Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Halloween (2007)






My least favorite entry in the Halloween franchise.  The trailer looked somewhat promising but when I saw the film, I ran from the theater screaming, and not in a good way.  Whether it was the 45 minute white trash backstory or an irritating-as-hell Laurie Strode, Rob Zombie's interpretation was as appealing as a bag of candy corn.

Halloween was filmed in South Pasadena, Altadena, North Hills and Castaic, CA

Location: The Myers House
Address: 1110 Glendon Way, South Pasadena, CA




















Location: The Myers House Kitchen
Address: 2215 S Harvard Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

The Thomas W. Phillips Residence







This house was also used in The People Under The Stairs (1991).




Location: Haddonfield Elementary School
Address: 1020 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, CA






Location: Michael Kills Wesley
Address: 4801 Griffith Park Drive, Los Angeles, CA

If you follow the signs to the Old LA Zoo, you'll come to a parking lot and just west of there is the spot seen in the film...











Location: Smith's Grove Sanitarium
Address: 16111 Plummer Street, North Hills, CA









This is easily recognizable as Haddonfield Memorial Hospital in Halloween II (1981), which was building 10.  This Halloween used building 4.






Location: The Strode House
Address: 1002 Highland Street, South Pasadena, CA




















Location: Haddonfield High School
Address: 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, CA











Location: The Walk Home From School
Address: Fairview Lane & Buena Vista Drive, South Pasadena, CA












Location: The Cemetery
Address: 2400 Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA

Mountain View Cemetery

This area is at the far end of the cemetery near section 4536...





Even though a different cemetery was used in John Carpenter's Halloween, this one also has a Sinclair tombstone, as well as a few other familiar last names in horror...










Location: Haddonfield Char Broil Burger

Address: 2560 Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA

















Location: The Doyle House
Address: 1960 La France Avenue, South Pasadena, CA


Tuesday, October 16, 2018

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)




Julie James is struggling to pick up the pieces after the events of I Know What You Did You Last Summer (1997).  She's got a new 'do, some new friends and a new nightmare as she dodges dead bodies at a deserted resort.  Turns out one of her new friends, Will Benson, isn't a a friend at all - he's Ben's.  Son.  And he's duped Julie with a bogus radio contest vacation giveaway so he can give his father a hand ;-) and settle the score.  

I Still Know pales in comparison to its predecessor  but has really grown on me as a guilty pleasure.  It practically quadrupled the body count from the first film and has less Ray screen time, which is an added bonus.  Critics call it dumbed-down, but I don't think any of them knew the capital of Brazil either.

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was filmed in Pasadena and Los Angeles, CA and Jalisco, Mexico


Location: Julie's Church
Address: 4230 Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

Saint Cecilia Catholic Church























Location: Ray's Pawn Shop
Address: 630 S Main Street, Los Angeles, CA








Location: Julie & Ray's House
Address: 1225 N Michigan Avenue, Pasadena, CA












Locations Visited: October 2018, October 2024



Related Locations:

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)