MOVIE buffs travel across the world to visit the places where their favourite films were shot – but not every set has a happy ending.
One of the most famous, which has become a popular tourist attraction, is Hobbiton in New Zealand.
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The location, which featured in the Lord of the Rings films as the home of Bilbo Baggins, draws in legions of visitors every year.
However, other abandoned sets have have received little to no attention since film crews departed.
These haunting images show how forgotten sets have gone to rack and ruin over the years.
The Fugitive
The train that almost killed Harrison Ford’s character in The Fugitive is rusting on the side of the tracks in the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina.
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In the film the train hits a prison transport bus – which has also been left at the site – just moments after Ford escapes from the vehicle.
The scene, which lasts for just one minute, cost a staggering £1.18million to shoot.
However, the investment paid off as the film went on to be a box office hit, grossing more than £290m.
Looper
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In a central scene in the sci-fi movie, Bruce Willis’ character has a showdown with Looper Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a younger version of himself.
But the diner where the pivotal scene takes place has been left to rot since the film’s release in 2012.
It stands in the middle of an open field near Napoleonville, Louisiana, looking far from appetising to passers-by.
The Hunger Games
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Henry Mill Village in Burke County, North Carolina, stood in for District 12 in the dystopian action movie, released in 2012.
The post-apocalyptic mining town was home to heroine Katniss, played by Jennifer Lawrence.
The houses were previously part of a booming textile town with its own textile mill, dam, water and fire-protection systems, and company store.
They became ramshackle ruins after filming and curious fans were asked to stay out of the 20 remaining houses as they were too dangerous to enter.
Star Wars
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Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine was created in the sparse landscape of Tunisia, for the 1999 instalment Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Director George Lucas shied away from CGI to create the hero’s village of Mos Espa, and built the set instead.
At the end of filming, the Tunisia government urged Lucas to leave the set as it was – and it became a tourist attraction.
Iron Man
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The 2008 Marvel classic sees Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) kidnapped and held captive in caves in Afghanistan, promoting him to invent his first Iron Man suit.
But the scenes were actually filmed in the abandoned shafts of the Cerro Gordo Mines in Inyo County, California.
The mining town stood empty for years after, and finally sold for £1.1m in 2018.
The Notebook
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In the 2014 weepy, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdam, Noah takes Allie on a romantic boat ride to a spot where all the geese swim.
The location, with a ruined stone folly, has now become a favourite place for fans to feel the romance of the love story all over again.
Cypress Gardens, in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, now runs boat trips for visitors.
The Hills Have Eyes
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The cult horror movie The Hills Have Eyes features a remote gas station.
It was here that the main characters are advised to take a gruesome “shortcut,” leading to a horrific chain of events.
Even for those who are not horror fans, the now abandoned building in Agadir, Morocco, built specifically for the 2014 film, looks sinister.
The station sits abandoned along a highway littered with rusty cars. Inside the shelves are still stocked with fake goods, and creepy puppets peek out from behind the dust-covered furniture.
Jurassic World
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Set 22 years after the original flick, Jurassic World, starring Chris Pratt, is set on the same fictional island as Jurassic Park – Isla Nublar, off the coast of Costa Rica.
On it, a luxury resort and theme park features a host of cloned dinosaurs living in harmony – until one escapes its enclosure and wreaks havoc (you’d have thought they’d have learned after last time).
Much of the 2015 film was filmed in Louisiana, where the car park of the eerie, abandoned Six Flags New Orleans theme park provided the perfect setting for the Main Street and boardwalk area of the fictional resort.
The now derelict theme park was permanently closed after Hurricane Katrina swept through in 2005, leaving a trail of destruction, and while fans can’t go inside for a peek, you can nosy around the perimeter.