44 Secret Filming Locations Hollywood Doesn't Want You To Find
29. Socotra Island, Yemen – Earth’s Alien Twin
Socotra feels like an alien planet crash-landed in the Indian Ocean. With bizarre Dragon’s Blood trees, surreal rock formations, and endemic flora, it offers a setting that’s both haunting and hypnotic. Despite its visual richness, geopolitical challenges have kept most productions away. For fantasy, dystopian, or experimental films, Socotra could serve as an unmatched alien stand-in or post-human Earth. Its landscapes are so strange they need almost no effects.
