THEN & NOW: HALLOWEEN 3 - SEASON OF THE WITCH | Filming Locations in Santa Mira, CA (Loleta, CA)

October, 2020: I took a drive to Loleta, Ca to visit the filming locations used in the 1982 film Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. The town remains almost completely intact - including the Silver Shamrock mask factory. While neglect has not been kind to the building, the abandoned structure puts out LOADS of creepy vibes. Because of the state of decay, I was not able to walk the loading dock to the "final processing" ramp, but got plenty of shots of everything else! Enjoy!
Footage from the film is used strictly for educational purposes to compare 1982 to 2020.
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[@danmusec5634]

Fantastic job! I like how you let the film tell the story versus a bunch of narration. When I was a kid, I HATED this movie because there was no Michael Myers, and now at 40 years old it's one of my favorites. Looks like I need to make it out there and see this factory before it's gone.

[@jntipton]

Thanks Dan!! Appreciate that! Definitely try and make it out there - I actually want to go back again. Very cool little town.

[@ronaldh8446]

Yeah it's been 38 years and nothing lasts forever... but some places I wish would bever change. 😢 Thanks for the tour. 👍

[@nescafe7781]

That was pretty cool. Still looks creepy yet after all these years. Such a great movie. Thank you for sharing it!!!

[@jntipton]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@spencerweeks3980]

@@jntipton it does even when the sun goes down it has werey look.to it u expect to hear curfew curfew its 6 o'clock lol naw is the factory still there I wanna go visy and what is hotel what did they turn it into I heard they were renovation it

[@jntipton]

@@spencerweeks3980 yes should definitely visit! The hotel is now apartments that folks are renting. They did to a renovation but still looks very much the same.

[@spencerweeks3980]

@@jntipton I would love to its sad cheqvy chase got screwed by snl and after he quiet playing in movies he did make experience in new vactuon movie but jt wasn't same but it was great seeing him

[@spencerweeks3980]

Russhhhhh oh there u are lol im goi g give u ur first beer don't let ur mom smell that on ur breath lool

[@03cobra4]

One of my favorite movies ever. Thanks for the video. Love the editing, back-and-forth between the movie and your shots. Also, including the score, which is legendary. Honestly, while time has clearly passed, the town looks identical. I would say, for me, this is the most enjoyable location visit video I have watched.

[@jntipton]

Thank you!! Really appreciate that! Totally agree - one of my favorite movies! Amazing score!

[@MrScotia]

Excellent tour of the Silver Shamrock factory :-) Halloween 3 was shown in Scotland just last week. I love watching older films then seeing what I can find online about the locations used.

[@jntipton]

Thank you!

[@chrisbean]

Halloween 3 was pretty creepy. At first i didn't understand why it wasn't about Michael Myers. I like the current locations, it looks very quiet there. What I most enjoy about horror movies is those isolated, creepy looking locations.

[@jntipton]

Totally agree!!

[@andrewmeredith782]

thank you for this. Ive been thinking about Halloween 3 and use google streetview to see the town. I'm from Canada and would love to see this place someday soon. this movie has everything going for it. 5 stars!

[@jntipton]

Thanks for checking it out! Totally agree! If you can swing it, definitely go check the town out. It's caught in time!

[@bobbywhiteman9421]

I lived in Lolita when Halloween 3 was being filmed, and lived at the apartment the people were staying at in the movie, but the inside apartment scenes were filmed in Los Angeles, wat a cool time to live there, wonderful town and people

[@jntipton]

That is amazing!

[@gallogotti79]

My childhood 😀😪... Thank you very much for making this video kickback, well done!!.....I will add to my favorites list...

[@tioui3844]

The Best halloween 3 filming location on yt...good job!

[@jntipton]

Thank you so much!!

[@Scrapla1]

Wow it's like a time capsule

[@lionelhutz3142]

Honestly with your editing, the H3 soundtrack and movie clips this is one of the best movie location vids on KZbin. Fantastic work! 👍🏼 Halloween 3 may not be my favorite horror movie...but the location scouts couldn't have picked a more creepier town. (And oh yeah...Dan O' Herlihy's "Conal Cochran" is one of the best movie villains EVER!)😆

[@jntipton]

Thank you Lionel 🙏🏻!!! Very much appreciated. Agree with your comments - definitely one of the best villains ever! Thanks for checking out the video and taking the time to drop a comment!

[@jaytip10]

Amazing!!! Thanks for the awesome tour of the town!! Keep up the great content!!!

[@Phillipmoreno1]

Very cool what a hidden gem this place is. You either loved or hated this movie 🍿.thanks for sharing this my bucket list

[@jntipton]

Absolutely Phillip! Very cool spot - thanks for dropping in! Much appreciated!

[@tiperik99]

Great tour and now I need to watch the movie again!!

[@jgionti3]

Absolutely fantastic video. My wife and I live in Florida. This has been one of my favorite movies for decades and an absolute bucket list item. We made it out there a few years ago and I can say 1000% the actual town is every bit as creepy as the movie. We felt like we were in a fish bowl Great video and thanks so much for posting.

[@jntipton]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate your comments and totally agree! The town is caught in time and feels like you are right back in the film . . .

[@Wolfie66]

Great job on the video! Would like to visit Loleta someday. Halloween III is such an underrated movie!

[@jntipton]

Thanks Kevin! Definitely make the trip!

[@intertubicular]

Always loved this movie despite many haters. Halloween fans were expecting Michael Myers, as was I actually. I was a bit disappointed but really enjoyed the film. Many years later and many views later, It's one of my favorites. It's creepy and sinister. If the producers simply called the movie "Season Of The Witch" it would have been received much better and not confused with a third installment of a Michael Myers Halloween. Regardless, It's a classic. Thanks for your time and effort documenting this before and after video.

[@jntipton]

Absolutely 100% agree with you!! I wish they just went with that title! Sorry for the delayed response, I usually reply much faster. Thanks for checking it out and dropping the comment!

[@MMAfighter38113]

What I don’t understand is that there was no indication whatsoever that MM would even be in this movie just by watching the tv spot or theatrical trailer.

[@jntipton]

@@MMAfighter38113 yep - should have just been called Season of the Witch, or Reverse it: Season of the Witch: Halloween

[@thislazylife]

I live about a half-hour north of Loleta. Many years ago, I worked for a rental property management company, and the apartments that were the hotel in SOTW were among the properties I managed. I remember doing a move-out inspection of the very room where Tom Atkins stayed. Being a fan of all things Halloween, I was super giddy!

[@jntipton]

Amazing!!!! 🔥

[@dylanflud1073]

The building is dope, you get inside of it through the basement it’s been abandoned for a long time, based on the conditions inside of it I do not imagine anyone in their right mind would ever buy it. But all the machinery is still inside of there and it’s really cool inside.

[@markylon]

it's been bought, so. I guess it will be knocked down and replaced with some apartments

[@SpeedyDeLosSicarios]

@@markylon sucks, hopefully I can still make it there in time

[@BuccaneerBruce]

When I lived in California this was one of the first filming locations I set out to find. This was an awesome video.

[@jntipton]

Awesome! Thank you 🙏🏻!!

[@georgebowie609]

This is awesome!!! I watched this movie in the theater. One of my favorites in the series. Sad to see how deteriorated the buildings have become!!!! Thx for the great memories!!

[@jntipton]

Thank you! Couldn't agree more! Great movie - also saw it in theaters like you!

[@JonTisch]

Sad how things have changed so much & not for the better including Halloween 1978 locations. Excellent tour.

[@jntipton]

Totally agree - thanks for dropping in and for the kind words 👍🏼

[@dansan80s]

That was awesome video location. I enjoyed watching your video.

[@jntipton]

Thank you!! Appreciate that. Thanks for checking it out!

[@musclesforsupes]

Loved H3, sad to see how time has changed some areas of this location. Great tour.

[@jntipton]

Thank you! Totally agree!!!

[@jeremyhemp8241]

I'm a huge H3 fan and have always wanted to visit Loleta. Unfortunately I live in Kentucky and it's quite a hike from here. Lol. Awesome video!

[@jntipton]

Thanks Jeremy! If you find yourself out in Northern CA, it’s definitely worth checking out!

[@SpeedyDeLosSicarios]

Great video man, I'm so amazed at how you were able to find all these exact places where the movie took place, place still looks beautifully creepy to me now as it did back then, can't wait to go my self, Happy Halloween!! 🎃🎃🎃 Silver Shamrock ☘️

[@jntipton]

Thank you! Yes you should definitely go check it out. You’ll love it. Definitely creepy and amazing how it hasn’t changed very much. I want to go back again . . .

[@daviddavidsonn3578]

sad to see all these abandoned sites...

[@nickadams2451]

I know there a lot of people selling pieces of the bricks from the factory building online. As crazy as it sounds growing up I always wanted to have the factory preserved somehow to look like it was in the movie. Even if it were just exteriors. I always felt this movie was really breaking new boundaries in the early 1980s. There’s just so many layers to the story versus the Michael Myers storyline that has basically one story line pretty much.

[@jntipton]

Totally agreed! Not surprised by the brick 🧱 selling . . . I wish someone would buy it and turn it into a museum or restaurant or both

[@nickadams2451]

@@jntipton and our reality is just watching your video. I get impression that that area is not seen any attention to it since the filming of that movie.

[@jntipton]

@@nickadams2451 it’s definitely not seen a lot of investment . . . Totally caught in time with very little change since filming except for the ravages of time . . .

[@elevatorsfan]

Very cool! Thanks for doing this!

[@jntipton]

Sure thing! Thanks for watching!

[@chaney1]

if I lived there,before it's knocked down I'd get a van and a load of powerful speakers head up to the factory and play the silver shamrock ad at midnight for a send off😁

[@jntipton]

Yes! I love it! 😁

[@spencerweeks3980]

12 more days till haoween silver shamrock. If I heard that I would be like nope loo

[@spencerweeks3980]

Lol it went from 20 or 15 down to 1 more day that 10th day I would had snatched speaker off roof lol

[@jcflores7765]

Really cool man .. thanks

[@jntipton]

Thank you 🙏🏻 much appreciated!

[@whalegulch]

Cool I didn’t know that I’m going to have to stop by on my way to Eureka.

[@jntipton]

Definitely do that!!

[@igorkarelians-wpskins846]

Nice one there 🤘😎 Good old school horror movie filming places

[@jntipton]

Thank you!

[@donpace6405]

Thank you such a wonderfuly shot video so sad to see the factory in such a shape one day this is going to be gone or remodeled it will be gone from movie history from one of the best Carpenter films made in my opinion

[@jntipton]

Thank you Don! And I agree! Amazing score, cinematography, and atmosphere. I love this movie!!

[@darlenericotta]

That was great! Thank you!

[@jntipton]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@j.d.contreras392]

THIS WAS AWESOME. I'M SO GLAD I'M ALIVE TO HAVE WITNESSED IT. MAN THIS TAKES ME BACK! GOOD JOB! HALLOWEEN 3 WAS THE BEST IN MY OPINION! I GOT SICK OF MICHAEL MEYERS! THIS FILM STOOD OUT ABOVE THE REST!

[@jntipton]

100% agree! I can watch Halloween 3 over and over! Thanks for checking it out and the good words!!

[@BoxingFightsByGaryWilson]

Brill, one of my favourite movies from my childhood, thank you!

[@robertocallvo4030]

Excelent tour city. Very good!!!

[@jntipton]

Thank you very much!

[@DarrellLEE-uw3fz]

That was a such a dope video . Thanks . I'm biggest fan of Holloween 3 . And of filming locations. Awesome stuff.

[@jntipton]

Thank you 🙏🏻 really appreciate the kind words. I’m right there with you - love Halloween 3!!

[@DarrellLEE-uw3fz]

@@jntipton would it be crazy of me too move there ? Lol 🤣

[@jntipton]

I’m sure there are places for rent!! It’s actually a nice little town!

[@stephanietoney4960]

It felt like I was watching the real movie that was scary

[@jntipton]

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out!

[@TheAlmightyExlennium]

Usually places that are filmed looks a lot nicer afterwards but here it looks condemned. Hopefully, the next person who owns the town can repair it and make it brand new because Halloween 3 is an awesome movie :DDDDDD

[@jntipton]

Halloween 3 is amazing!!!

[@beny.391]

You'd think the owners of the factory would realize the tourism potentials and would fix up the building....unless its full of asbestos or something then thats understandable. Neat video dude.

[@jntipton]

Thank you! I totally agree - would make an amazing tourist attraction!

[@mattkeller5388]

This was awesome. I was shocked to see some of the smaller details still there, like the odd wood picket fence around the yard, and the two story shot framed up with practically the exact same compact pickup truck. Did you stay the night? I would have had a panic attack.

[@jntipton]

Thanks and I agree - the place seems caught in time. Crazy. I didn’t stay there in town but got an Airbnb nearby.

[@donnyaldridge6452]

The factory partially collasped a couple days ago after the Earthquake..

[@jntipton]

Oh no . . . That sucks . . .

[@alexandermatthews145]

I love Halloween 3 this was supposed to be a series every other Halloween film with Michael Myers was supposed to be some odd story that had nothing to do with the masked killer but for some reason it never happened

[@jntipton]

I agree - would have been cool!

[@Lee71England]

Wonderful video! Enjoyed every minute. (And I'm not just saying that because I love Halloween III.) I was pretty young when that film came out, but I remember people slating it. They didn't like the fact it wasn't the next in the "Jamie Lee Curtis / Michael Myers" series. I remember hearing things like "It's all about some stupid masks." So when I was old enough to watch it, I was a bit worried about what was to come. But I bloody loved it! And I still do, all these years later. Did you meet any of the residents of Loleta when you were there? I wonder how they feel about living somewhere that was the location for such an iconic film? By the way, such a shame you weren't able to walk up to "Final Processing". That would've been the icing on the cake. (Or maybe "the badge on the mask"!) 🎃👻

[@jntipton]

Thank for the good words!! Really appreciate that! Yes I chatted with some of the residents and they are aware of the film for sure. I am right there with you on the movie - love it. Did not get the respect when it was released but has definitely gained a fan base over the years. On the final processing . . . the flooring and structure was so sketchy I couldn't get there . . .

[@Lee71England]

@@jntipton Well, maybe it's just as well you couldn't get up to Final Processing......you might have ended up like Marge Guttman, and Buddy Kupfer and family! 😆😉

[@jntipton]

@@Lee71England exactly 🤣🤣🤣

[@robertocallvo4030]

Um filme maravilhoso. Jamais vai sair das nossas lembranças.

[@jntipton]

Obrigado, concordo plenamente!

[@robertocallvo4030]

A pessoa antes de criticar tem que levar em consideração o propósito da história. Halloween 3 tem um enredo muito bom . O filme não foge em nenhum momento do propósito. Todas as cenas nos remetem ao suspense do início ao fim. A fábrica, as câmeras , a cidade vigiada, os homens robôs, o toque de recolher são tudo imaginado nos mínimos detalhes. A cena do menino na sala de testes nunca saiu da minha cabeça. Os diretores só erraram no nome do filme . O correto mesmo seria não ter interrompido a série do Michael Myer. No entanto o título desse filme deveria ser Uma noite de Halloween e só.

[@anthonyenos2835]

My father owns the blue house on the right of main Street in Lolita California unfortunately he passed away October 31 of last year.

[@jntipton]

Sorry to hear that. Such a cool little town.

[@FarocheCouture]

Jared..... this is amazing! I've wanted to visit this place for years (decades, really). But my job has kept me living overseas for those same decades. When I get 'home' to the USA, I'm usually booked with family & friend visits. This summer, however, I'd like to finally do it. Life is short. My question is: Did you meet with any resistance visiting and taking video of the town? Did anybody give you a hard time while you were exploring the factory and such? I've heard that Loleta can be a bit 'closed off' just like the movie. :-D Wondering if you noticed any of that. Thanks so much for any input!

[@jntipton]

Fantastic Faroche! Do it! I personally did not run into issues - but another individual I ran into said that he did have someone yell at him for going behind the factory, which is all fenced in now. The folks in town seemed quiet and kept to themselves while there. It is DEFINITELY an intriguing little town that remains caught in time - almost exactly as it was in the film!

[@FarocheCouture]

@@jntipton Just a little over a week away! I'm so looking forward to it! I'm taking my 75 year-old uncle (who lives in Seattle) on a surprise trip to Loleta (to also include Point Reyes (The Fog) and Bodega Bay (The Birds)). So excited! I hope I can walk around the factory a bit. So happy I get to see it before it's sold and (probably) torn down.

[@jntipton]

@@FarocheCouture agreed! Really glad you’re doing it. You won’t regret it!

[@briandziedzic420]

Hasn't changed much over the many years.

[@jntipton]

Agreed - it’s like time traveling to visit!

[@t.c.b.3793]

Is this where they made - invasion of the body snatchers

[@michelleblasky8531]

I was just there on Tuesday!

[@jntipton]

Fantastic! Hope you had a great time

[@michelleblasky8531]

I did! Is it okay if I email you about a project??

[@jntipton]

@@michelleblasky8531 absolutely

[@kevinkelley3906]

I think I'm probably in the minority that likes part III the best.

[@jntipton]

Hard to argue! I love the film!!

[@taylorgarrett3391]

I watching the movie now

[@jntipton]

Love it!!

[@mikegarrens5286]

It's not too late to go up to Lolita California On Oct 23rd why?... Saturday the 23rd is when the movie opens up in the movie. Spend the whole 9 days... The clock is ticking it's almost time!

[@jntipton]

Yes!!!! 💀☘️🎃

[@markylon]

Would love to know if the factory is still standing or if it's been demolished?

[@jntipton]

I heard a recent earthquake did cause some damage, but I think it's still mostly intact

[@markylon]

@@jntipton Wow thanks for the update

[@adamfernow6016]

It's an awesome place. But the factory has been neglected and vandalized beyond repair. Now it's just a matter of who can afford to tear it down.

[@jntipton]

Yep - agree. But the town is surprisingly intact overall. See it while you can!

[@robertocallvo4030]

Na verdade o público esperou uma coisa e viu outra. Mesmo assim halloween 3 não deixou de ser um filme Marcante.

[@robertocallvo4030]

Este foi um filme que saiu da mesmice de um assassino em série, quebrando um pouco esse paradigma e se tornando um filme interessante.

[@donnadallary2808]

A ghost town sketchy place

[@ryansplace]

Where were the hospital scenes filmed?

[@jntipton]

Hi Ryan - the hospital exteriors were filmed @- 11600 Eldridge Ave. Sylmar, Ca. 91342. The structure no longer exists.

[@ryansplace]

@@jntipton oh bummer! Thanks Jared for the update. Love film location vids, already subscribed!👍🏻

[@jntipton]

@@ryansplace thank you Ryan I really appreciate that!!

[@dopeassoap8831]

They just demolished it today

[@jntipton]

Oh no! That's sad! Glad I made it out there to see it.

[@taylorgarrett3391]

Wow everything look dead it's not the same as on the movie set

[@jntipton]

Yep - almost 40 years will do that. But it’s surprising just how much remains the same!

[@spencerweeks3980]

Its not it is small small town the hotel is renovated I heard the only.thjng is the factory there suppose tear it down last I heard but not sure if something will be put there

[@mb-ql1gb]

I wonder who lives there ... there is nothing ...

[@spencerweeks3980]

It is its small city that hotel is suppose open up but that factory is being tour down i heard

[@chasejordan8065]

Thanks bro

[@jntipton]

Thank you 🙏🏻!!!