Maps of Movies

Halloween (1978)

Where Halloween says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The quiet Illinois town of Haddonfield was filmed entirely in California, on streets near Los Angeles.

Scenes and places

The Myers house (1963)

On Halloween night 1963, a six-year-old Michael Myers stabs his teenage sister Judith in the house. Fifteen years later the same empty house draws Laurie, who drops off a key, and Dr. Loomis, who comes to see it for himself.

Set in Myers house, Haddonfield — The abandoned childhood home of Michael Myers, where a young boy stabs his teenage sister on Halloween night 1963.

An old saltbox-style house in the Mission West Historic District that was nearly torn down and moved.

Filmed at Myers house, Mission West, South Pasadena — The house used as the Myers house now stands next to the old hardware-store building on Mission Street (position taken from the hardware-store address); its original lot is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Escape from Smith's Grove (1978)

Dr. Loomis and Nurse Chambers drive up to escort Michael to a court hearing and find the patients out of their rooms. A man leaps onto the car, Marion flees, and the car is driven away.

Set in Smith's Grove Sanitarium — The sanitarium on the road outside, where Dr. Loomis and Nurse Chambers arrive in the rain to take Michael to a court hearing and find the patients loose.

The scene is set in a fictional Illinois sanitarium but was shot in two different California places.

Filmed at Hollywood Reservoir road, Los Angeles — The night road around the Hollywood Reservoir stands in for the escape scene; the exact bend is not given (point is the reservoir centre). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at 3900 Lincoln Avenue, Altadena — Exterior of the sanitarium building; the building and campus have since been demolished (point from the street address). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The schoolyard (1978)

Laurie keeps catching sight of the same figure through the day. When she tells her friends, they brush it off, and she is left alone with the feeling that she is being followed.

Set in Haddonfield school — A daytime school scene where Laurie notices someone watching and her friends wave her worries away.

A one-storey elementary school in the San Gabriel Valley, a few minutes from the South Pasadena locations.

Filmed at Garfield Elementary School, Alhambra — Garfield Elementary stands in for the classroom and for Haddonfield's school exterior; the school has since changed its fence and playground. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The empty grave (1978)

Dr. Loomis walks into the cemetery and finds Judith's tombstone gone. It tells him that Michael has already made it back to Haddonfield.

Set in Haddonfield cemetery — Dr. Loomis visits the cemetery to find that Judith's tombstone has been taken.

A very small old cemetery in the foothill town of Sierra Madre, also used in at least one other horror film.

Filmed at Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery — The small cemetery used for Judith Myers' grave scene; the address (601 East Sierra Madre Boulevard) comes from one blog and another source gives a different number. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The hardware store break-in (1978)

Laurie and Annie meet the sheriff outside the store, which has been broken into. A mask, a rope and some knives are gone, and the sheriff blames local kids.

Set in Hardware store, Haddonfield — The store that has been broken into; a white mask, a rope and two kitchen knives are missing.

A corner building on Mission Street in South Pasadena, in the same historic district as the Myers house.

Filmed at 966 Mission Street, South Pasadena — The building used as the hardware store (point from the street address). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Babysitting the Doyles (1978)

Laurie settles in to look after Tommy, who insists he has seen the boogeyman outside. She tells him there is nobody there.

Set in Doyle house, Haddonfield — The house where Laurie babysits Tommy Doyle on Halloween night.

A house on a quiet Hollywood street in the Spaulding Square historic district that has changed little since 1978.

Filmed at 1530 N Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles — Exterior of the Doyle house in Spaulding Square (point from the street address); the street was chosen because it has few palm trees. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at 1115 Oxley Street, South Pasadena — Laurie's house Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 1537 N Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles — Wallace house, across the street Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Laurie Strode — A quiet teenager who babysits on Halloween night and keeps noticing the same figure.
• Michael Myers — A man who escapes from a sanitarium and returns to the town where he grew up.
• Dr. Sam Loomis — Michael's psychiatrist, who follows him back to Haddonfield to warn the town.