Previously:
Okay, so the plot doesn't involve state parks but the production definitely did. I spotted Little Sahara and (possibly) Red Rock Canyon being used as locations but one of the most noticeable was Robbers Cave State Park near Wilburton.
The park is located in the eastern part of the state and used to be a hiding spot for outlaws like Belle Starr and Jesse James but in this movie it was the home of raptors, giant spiders and vicious trilobites. However the park's unmistakable exposed rock outcrops remained the same. So, like any normal person I tried to match up some of the rocks to some of the shots in the movie. Let's see how I did:
One of the game playing convicts is accosted by his fellow bad guys in a little grotto area. This is not too far from the beginning of the park's main hike and it's a nice little area surrounded by steep rock cliffs. Notice the slanted crack in the rock behind the character and the two trees. Those are good markers if you want to find the spot yourself.
These friendly little guys coming to bite the heads off the film's cast were perched atop some fallen boulders found not too far from the first spot. So if you'd like to hop around pretending to be a computer generated raptor, look for the twin trees.
Near the beginning of the hiking trail there's a narrow crack in the rocks you have to traverse to get to the rest of the trail. It's gets so tight that some of the more claustrophobic visitors might have some issues. But it opens up into a wider area after a short walk. I think I got the location right in my pic based on the curve of the rock but I'm not 100% sure.
So those are the movie star rocks I could find. Feel free to go on your own rock hunt. But check out the movie first. You might be able to find it in a Red Box or maybe just buy the DVD and support Oklahoma film. The more movies that film here, the more blog entries I can do. That's win/win.
