( WGN-TV ) — One of Illinois’ most famous cities is one you’ve been to many times but you can’t actually visit in person. Few fictional towns have the same significance in cinema and pop culture history as Haddonfield, the picturesque suburban town featuring across many films in the “Halloween” franchise.
Haddonfield made its first appearance John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic “Halloween,” which established the town as one of lush fall foliage and sleepy streets — at least before former resident Michael Myers returns to finish the holiday killings he began 15 years earlier.
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All-in-all, Haddonfield appears in 11 of the 13 films in the “Halloween” franchise, except for “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” (an anthology film not related to the rest of the series) and “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later,” which follows original protagonist Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in California. When director David Gordon Green brought the series back with 2019’s “Halloween,” he brought back both Curtis and Haddonfield.
So how did it come to be the setting for sheer terror — and where in Illinois would Haddonfield exist if it were real? Let’s explore.
Haddonfield origins
To understand Haddonfield, we first need to understand its origin and creator…