Halloween series wiki is a fandom movies community. Due to the three year period between the filming of halloween1978. Ignoring halloween 2 and keeping in continuation with h1 and the new halloween movie, 2018. Halloween features one of the more arresting opening sequences of the year, and it only happened thanks to the tight purse strings of budgetconscious producer blumhouse. He is from the fictional town of haddonfield, illinois. The horror movie, halloween, was set in smiths grove. Smiths grove sanitarium is a mental health facility and detainment center for the criminally. These folks are about to have the movie experience of a lifetime. It is included in the bowling green, kentucky metropolitan statistical area geography. Jack martin would write halloween ii, which was released alongside its film counterpart. All the cancelled halloween scriptstreatmentsideas. The facilitys official phone number is 18886767676. Halloween director david gordon green discusses why michael myers doesnt kill a certain character and letting the character make one ethical decision.
Smiths grove is actually a couple of locations, but we will start with the courtyard exteriors. Director carpenter talks bowling green memories, new. In november of 1963, young michael myers was taken to smiths grove after the brutal murder of his older. The movies director, john carpenter, grew up in bowling green, about 15 miles away. Bowling green is in warren county, where haddonfield is set.
Inspired by halloween 1978 this movie design pays homage to the facility that incarcerated a young michael myers until his escape 2 colour screen print available on. Both places are fictional, but smiths grove, kentucky, is close to where john carpenter grew up in bowling green, kentucky. In november 1963, young michael myers was taken to smiths grove after the brutal. While halloween started filming in charleston a few weeks ago, according to local actor and bodybuilder rob niter, who will be playing a cop in the new movie, curtis had not yet arrived on set. In its heyday of the 1980s, the movie tiein novel was a staple. May 23, 2019 what were they feeding remake mikey at smiths grove. Loomis spots the smiths grove station wagon on genesee avenue, the house behind him is the one we saw earlier, also used as dennis house in christine. Michael myers is a fictional character from the halloween series of slasher films. Halloween director explains why michael myers avoided that.
The shots of laurie strode were done in a parking lot at 7555 palmetto commerce parkway in north charleston. Details about smiths grove sanitarium tshirt halloween horror mental hospital movie. Carpenter, a former bowling green resident perhaps best known for directing the iconic halloween movie, is, at age 68, adding to his entertainment legacy. James cordens team on the late late show takes the truecrime template of netflixs making a murderer and brings it to the halloween franchise to find out. I may be old but i got to see all the cool bands tshirt, s3xl, funny rock tee. It was located 150 miles north of the town of haddonfield in the state of illinois. Smiths grove sanitarium from where michael myers escapes in halloween. All the other locations ive been able to line up my current photos with screenshots from the movie but i couldnt find anything at this one to prove it, ive just heard from several people that this was the place. And with the upcoming halloween kills, which is scheduled for a 2020 release, she may make it six decades playing the heroine. The first horror movie i ever saw was halloween on the nbc broadcast in 1981. It is located 150 miles north of the town of haddonfield, in the state of illinois the facilitys official phone number is 18886767676. One of my favorite films in the series is the underrated sixth entry, halloween.
After years of waiting for a halloween sequel that felt like it did. Smiths grove sanitarium halloween series wiki fandom. Halloween movies michael myers was based on true story. Smiths grove exterior halloween 6 filming location. The curse of michael myers 1995, at least i think so. Smiths grove sanitarium headhunters horror house wiki.
I was going to use this as part of a longer halloween project. Smiths grove is a city of kentucky in the united states. Latest casting call for blumhouses halloween hints. The film is peppered with references to local places smiths grove, russellville road. Halloween 1978, halloween ii 1981, halloween h20 1998, halloween resurrection 2002 and halloween 2018. Smiths grove sanitarium tshirt halloween michael myers. Halloween 1978 the worldwide guide to movie locations. One good scare is a 2003 comic book written by stefan hutchinson and illustrated by peter fielding. There are also numerous references in halloween to street names that are major roads in the greater bowling green area. Halloween 8 treatment by phil nutman and daniel farrands 1999 tommy doyle and lindsey wallace rummage through the files and diaries of dr. Smiths grove sanitarium tshirt halloween horror mental hospital movie. Ever since then, shes been preparing for the day he would escape smiths grove so that she could kill him.
Smiths grove sanitarium is a mental health facility and detainment center for the criminally insane. It is the official 25th anniversary halloween comic. This is part of an series of locations for halloween 2018. New halloween movie is returning to an iconic location. There are numerous references in john carpenters movies. Smiths grove, ky event calendar events in smiths grove. In and around smiths grove, ky restaurants movie times real estate jobs classifieds gas prices museums historical markers coffee spots parks smiths grove tool kit. Why halloween team scrapped opening scene last minute. The smiths grove exterior is made up of two locations. The director of halloween john carpenter says the michael myers character is based on a reallife psychiatric patient he came face to face with in college. Use this list below to find the best halloween events and happenings in your area or browse through our spooky list of halloween trick or treating events, halloween parades and more in ky.
This film is very accurate in how ptsd is portrayed. Im constantly let down by movie tiein novels nowadays. In addition to the smiths grove sanitarium halloween tee above, browse the halloween clothing gallery for more apparel like mens and womens clothes, kids shirts or. Smiths grove sanitarium, is the asylum that michael myers escapes from in the movie halloween. She played the character of laurie strode in halloween films released in five different decades. Design based on the mental hospital where michael myers was committed and eventually escaped from in the. Full spoilers for halloween 2018 from the toronto international film festival. It is located 150 miles north of the town of haddonfield, in the state of illinois. Smiths grove warren county sanitarium horror film wiki fandom. After 15 years of captivity in smiths grove sanitarium for the murder of his sister judith, myers escaped and set out to finish what he started to hunt down and kill the remainder of his family. Written by curtis richards, the book follows the events of the film, but expands on the festival of samhain and michaels time at smiths grove sanitarium.
Loomis, learning of the events that transpired during michael myers 15 years of incarcenation at smiths grove, basically a prequel intercut with present day. Halloween 1978 smiths grove gate michaels escape youtube. Click the buy button to select tshirt size and to see sellers price. Hunting for scares and screams in a kentucky halloween haunted house near smiths grove. Smiths grove, kentucky simple english wikipedia, the. Terence wynn was the reason michael myers was confined to smiths grove when he was age six. Michael myers halloween smiths grove sanitarium patient. Hij verscheen voor het eerst in halloween 1978 van john carpenter.
Smiths grove is a home ruleclass city in warren county, kentucky, united states. John carpenters 1978 original, and best, stalknslash, with more scary stalking than gratuitous slashing, is set in the fictitious illinois suburb of haddonfield producer debra hill grew up in haddonfield, new jersey, the movie blends locales in hollywood and south pasadena into one neighbourhood. Halloween 2018 the mask of michael myers scene 110 movieclips duration. This assumption is based on the fact that the production, currently filming in south carolina, just put out a casting call looking for actors to play criminally insane characters. In one scene the subtitle depicts the location as smiths grove, illinois. Fans can look forward to revisiting smiths grove sanitarium, the asylum michael myers escaped from in 1978, when blumhouses halloween hits theaters this october. Laurie strode is a character who was nearly murdered by michael myers on halloween night in 1978, and this naturally haunts her to this day. The filming location where they filmed the opening scene for halloween. This unique halloween movie merchandise item is perfect for horror fans. Season of the witch, and halloween 4 each received novelizations as well. The first is the macdougall correctional institution at 1516 old gilliard road in ridgeville, south carolina. In one scene the subtitle depicts the location as smiths grove, il. One is a guard who is killed at smiths grove the night michael escapes and also the female news producer is killed when she discovers michael has stowed away in her trunk while trying to fix a flat tire, which is how michael drove himself to the area where the hospital is.
Smiths grove warren county sanitarium horror film wiki. For the first time since the first halloween film, and last, within the original halloween film franchise the smiths grove warren county sanitarium returns onscreen and plays a much larger role. That doesnt spell it out plainly, but it sounds very much like the new halloween is heading back to smiths grove sanitarium. Smiths grove, kentucky, is a small town of about 600 people 15 miles from. Central illinois is a killer home for halloween movies. Halloween movie series is michael myers from smiths grove. These scenes were shot at the military magnet academy, 2950 carner avenue in north charleston, south carolina. It was to be sold as a collectible at a halloween convention in south pasadena but is now available to buy online. Fifteen years later, michael nick castle escapes smiths grove sanitarium and returns to his hometown of haddonfield, illinois. Smiths grove sanitarium was a mental health facility and detainment center for the criminally insane. James jude courtney, who plays michael myers, will be in bowling green on the films opening weekend and will be featured at a local. Michael x michael myers halloween film halloween horror horror movie characters horror films horror video. Michael myers halloween horror movie boogeyman licensed tshirt.
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