Since then, it has been moved to the other side of the street, and now serves as a chiropractors office the alegria chiropractic center. The original location of the house was 707 meridian avenue, right down the block from the current address, during the filming of halloween. Click on the photos to see aerial photos of the actual locations there are four main houses seen in both the 1978 original and the 2007 versions of halloween. Halloween 2018s debut weekend was the biggest ever boxoffice opening for a horror film, which brought the core cast back to smalltown usa for a series of terrifying events.
It was directed by john carpenter and written by carpenter and debra hill. Mission street, south pasadena photograph peter paulsen. Season of the witch a film that has become quite beloved here in the horror community in recent years michael myers was brought. The original myers house and lauries house are both located in south pasadena, california. Im not talking about the sanderson sisters from salem, even though i absolutely love them, im talking about the spellmans from sabrina the teenage witch sabrina the teenage witch was a show that aired on abc back in the 90s and for a while was apart of abcs tgif lineup. Learn where it was filmed, meet the cast, and see behindthescenes photos. Toronto house was where black christmas was filmed and the slasher flick was born. Amazingly, the strode residence looks pretty much exactly the same today as it did in 1978 when halloween was filmed. The new halloween almost refilmed the originals ending. The plot tells about a mental patient who was committed to a sanitarium for murdering his teenage sister on halloween night when he was six years old.
House from halloween 4 up for sale in salt lake city. Forty years after the original halloween was released, jamie lee curtis is back to outwit michael myers for the last time. If the angle of the house looks a little odd, thats because the entire building was moved from its former position around the. The new halloween is also set in the fictional town of haddonfield illinois as the original one. It was used as a haunted house around halloween throughout the 1970s and has since been used as a filming location for halloween. The streets, unmistakably, have a lot of character, says wallace. The house where sabrina the teenage witch was filmed is. Halloween filming locations 1978 john carpenter horror. The burbs is a fun movie to watch around halloween time. Thousands flock to spots where the original halloween. After arriving in south pasadena, it didnt take long for.
Per, the original house was located in the residential area of south pasadena at 707 meridian avenue. A look at all the places where hocus pocus was filmed 26 years ago. For whatever reason, the eastfacing side, which is pictured above, was not seen in halloween. The house of laurie strode jamie lee curtis is 1103 fairview avenue at oxley street in south pasadena. Evidence suggests a nightmare on elm street house is in. Laurie strodes house from halloween iamnotastalker. The addams family house, where every night is halloween if you grew up watching the addams family on tv, snap your fingers. Michael myers childhood home draws halloween tourists. Michael myers childhood home draws halloween tourists to south. Halloween sequels will be filmed in wilmington, not.
On the west side of the block, just north of mission street in pasadena. Its october, actually almost halloween, so weve gotta talk about a show featuring some awesome witches. But the two babysitting houses are actually located in hollywood. There are four main houses seen in both the 1978 original and the 2007 versions of halloween. The scene was filmed in nearby marblehead at old burial hill. Jamie also ran into the attic of the old myers house where she found the corpses of rachel carruthers and the family dog, max. And on the opposite corner of meridian is century house, mission street, the nowbrightandrenovated myers house. Central valley water reclamation facility in south salt lake city sits on 168 acres of land. Century house, mission street, south pasadena myers house.
The real house where the 2020 movie was filmed posted by ra moon the new fantasy island movie is a horror film adaptation based upon the. Time to carve pumpkins, host halloween parties, bake all our favorite autumninspired treats, andperhaps most thrilling of allwatch our very favorite halloween movies. Last october, i posted a movie house tour featuring one of my favorite comedy movies, the burbs, starring tom hanks and carrie fischer. As ever, i have to stress that these locations are private.
Taking place the weekend before halloween, the party will allow guests to experience the movie in real life as masi and ragon plan to fill the house. The house remained abandoned until halloween 1989, when dr. Michael myers house from halloween supposedly in the fictitious town of haddonfield, illinois, but actually in southern california. The halloween franchise has packed its bags and moved future filming from charleston to wilmington, nc according to wect news. The northfacing side of the house is the area that appeared in the movie. In the 1978 film, she sat outside on the front stoop while holding a pumpkin, a sight often recreated by halloween devotees. An abandoned house owned by a church stood in as the myers house. Halloween while visiting the myers house, background, on meridian avenue in south pasadena, where much of the movie was filmed. Maybe the crew wasnt allowed access to the rear of the doyle house because, this time, michael myers the shape dick warlock plunges from the upstairs window into the front garden at 1530 orange grove avenue in hollywood. It proves that the movie has left its mark on the genre. Laurie and tommy walking up to the myers house, as seen in the 1978 movie halloween. After audiences werent exactly thrilled with halloween 3. Halloween is a 1978 american slasher film directed and scored by john carpenter, cowritten with producer debra hill, and starring donald pleasence and jamie lee curtis in her film debut.
When i posted about the burbs, several folks suggested i post a tour of the victorian house in the movie. Did you know that the original michael myers house from 1978 horror classic halloween is in south pasadena. Laurie and tommy walking up to the myers house, as seen in. Supposedly in the fictitious town of haddonfield, illinois, but actually in southern california. And if youre looking for something to do this halloween, you can attend the twoday halloween party being held at the house by scream super. Samuel loomis used jamie lloyd in an attempt to lure michael myers into a trap that he set up within the myers house.
Unlike many of todays horror flicks, john carpenters halloween was filmed in an actual house rather than on a movie set. Film locations for john carpenters halloween 1978, in. Little house on the prairie the halloween dream tv. Actual southern california locations where the 2007 remake of halloween was filmed. The new halloween film, a rebooted sequel of the 1978 original horror film, premiered this weekend, and at the press junket bloody disgusting got some interesting details about the production from. Tourists in salem, ma, might recognize the massive, white colonial house with black shutters that sits at 318 essex street. South pasadena high school, lyndon street, south pasadena haddonfield high. Jamie lee curtis in halloween ii, which was filmed at the va sepulveda ambulatory care center in north hills. Pioneer cemetery, 553 east sierra madre boulevard, sierra madre haddonfield cemetery. Well start out with the locations of those homes in the 2007 remake 1. Sean also recalls that the owner of the elm street house had a piece of paper signed by jamie lee curtisproviding further evidence that the halloween crew must have filmed there. The anchor of the films south pasadena locations was its archetypal haunted house.
Was the iconic nightmare on elm street house used years. It was shot over twenty days in the spring of 1978. At the time the film was made in the spring of 1978, the house was. With michael landon, karen grassle, melissa gilbert, melissa sue anderson.
Halloween was released into theaters on october 25th, 1978. Behind the scenes with locals on the filming of halloween. The dutton familys house ya know, the massive log cabin is a real 5,000square foot mansion located on chief joseph ranch near darby, montana. You can actually visit allisons house from hocus pocus. The addams family house where every night is halloween. The scream house can be rented inside stus mansion in. Halloween was filmed in 21 days in the spring of 1978 in south pasadena, california and sierra madre, california cemetery. Here are the filming locations from halloween 1978. Toronto house was where black christmas was filmed and. He further noted that a conversation between clark and john carpenter is. South pasadena, ca michael myers house from halloween. John carpenters halloween, the iconic horror classic from 1978, continues to be a major topic of discussion even all these decades later. Allisons house is a classic clapboard federal home.
The exterior shots were filmed at the ropes mansion, which was built around 1724. When i recently made a reference to the show and my kids had no idea what i was talking about, i immediately rented the first season and made let them watch it. Rob zombies 2007 remake of halloween also filmed in south pasadena. At the time the film was made in the spring of 1978, the house was abandoned. The movie was shot on location in charleston, south carolina, where also the netflix series set in kildare, outer banks, was filmed. Originally located at 707 meredian avenue, youll find the house today on the east side of meredian, just north of mission street, at mission street, next to the railroad tracks. Here are some of the most relevant spoilerfree filming locations for the movie.
Disneys halloween classic hocus pocus centers around the sanderson sisters resurrecting on. Bianca and ron have lived in the iconic house more than 30 years. On halloween, albert has a dream where he and laura are kidnapped by a rogue indian tribe after they are mistaken as members of a rival tribe. Due to the extremely low budget allocated to the film, director john carpenter actually shot the exteriors and interiors at the house, making it one helluva a movie location gem for fans after filming, the house would lay dormant until 1987 when the.
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