Sun. Oct 6th, 2024
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The address of the house where Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) lived in “Halloween” is sometimes given as 1103 Fairview Ave. because it occupies a corner lot. But if you make the trek to pay homage to the second-generation scream queen (you know Curtis’ mother played Marion Crane in “Psycho,” right?), it’s the side facing the South Pasadena Public Library that will look familiar (though the siding color has since been changed from white to green). Although most of the mayhem in “Halloween” takes place at other locations, it’s included here because, on a recent drive-by, I noticed a for-sale sign in the front yard. According to the official listing at Exp Realty (which, as of this writing, lists a sale as pending), the home has been in the same family since the 1930s, which makes this the first time in generations the home (actually three homes — it’s described as a a three-unit property) has been on the market.

Here’s hoping the new owners carry on the Halloween tradition of the previous ones, who were known to stock the porch with prop pumpkins and a nice note each season, encouraging visitors to reenact the scene where Laurie Strode sat atop a concrete pillar clutching her bags and a pumpkin at the corner of Fairview Avenue and Oxley Street waiting for Annie to pick her up for an ill-fated babysitting gig.

Spookiness factor: Near non-existent — unless you’re afraid of lurking libraries.

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