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The Halloween Movie House From 1978: Then And Now

<div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;inline et&lowbar;social&lowbar;mobile&lowbar;on et&lowbar;social&lowbar;inline&lowbar;top">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networks et&lowbar;social&lowbar;4col et&lowbar;social&lowbar;slide et&lowbar;social&lowbar;rounded et&lowbar;social&lowbar;left et&lowbar;social&lowbar;no&lowbar;animation et&lowbar;social&lowbar;withnetworknames et&lowbar;social&lowbar;outer&lowbar;dark">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<ul class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icons&lowbar;container"><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;facebook">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;sharer&period;php&quest;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fhouseandhistory&period;com&percnt;2Fhalloween-movie-house&percnt;2F&&num;038&semi;t&equals;The&percnt;20Halloween&percnt;20Movie&percnt;20House&percnt;20From&percnt;201978&percnt;3A&percnt;20Then&percnt;20And&percnt;20Now" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"facebook" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"3545" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;facebook"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Facebook<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;twitter">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;share&quest;text&equals;The&percnt;20Halloween&percnt;20Movie&percnt;20House&percnt;20From&percnt;201978&percnt;3A&percnt;20Then&percnt;20And&percnt;20Now&&num;038&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fhouseandhistory&period;com&percnt;2Fhalloween-movie-house&percnt;2F" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"twitter" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"3545" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;twitter"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Twitter<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;pinterest">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"&num;" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share&lowbar;pinterest" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"pinterest" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"3545" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;pinterest"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Pinterest<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;like">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"like" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"3545" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"like" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;like"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Like<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Fans of the horror movie franchise &&num;8216&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;3S4OC7Q">Halloween<&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi; should instantly recognize the Halloween movie house&period; In recent years&comma; it has had a change in appearance and&comma; believe it or not&comma; a change in location &lpar;we will go into more detail on that later&rpar;&period; However&comma; it still looks recognizable almost fifty years on&comma; as you&&num;8217&semi;ll see later in the article&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-3555" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Mike-Myers-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mike Myers House" width&equals;"950" height&equals;"641" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Halloween movie house was the house where Michael Myers lived with his family in the original Halloween movie &lpar;1978&rpar;&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also where he began his killing spree&comma; starting with his sister in the family bathroom&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The History Of The Halloween Movie House<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The Michael Myers house&comma; or &&num;8216&semi;Halloween movie house&&num;8217&semi; as it is often known&comma; was originally built in 1888&period; The property was located at 709 Meridian Avenue in South Pasadena&comma; California&period; However&comma; the house was later moved&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When John Carpenter was looking for filming locations for the Halloween movie house&comma; he came across the property at 709 Meridian Avenue&comma; which was already abandoned and left rotting&period; While they wanted the house to look spooky&comma; it couldn&&num;8217&semi;t look abandoned&comma; as this was supposed to be the Myers family home&comma; so the production team got to work&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-3548" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Halloween-Movie-Poster&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Halloween Movie Poster" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"566" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They began fixing up the inside and outside of the property&comma; as both the interior and exterior were to be used in the movie&period; This included floorboards&comma; lighting&comma; and all the typical stuff a fixer-upper would require&period; Then they whitewashed the exterior&comma; rather than paint it in fresh white paint&comma; to make it look like it still needed a coat of paint&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Michael Myers House In The Movie<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Anyone who has seen the original Halloween movie will know that Michael Myers killed his first victim at this house&period; Stabbing to death his sister Judith in the bathroom on Halloween night when he was just six years old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-3546" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Halloween-Movie-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Halloween Movie House" width&equals;"950" height&equals;"404" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the incident&comma; Michael was sent away to Smith&&num;8217&semi;s Grove Sanitarium&comma; where he remained for 15 years before escaping and returning to his hometown of Haddonfield&comma; Illinois&period; While the movie was set in Haddonfield&comma; Illinois&comma; it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t filmed there&period; All filming took place in locations around Los Angeles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Halloween House After The Movie<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>After filming at the property ended in 1978&comma; the house at 709 Meridian Avenue was abandoned again&period; It was then set to be demolished in 1987&comma; along with many other nearby properties&period; However&comma; it was saved by a South Pasadena council member&comma; David Margrave&comma; who purchased the property for next to nothing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As part of his deal when buying the house&comma; it had to be immediately removed so redevelopment of the area could take place&period; David had the house moved from 709 Meridian Avenue to where it is now&comma; 1000 Mission Street&comma; just 160 yards down the road&period; The property now sits next to a railway track opposite some commercial buildings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the years since the house was moved to Mission Street&comma; the property has been transformed into an office building known as &&num;8216&semi;Century House&period;&&num;8217&semi; It houses offices for four different companies&comma; and while you can&&num;8217&semi;t just walk in and have a look&comma; apparently&comma; the office workers are happy for fans to come and sit on the steps and take photos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-3547" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Michael-Myers-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Michael Myers House" width&equals;"950" height&equals;"633" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the commercial buildings that the house now sits opposite is an Indian restaurant&period; However&comma; in 1978&comma; at the time of filming <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amzn&period;to&sol;3S4OC7Q">Halloween<&sol;a>&comma; it was a hardware store&period; This was the same store where Michael Myers found his mask in the movie&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3560" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;The-Hardware-Store&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"631" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Below is a photo of the staircase as it looked in the movie and how it looks today&comma; over four decades later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3557" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Halloween-House-Interior&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Halloween House Interior" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"631" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Other Houses From The Halloween Movie<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Those who have watched the original Halloween movie will know that the Michael Myers house is not the only Halloween movie house worth mentioning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Laurie Strode&&num;8217&semi;s house&comma; played by Jamie Lee Curtis&comma; also gets a fair bit of screen time&period; Her house is also located in South Pasadena&comma; at 1115 Oxley Street&period; Unlike the Michael Myers house&comma; this property has not moved and still looks much like it did in the movie&comma; despite its color change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3558" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;Laurie-Strode-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Laurie Strode House" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"630" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Doyle house&comma; where Laurie ends up in a grueling battle with Micahel Myers at the end of the movie&comma; was built in 1920&period; It is located on Orange Grove Avenue in Hollywood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Much like the Strode house&comma; it still looks very recognizable today&period; Some would even argue this is the true Halloween movie house&comma; as it is where the finale occurs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3559" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;The-Doyle-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Doyle House" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"629" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you like the Halloween movie house&comma; check out the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;paranormal-activity-house&sol;">Paranormal Activity house<&sol;a> and the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;a-nightmare-on-elm-street-house&sol;">A Nightmare On Elm Street house<&sol;a>&comma; two other iconic horror movie houses&period;&NewLine;

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