ACCLAIMED film-maker Alfred Hitchcock once described San Francisco as 'a good location for a murder mystery'.

So it is no wonder he set several of his famous thrillers, such as Vertigo (1958) and The Birds (1963), in San Francisco and its Bay Area.

More recently, San Francisco's iconic landmarks, in particular, the Golden Gate Bridge, have popped up in Hollywood movies, such as the animated feature Monsters Vs Aliens and the fantasy film Land Of The Lost.

Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times' LIFE!.