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| 1937 La France Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030, USA (South Pasadena, California)
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The Wallace House
This home on La France Avenue took on a sinister role when it appeared in the 2007 horror film, Halloween. It is located in South Pasadena, California, which is a common movie location for storylines set in the Midwest or East Coast. The ambience the city offers has been seen in such movies as Gone With the Wind, National Treasure, Old School, and many, many more. The ability of the city to double as a Midwest setting made it an ideal location to serve as the fictional city of Haddonfield, Illinois in the original John Carpenter 1978 classic, Halloween. Almost 30 years later, it would once again find itself playing that role when writer/director Rob Zombie revisited that territory with a 2007 remake.
Halloween (2007)
Rather than re-hash the events depicted in the first film, Zombie decided instead to flesh-out the plotline and explore some of the untapped areas. The majority of this new storyline appears at the beginning of the film and explores the childhood of horror icon, Michael Myers - ultimately filling in the timeline between where the original 1978 Halloween starts and when it jumps into the future after Myers escapes from Smith's Grove Sanitarium. Although the film recreates the fateful night that was initially titled, "The Babysitter Murders," there are a few changes and surprises to leave the audience in suspense.
For the film, this house doubled as the Wallace House (identified as "1987 Winchester Drive"), which was the site of the majority of the carnage in the original Halloween. It is the residence of Lindsey Wallace (Jenny Gregg Stewart) and where the character of Annie Brackett (Danielle Harris) comes to baby-sit. It is also the site where Annie and her boyfriend, Paul (Max Van Ville), are attacked by Myers (Tyler Mane) while fooling around after Annie dumped Lindsey off on her friend, Laurie Strode (Scout Tyler-Compton), who is babysitting a few doors down.
Both the interiors and the exteriors of the house were used for the making of Halloween, although the action inside was limited to the downstairs. The one stipulation the filmmakers faced in order to use the home was that they could not get any fake blood on the floors of the house. It seemed to be a major hurdle, as the character of Annie spent a great deal of the time on the floor covered in blood, but they pulled it off by simply tossing a carpet underneath her. As this was the only reported stipulation, apparently the owners had no problem with having a topless Harris running out their front door.
In the original film, the house and surrounding property was the site of three deaths (the majority of the onscreen killing). However, the only character to die at the location in the remake was Annie's boyfriend, Paul. Showing his compassionate side, Zombie opted to let the character of Annie live in his version of Halloween, while the film still features a much higher body count. In fact, the Wallace House has the lowest body count of the four major "Haddonfield" houses (Myers, Strode, Wallace, and Doyle) in the 2007 remake.
Just like the original film and the fictional setting of Haddonfield, the houses that double as the Wallace and Doyle residences are located on the same street (see Halloween (2007): The Doyle House). In Carpenter's Halloween, the two houses are located on Orange Grove Avenue in an area near West Hollywood (see Halloween (1978): The Wallace House and Halloween (1978): The Doyle House), whereas the other residences were located in South Pasadena. The 2007 remake utilized locations in Castaic (see Halloween (2007): The Rabbit in Red Lounge), Altadena, and Los Angeles, but the majority of the "Haddonfield" action was shot solely in South Pasadena.
The House Today
Although the carnage in the house may have been trimmed down for the 2007 version of Halloween, the "Wallace House" maintains its iconic stature in the horror genre. It is still too early to tell if this particular residence will attract as many fans of the series that the home near West Hollywood does, but it still needs to be noted that it remains a private residence. Fans interested in seeing the house firsthand need to respect the owner's right to privacy and be courteous of the neighbors as well. |
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HalloweenMovies.com
The official Web site of the popular Halloween series, including information on all of the sequels, as well as the recent Rob Zombie remake. |
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| Similar Destinations |
| Halloween (1978): The Strode House |
| Halloween (2007): The Strode House |
| Halloween (2007): The Doyle House |
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