Lakefront house on Pasadena’s only private lake starred in movies like “A Deadly Adoption”, “Extant”
If the lakeside house in A Deadly Adoption felt oddly wholesome for a movie that was anything but — or if Extant’s quiet, slightly uncanny domestic scenes stuck with you more than the sci-fi spectacle — both were filmed at the same unexpected place: an inviting Craftsman estate sitting directly on Johnston Lake, Pasadena’s only private lake. It’s the kind of location that reads instantly on...