment building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The archivist Pearl (1997)
Blade visits Pearl, a morbidly obese vampire archivist, and uses a UV light to make him talk. Pearl reveals that Frost wants twelve pure-blood vampires for a ritual to awaken the blood god La Magra, with Blade's blood as the key.
Set in Pearl's hideout — The den of the vampire archivist.
A hidden vampire archive of ancient texts.
Frost's penthouse (1997)
After Frost's men attack the hideout and abduct Karen, Blade goes to Frost's penthouse to rescue her. He is shocked to find his mother Vanessa Brooks alive, and Frost appears.
Set in Frost's penthouse — Frost's high-rise home, where Karen is held.
A luxury penthouse that is Frost's base in the city.
The Temple of Eternal Night (1997)
Blade is taken to the Temple of Eternal Night, where Frost plans the ritual to summon La Magra. Karen escapes the pit she was thrown into and helps Blade recover.
Set in Temple of Eternal Night — The vampire temple where Frost plans to summon La Magra.
A vampire temple built for the blood-god ritual.
The epilogue in snowy Moscow (1997)
In a brief epilogue, Blade is in Moscow.
Set in Moscow — Russia's capital, where the film's epilogue is set. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Moscow is the capital of Russia.
Characters
- Blade — A half-human, half-vampire hunter known as the Daywalker.
- Karen Jenson — A hematologist who is bitten by a vampire and pulled into the war.
- Abraham Whistler — Blade's old friend and weapons maker.
- Deacon Frost — A younger vampire who wants to push vampires to rule humans.