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. Samuel loomis used jamie lloyd in an attempt to lure michael myers into a trap that he set up within the myers house. Here are the filming locations from halloween 1978. An abandoned house owned by a church stood in as the myers house.
Toronto house was where black christmas was filmed and. In the 1978 film, she sat outside on the front stoop while holding a pumpkin, a sight often recreated by halloween devotees. Thousands flock to spots where the original halloween. Evidence suggests a nightmare on elm street house is in. The movie was shot on location in charleston, south carolina, where also the netflix series set in kildare, outer banks, was filmed. Its october, actually almost halloween, so weve gotta talk about a show featuring some awesome witches. Toronto house was where black christmas was filmed and the slasher flick was born. 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. A house in salem used in the filming of hocus pocus. 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. Jamie also ran into the attic of the old myers house where she found the corpses of rachel carruthers and the family dog, max. You can actually visit allisons house from hocus pocus. 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. Here are some of the most relevant spoilerfree filming locations for the movie. Time to carve pumpkins, host halloween parties, bake all our favorite autumninspired treats, andperhaps most thrilling of allwatch our very favorite halloween movies. John carpenters halloween, the iconic horror classic from 1978, continues to be a major topic of discussion even all these decades later. 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.
Bianca and ron have lived in the iconic house more than 30 years. The new halloween almost refilmed the originals ending. Jamie lee curtis in halloween ii, which was filmed at the va sepulveda ambulatory care center in north hills. 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. The addams family house where every night is halloween.
At the time the film was made in the spring of 1978, the house was abandoned. Laurie strodes house from halloween iamnotastalker. Actual southern california locations where the 2007 remake of halloween was filmed. And on the opposite corner of meridian is century house, mission street, the nowbrightandrenovated myers house. The reboot of the popular horror franchise halloween was filmed in charleston earlier this year, and the movie which stars jamie lee curtis, judy greer, nick castle and will. Film locations for john carpenters halloween 1978, in. Was the iconic nightmare on elm street house used years. The anchor of the films south pasadena locations was its archetypal haunted house. It was used as a haunted house around halloween throughout the 1970s and has since been used as a filming location for halloween. The exterior shots were filmed at the ropes mansion, which was built around 1724. Well start out with the locations of those homes in the 2007 remake 1. A look at all the places where hocus pocus was filmed 26 years ago. Learn where it was filmed, meet the cast, and see behindthescenes photos.
Halloween sequels will be filmed in wilmington, not. The burbs is a fun movie to watch around halloween time. Pioneer cemetery, 553 east sierra madre boulevard, sierra madre haddonfield cemetery. The addams family house, where every night is halloween if you grew up watching the addams family on tv, snap your fingers. The interiors however, were filmed directly across the street at 1533 n. Mission street, south pasadena photograph peter paulsen. Unlike many of todays horror flicks, john carpenters halloween was filmed in an actual house rather than on a movie set.
Its almost halloween, and you know what that means. 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. Supposedly in the fictitious town of haddonfield, illinois, but actually in southern california. The house where sabrina the teenage witch was filmed is. Halloween was filmed in 21 days in the spring of 1978 in south pasadena, california and sierra madre, california cemetery. Did you know that the original michael myers house from 1978 horror classic halloween is in south pasadena. Little house on the prairie the halloween dream tv. When i posted about the burbs, several folks suggested i post a tour of the victorian house in the movie.
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. The original myers house and lauries house are both located in south pasadena, california. The scream house can be rented inside stus mansion in. South pasadena, ca michael myers house from halloween. 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. It was shot over twenty days in the spring of 1978. 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. After audiences werent exactly thrilled with halloween 3. The scene was filmed in nearby marblehead at old burial hill. 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. He further noted that a conversation between clark and john carpenter is. The original location of the house was 707 meridian avenue, right down the block from the current address, during the filming of halloween. The streets, unmistakably, have a lot of character, says wallace. Even though it was released 26 years ago, we never tire of seeing the.
Fifteen years later, he escapes and returns to his. The new halloween is also set in the fictional town of haddonfield illinois as the original one. It proves that the movie has left its mark on the genre. Rob zombies 2007 remake of halloween also filmed in south pasadena. Had a lot of fun revisiting these places again and im happy that i was able to film them this time around to share with all of you. The house remained abandoned until halloween 1989, when dr. 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. Michael myers house from halloween supposedly in the fictitious town of haddonfield, illinois, but actually in southern california. South pasadena high school, lyndon street, south pasadena haddonfield high. Season of the witch a film that has become quite beloved here in the horror community in recent years michael myers was brought. And when it comes to bingewatching films, hocus pocus just so happens to be our title of choice.
Halloween while visiting the myers house, background, on meridian avenue in south pasadena, where much of the movie was filmed. Halloween filming locations 1978 john carpenter horror. As ever, i have to stress that these locations are private. Halloween was released into theaters on october 25th, 1978. 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. Forty years after the original halloween was released, jamie lee curtis is back to outwit michael myers for the last time. After arriving in south pasadena, it didnt take long for.
The halloween franchise has packed its bags and moved future filming from charleston to wilmington, nc according to wect news. Tourists in salem, ma, might recognize the massive, white colonial house with black shutters that sits at 318 essex street. Courtesy of everett collection las ultimate horror movie filming locations map the. 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. Carpenter also made a voice cameo as the voice of paul, during the. Behind the scenes with locals on the filming of halloween.
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. Michael myers childhood home draws halloween tourists. Disneys halloween classic hocus pocus centers around the sanderson sisters resurrecting on. On the west side of the block, just north of mission street in pasadena. Allisons house is a classic clapboard federal home. Amazingly, the strode residence looks pretty much exactly the same today as it did in 1978 when halloween was filmed. Per, the original house was located in the residential area of south pasadena at 707 meridian avenue. But the two babysitting houses are actually located in hollywood.
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. The house of laurie strode jamie lee curtis is 1103 fairview avenue at oxley street in south pasadena. If the angle of the house looks a little odd, thats because the entire building was moved from its former position around the. Laurie and tommy walking up to the myers house, as seen in the 1978 movie halloween. The northfacing side of the house is the area that appeared in the movie. 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. Laurie and tommy walking up to the myers house, as seen in. House from halloween 4 up for sale in salt lake city.
There are four main houses seen in both the 1978 original and the 2007 versions of halloween. Century house, mission street, south pasadena myers house. Since then, it has been moved to the other side of the street, and now serves as a chiropractors office the alegria chiropractic center. Last october, i posted a movie house tour featuring one of my favorite comedy movies, the burbs, starring tom hanks and carrie fischer. It was directed by john carpenter and written by carpenter and debra hill. Michael myers childhood home draws halloween tourists to south.
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