Welcome
to the boogeyman's home away from home. The
Myers House - North Carolina is a life-size replica of the
infamous Michael Myers house from John Carpenter's classic horror
film HALLOWEEN. The house is located in Orange County NC in rural
Hillsborough and is the personal residence of Kenny Caperton, Emily
Currier and their two cats Loki and Siva.
Owner Kenny Caperton has been fascinated with all things Halloween
since he was a little kid and grew up watching the 80's slasher
flicks on late night cable television, but the blank pale face of
serial killer Michael Myers stuck with him the most. At 29 years
old, Kenny's favorite film is still the original 1978 HALLOWEEN
and he was at the point in his life were he was ready to stop paying
rent and wanted to find a place of his own without the meddling
annoyance of landlords. So for a lifelong fan of the Halloween series,
visiting the original Myers House (yes, it's still standing!) in
South Pasadena, California during the process of house-hunting can
give you crazy ideas. So crazy they just might work …that is
how the Myers House NC came to be. So what could have been just
another cookie cutter starter home for a young couple became a one-of-a-kind,
life-sized tribute to a classic horror movie.
But
making this terrifying dream come true didn't come easy - the process
was not without its obstacles and delays. The first stumbling blocks
Kenny and Emily encountered were not having any blueprints for the
original house, not owning any land, and not having any real idea
of how much a project like this would cost. Even though there is
a potentially overwhelming amount of thought and prep work necessary
to build a custom house, the couple were determined to make their
dream come true and tackled each issue one by one: things like designing
the layout and floor plan of the house themselves on a sheet of
paper, finding an architect to create the building plans (none exist
for the original), hunting down a good piece of land, finding a
local builder that was willing to take on the project, getting financing,
picking out every single material to be used in the construction
of the house …the list goes on and on. But after many months
of hard work and bloodshed, The Myers House NC was completed in
March 2009, and can now be found looming eerily in the Hillsborough
countryside.
As
much as Kenny wanted to build the house as close to the original
as possible, he and Emily realized early on that the interior spaces
of the original house, which was built in 1888, were not practical
for the place they would be living in for, most likely, their whole
lives. So the NC version of the Myers House was designed to look
as close as possible to the original house from the outside front
and side views, but the interior and back of the house were intentionally
altered to be livable by their vision and by modern standards. So
the inside got a few extra bathrooms, bigger bedrooms and other
interior alterations, but the important elements from the movie
- Judith's room, the staircase and the basic locations of the kitchen,
dining room and living room, are in the same places.
Another
noteworthy difference between the North Carolina house and the original
worth pointing out to HALLOWEEN fans involves the exterior setting
of the house and the interior décor. The NC house was built
on over 5 acres of old farmland out in the country - sprawling hills
and trees for miles. It would have been extremely hard, if not impossible
to recreate the suburban Midwest feel of Haddonfield, IL for the
replica house, simply because of all of the building codes and neighborhood
restrictions now in place that weren't an issue in the past. While
the house's setting might not duplicate the neighborhood the original
house appears in, the rural setting has its own spooky charm and
adds a unique twist on a house so many people are used to seeing
in suburbia. Imagine Michael Myers attacking you and having no neighbors
to run to! As far as the interior decorating, there is no way that
Emily would let Kenny duplicate the 70's style look with the run
down flooring, appliances, and furniture made famous in the original!
Since the house is not just a replica project and is actually a
primary place of residence, the house has modern appliances and
was decorated in more of a rustic farmhouse/Victorian inspired look
…and of course with plenty of vintage Halloween décor
and Horror memorabilia as accent pieces.
The Myers House North Carolina celebrated its first Halloween at
the house on Saturday, October 31, 2009 to a crowd of nearly 200!
The house has been featured in dozens of online, newspaper and magazine
articles from local Hillsborough all the way to South Pasadena,
California since its completion. Fellow HALLOWEEN fans from all
over (New York, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia, etc.) have
traveled to visit the NC Spookhouse - Kenny and Emily get on average
around 1 group of visitors per week at the house. They also host
several horror get-togethers throughout the year and plan to keep
the tradition of having a big HALLOWEEN Bash on Halloween night
every year. If you're interested in visiting The Myers House NC,
please see the VISIT section and EVENTS
section on the site for more details.
MYERS
HOUSE NC - FILMING LOCATION & FILMOGRAPHY
Attention filmmakers – The Myers House NC is now available
for use as a filming location for your movie. If you are interested
in booking the house for an upcoming production, please contact
the North
Carolina Film Office or email me directly at kenny@myershousenc.com.
FILMOGRAPHY:
• Legends 2 (HALLOWEEN fan film)
Godbout
Entertainment (pre-production)
• Revenge Of The Sandman (HALLOWEEN
fan film) Ron
McLellen of Southlan-Films
(pre-production)
• JUDITH (HALLOWEEN
tribute film) The Myers House NC & Circa Sixty-Seven Industries
(2010)
• HALLOWEEN: The Inside Story
(HALLOWEEN documentary) A&E
Biography (2010)
• Return
Of The Sandman (HALLOWEEN fan film) Ron McLellen of Southlan-Films
(2009)
MYERS
HOUSE NC - VIDEO CLIPS
Recap video of The Myers House North Carolina's "1st
Annual HALLOWEEN Bash" from Saturday, October 31st,
2009. Video created by Jamie McRoberts (aka Streebo) from Mutantville
Productions.
The official teaser movie trailer for The Myers House NC & Circa
Sixty-Seven Industries' HALLOWEEN Tribute
Short Film "JUDITH". For more info about this film
check out the JUDITH section on this website.
The Myers House NC is featured in Ron McLellen of SOUTHLAN-FILMS'
Halloween fan film titled "Return of
the Sandman". Watch video clip 1 OF 7 below and the
rest of the film on Southlan Films official YouTube page HERE.
