Its October in Haddonfield, also known as South Pasadena, the home of Halloween

Table Of Content

• Other Houses From The Halloween Movie
• The Antiques Roadshow guest believed the necklace belonged to the mistress of a royal, but the story was much more wild
• Real-life history
• THE ANIMAL WALK OF FAME: Come Celebrate the REAL Heroes of the Silver Screen
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Four years after Laurie Strode confronted Michael Myers in Halloween Kills, the two are set to meet again, for the last time, and we’re all waiting with bated breath to see whether good or evil will win in the end. The Myers home was featured in most of the Halloween franchise movies and has become instantly recognizable to any movie buff. What’s more, there’s no danger of the house ever facing demolition again, as it was recognized by South Pasadena as one of the city’s historic landmarks. Its construction reportedly marked the arrival of settlers from Indiana to California, where they left their mark on the local architecture, blending Midwestern-centric details into the design of the homes.

Other Houses From The Halloween Movie

The nearby South Pasadena High School, easily recognizable for its Art Deco architecture, was used as the stand-in for Haddonfield High. Sitting innocently in the quiet neighborhood of South Pasadena you’ll find one of the most notorious houses in cinematic history — the filmic home of murderer Michael Myers. In total, there are four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms plus an detached guest house that provides additional space. Modern chandeliers accent the 3,600 square feet of living space, which includes a center-island kitchen and an office with vaulted ceilings and built-ins. Sadly, you can only check out Michael Myers’ home from the outside, as the property currently houses a chiropractor’s office. Also, please remember that this is a private property and that — even though there’s no slasher Michael Myers around to get you — it’s important to respect the owners’ privacy and not tresspass.

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The building is now home to Westland Financial Services (so there’s still some bloodletting happening here), but they don’t seem to appreciate the building’s horror pedigree — a small sign on the front door explicitly forbids trespassing. After being used in the Halloween film, the house remained vacant and became increasingly dilapidated until it was eventually was slated to be bulldozed in 1987 — only to be saved from destruction at the last moment. When Halloween was filmed in the late 1970s, the house had already long been abandoned. The rumors say the building was in such bad shape that the film crew had to do a little work to make the facade presentable — even as a spooky house.

Real-life history

It was not shown as to what happened to the house after forty years, as Michael never took up residence in it after killing his sister at the age of six. However, according to Frank Hawkins in the 2018 film's novelization, the house became famous for being the home of a known serial killer, where vandals began defacing the property. This backstory would be negated by Halloween Kills, where the house has been renovated instead of torn down.

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The fictional town in the Halloween movies took its name from Haddonfield, New Jersey, where producer and screenwriter Debra Hill was born. On the eve of the release of Halloween Ends, the 13th and final installment in the iconic franchise, we take a walk down memory lane to visit Michael Myers’ childhood home. Some would even argue this is the true Halloween movie house, as it is where the finale occurs. Those who have watched the original Halloween movie will know that the Michael Myers house is not the only Halloween movie house worth mentioning. So, the next time you watch "Halloween," remember that house is actually out there — but probably not to truly haunt your dreams.

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For many fans, simply knowing that the house still exists can give them the chills. Who knows, maybe Michael is still lurking behind one of those gaping windows... After Donald and Edith graduated from Northwestern University in the early 1940's. They settled in Donald's hometown of Haddonfield and purchased an imposing yet stately Gothic-style mansion located in Haddonfield's eastern residential district at 1007 First Avenue. During Michael's kindergarten year, he insisted that the house was haunted, claiming to her voices, and suffered from horrific nightmares. Michael's parents took this behavior seriously, although maintained their belief that the house was perfectly safe for a growing family.

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The house was originally located at 707 Meridian (some reports say 709 Meridian), literally down the block (less than 500 feet) from where it stands today. In South Pasadena, an unassuming powder blue house, sitting adjacent to the Gold Line (though we’re supposed to call it the L Line now), is a notorious film history location. This October, the 13th — and sadly, the final — installment in the classic Halloween franchise will be released, and we’re hoping to revisit the Myers home one last time. If you cannot travel all the way to California just to see the Halloween house from the outside, you can always head to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and visit a life-size replica of the infamous Myers home.

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This normal-looking two-story saltbox house with Midwestern Greek revival styling stars in the opening scene of John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween. It plays the role of the home where young Michael Myers killed his sister in an upstairs bedroom. Another notable difference between the North Carolina house and the original is the exterior setting of the house and the interior décor. The NC house was constructed on over 5 acres of old farmland out in the country - sprawling hills and trees for miles.

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When now-serial killer Michael Myers appeared on Halloween of that year, all the Strode family members, save Laurie's paternal adoptive cousin Kara, were murdered. Since the house never sold, Pamela Strode, after Morgan passed away in May 2001, took over the operations of Strode Realty and allowed the Dangertainment live-video Internet company full use of the property. After the Dangertainment murders of Thursday October 31, 2002, Pamela had the residence torn completely down and the land completely leveled within weeks. The lot sold in the Spring of 2003, including newly available neighboring lots, and the property was rebuilt with large condominiums. Pamela Strode still maintains the blueprints for the original house that was built in the late 1880's.

In 2002, it was the setting of a live-feed internet reality program run by entrepreneur Freddie Harris. After Myers murdered almost all of the participants, the house was left abandoned again. Donald, Edith and Cynthia continued to live in the house after Judith's death and after Michael was sentenced to Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Edith and Donald would later move to Indiana due to the media frenzy and the rude stares they received. It wasn't until 1965 when Donald and Edith died in a car accident that the house was then put on the market while Cynthia was placed up for adoption and was eventually adopted by the Strodes. However, the house remained on the housing market for many years and fell into disrepair.

Of course, today it is no longer a private residence - several local businesses have offices set up in various rooms of the house. Along with interior modifications to convert the rooms into office space, the exterior of the house was given a facelift and painted light blue with red trim. The house appeared in poor quality due to it in real life being like that, with the only real restoration at the time being slight makeups for the 1963 segment, for it to look in better quality. In 1987, multiple houses on Meridian Avenue were to be destroyed, included the one known for being the Myers house. Margrave did not own any land, and so he put it on a random street corner, which due to the house's history, got to stay and is still there with a fix-up and new coat of paint, as the Myers house would have in Halloween Kills. Luckily for HALLOWEEN fans, South Pasadena identified the historical significance of "The Century House" and has named it landmark #34 in their list of local properties, forever preserving it as a piece of history.