Tampa and Ybor City mostly. Travolta fans staked out Scientology headqurters in adjoining Clearwater for the entire shoot hoping to get a glimpse of the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Lee Majors heads up a Band of Vikings who land in New England or Canada only to find that it looks a lot like Florida what with the Spanish moss and everything. Shot in Hillsburough River State Park near Tampa, Florida.

A script by John Sayles has a little girl buying a baby gator as a souveneir of the family's Florida vacation, which Dad flushes back home in Illinois. Gator dines on dogs who have been fed experimental growth hormones and Voila! Horror movie!

Actually this would explain a lot about Florida...

Only a Florida movie by virtue of its association with William Grefe. Its here until I replace it with something else. Its hellaciously awful.

Gibsonton served as inspiration for this episode about freak city, one of the most popular early episodes. There were many others that featured Fla, including one that co-starred Darren McGavin and a huricane.