Vintage town sign displaying the small community of Haddonfield, New Jersey. The birthplace and stomping grounds for Michael Myers. Sign features blood splatters across front of chest. Although the movies in the Halloween movie franchise are set in Haddonfield, Illinois, Haddonfield, N.J. is in fact the inspiration for the town. Debra Hill, the co-writer of the movie, grew up in Haddonfield, New Jersey. WIKI