Summary
- Michael Myers doesn't have any quotes in the Halloween francise, since he never speaks.
- Many of the best Halloween quotes come from Dr. Loomis, the character who perhaps understands the psychology of Michael Myers better than anyone.
- Laurie Strode's journey is reflected in many of the best Halloween quotes, especially in the modern David Gordon Green trilogy where she turns the tables on Michael Myers.
When it comes to Halloween movie quotes, the best of them come from the moments in the franchise when the likes of Laurie Strode or Dr. Loomis speaks about the horrors of Michael Myers. While there are no Michael Myers quotes in the entire series, as he remains a silent killer, the other characters expand on his legacy with many quotable lines that capture the horror of Halloween's villain. Halloween first arrived in 1978 and that one movie spawned three different timelines, each of which has provided some of the best Halloween quotes.
From David Gordon Greene's trilogy to the Rob Zombie movies, there are a lot of characters in disconnected storylines who suffered and died through the legacy of Michael Myers. This offers plenty of characters to talk about the evil that this one man brought to Haddonfield, Illinois, and how these murders destroyed an entire community. From the first movie in 1978 to the third movie in David Gordon Green's continuation of that first story, Laurie Strode, Tommy Jarvis, Dr. Loomis, and more had plenty of Halloween movie quotes that show why Michael Myers is one of the most terrifying slasher movie villains.
20 "This House Is Sacred To Him, He Has All His Memories Here."
Dr. Loomis - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
From the very first Halloween movie, it seems that Michael Myers has one destination in mind when he escapes his captors. Michael Myers goes to Haddonfield, Illinois, and ends up focusing on one house — his own childhood home. It was in this home years before that he killed his sister, and as Halloween Ends reveals, everything leads back to this one house.
Dr. Loomis actually explains this himself many years ago in the sixth movie, The Curse of Michael Myers. As Dr. Loomis says, outside the institution, this house is where Michael Myers' only memories lived, and this is why he finds it necessary to go back home when he starts his killing again and again.
19 "You Don't Know What Death Is"
Dr. Loomis - Halloween II (1981)
In Halloween II, Dr. Loomis and the town's law enforcement try to find Michael Myers after he disappears at the end of the original. There have been plenty of deaths throughout the first movie, and Loomis knows all about Michael killing his sister so many years before. Loomis has now realized there is something possibly supernatural about Michael, and he has decided that there is more to this slasher killer than anyone might have expected.
Loomis shot Michael six times, but the silent killer simply got up and walked away. When Loomis dismissively says, "You don't know what death is," he is also admitting that none of them know what it will take to end this threat.
18 "There's A Creepy Man In A White Mask And He Keeps Trying To Play Hide And Seek With Us"
Little Girl - Halloween Kills (2021)
Halloween Kills is the middle movie in the David Gordon Green franchise that moves on from the first John Carpenter Halloween and ignores the rest of the franchise. At the end of the first David Gordon Green Halloween sequel, Michael Myers survives a house fire unscathed. Laurie and her family are looking for Michael before he starts killing again, and this Halloween quote perfectly demonstrates why they're so afraid.
When a little girl at a playground says a "Man in a white mask" is there wanting to "play hide and seek," the adults panic for good reason. While Michael Myers has mostly not killed children in the past, this line increases the terror of the townspeople as they start to plan Michael's demise.
17 "I Don't Like You To Hide Your Face. Take It Off."
Deborah Myers - Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007)
The Rob Zombie Halloween movies were decisive at best and ended with just two installments. Zombie chose to ignore John Carpenter's movies and rebooted everything from scratch, giving Michael Myers an actual backstory. These movies showed why Michael was a slasher killer and attempted to create a sympathetic backstory that explained his murderous tendencies. While this wasn't the best idea, it gave Michael's mother a chance to play into the story. In the institution, Michael is wearing a mask, saying it hides his ugliness. She refuses to accept this and asks him to take it off because, to her, he isn't ugly at all. It was a rare showing of kindness towards Michael.
16 "Inside Every One Of Us, There Exists A Dark Side"
Dr. Loomis - Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007)
When Rob Zombie rebooted the Halloween franchise, he also created a new story for Dr. Loomis. Instead of a man who sought to stop the evil of Michael Myers once and for all from the start, Zombie's Loomis was almost exploiting Michael for profit with his book and speaking career. In Zombie's story, Loomis studied Michael for years and spoke in detail about the evil he saw within the child. Loomis has some dark opinions about humanity, as he says everyone is born with a dark side, and "most people rise above it." For Michael, he couldn't and with this statement, he admits there is no redemption for Michael Myers in this story.
15 "You and Allyson shouldn’t be running. Evil dies tonight."
Laurie Strode - Halloween Kills (2021)
In the first Halloween movie, Laurie Strode is a teenage babysitter who has to fight for her life to survive the attack of the boogeyman in her home. By the time the David Gordon Green sequel arrived, Laurie was a mother and grandmother. She worked so hard to prepare her daughter for the chance Michael Myers could return that she ended up estranged from her own family. However, Laurie also lives to protect her family, despite the estrangement. In Halloween Kills, Laurie is tired of running. With this quote, she admits that nothing is more important than protecting her daughter and granddaughter from Michael Myers.
14 "He's Here To Kill That Little Girl And Anyone Who Gets In His Way"
Dr. Loomis - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
In Halloween 4, the franchise chose to kill Laurie Strode offscreen and instead focused on her daughter, Jamie Lloyd. This was an attempt to make Jamie the new Final Girl and, since she was a child, it made it that much scarier. The three movies from this period of the Halloween franchise ended up critically derided thanks to the addition of a cult that was controlling Michael Myers.
Dr. Loomis was still around though, and he picked up where he left off with Laurie, setting out to protect those Michael hunts down. This Halloween quote comes when Loomi dramatically reveals that Jamie is in great danger and emphasizes that Michael Myers is an unstoppable force.
13 "I've Said Goodbye To My Boogeyman"
Laurie Strode - Halloween Ends (2022)
For the first time in franchise history, it looks like Michael Myers is dead at the end of Halloween Ends. While there is another Halloween sequel planned, it remains unclear how the story of Michael Meyers will continue, since he not only died but was chopped into tiny pieces in the end. In this most recent trilogy, Laurie was able to finally turn the tables, and she helped end Michael once and for all by sending his body through an industrial shredder. Laurie receives a happy ending and this quote is the payoff to her 44-year battle with Michael Myers.
12 "I Prayed That He Would Burn In Hell. But In My Heart, I Knew Hell Would Not Have Him"
Dr. Loomis - Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
In Halloween 5, Michael Myers continues to seek out Jamie Lloyd and Dr. Loomis finally makes his last stand against the seemingly indestructible slasher monster. If anything, Loomis has always had the most melodramatic quotes in the Halloween franchise, and this time it is no different. Loomis dies when he finally seemingly defeats Michael. He beats Michael into unconsciousness and then has a stroke, seemingly dying on top of Michael's prone body. However, before this, Loomis hints that Michael might never die, as this Halloween quote reveals that Michael might be even too evil for Hell itself. Loomis was right, as his death didn't even stop Michael Myers.
11 "Michael Myers Has Haunted This Town For 40 Years. Tonight, We Hunt Him Down"
Allyson Strode - Halloween Kills (2021)
What makes David Gordon Green's Halloween movies unique is that they don't really show Michael Myers hunting down a small group of hapless victims. After the first movie did just that, with Michael targeting Laurie Strode and her family, the second and third take a wild turn and show how Michael's murders over the years have traumatized an entire town. Halloween Kills starts with a celebration of Michael Myers's imprisonment, but then when they learn Michael is back, things get really dark for these townspeople. When Laurie's granddaughter Allyson says this line, it shifts the plot from surviving Michael to actively hunting him down and ending him once and for all.
10 "Trick Or Treat, Motherf*****!"
Busta Rhymes - Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Halloween: Resurrection battles The Curse of Michael Myers for the worst movie in the franchise based on critics' scores (via Rotten Tomatoes). This is mostly because it kills Laurie Strode and then moves on to mostly unlikable victims, looking more like a Friday the 13th movie than a Halloween movie. It follows a reality television crew who stage a show set inside Michael Myers' old house, only for him to return and start killing people on live television. One of the most memorable aspects of the movie is Busta Rhymes' showdown with Michael. He attempts to fight Michael with martial arts skills and uses this one-liner before starting the fight.
9 "The Blackest Eyes. The Devil's Eyes"
Dr. Loomis - Halloween (1978)
Aside from Michael Myers and Laurie Strode, the Halloween franchise's most famous character would have to be Dr. Sam Loomis. Loomis worked for years as a psychiatrist overseeing Michael Myers following the murder of his sister at a young age. However, Loomis is not too keen on treating Myers, as he explains that even as a child, Loomis only saw evil in him. His eerie description of Michael and his lifeless eyes helps establish him as a terrifying force without reason, remorse, or emotion. It also shows that evil likely existed in Michael from the start, and Loomis never could find a way to save the child.
8 "I'll See You In Hell"
Laurie Strode - Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
The biggest reason Halloween: Resurrection marked the end of the franchise for five years is because it brought Jamie Lee Curtis back as Laurie Strode, only to kill her in the first ten minutes. Laurie lives in a mental institution, waiting for Michael to return to finish the job. She actually lures him into a trap, and it is her big chance to end his threat once and for all. However, before finishing him off, she makes the mistake of trying to take off his mask to make sure it's really him. He ends up stabbing Laurie and kills her. As she dies, she gives him a kiss and promises they'll see each other again in hell.
7 "Stop it! Stop it! STOP IT!"
Daniel Challis - Halloween 3 (1983)
The original plan for the Halloween franchise was for it to be an anthology with each movie telling a new Halloween-set horror story. Halloween 3 attempted to fulfill this idea with a totally new story not involving Michael Myers. In this movie, a doctor discovers a plan to kill countless children by distributing magical masks whose deadly purpose is triggered by a commercial jingle set to air on Halloween night. The movie ends on an unsettling and ominous note as the doctor calls the television station screaming to have the commercial taken off the air, but he fails when one TV network ignores him and plays it anyway.
6 "You're Talking About Him As If He Were A Human Being. That Part Of Him Died Years Ago"
Dr. Loomis - Halloween (1976)
Some movies examine the human side of their villains to show how they can be sympathetic. However, the Halloween series works best when it admits that Michael Myers is a being without emotion or remorse. Dr. Loomis is the one who seems to understand this the most, which is why the character is a source of many of the best and most insightful Halloween quotes.
Loomis knows Michael is not something that can be reasoned with. Whatever part of him was human before is going now and what remains is a terrifying creature who cannot be stopped. Loomis worked with Michael as a child, and he knows better than anyone that this is one slasher killer who has no sympathetic side to exploit.
5 "Do You Know That I Pray Every Night That He Would Escape?"
Laurie Strode - Halloween (2018)
David Gordon Green's Halloween is a direct sequel to the 1978 original, ignoring all the sequels that came before it, and has Michael actually incarcerated after the first movie rather than escaping. Set 40 years after the original, Laurie Strode is still recovering from the trauma of her first encounter with Michael Myers while preparing for their inevitable rematch. When she hears Michael has indeed escaped, she tells the sheriff she prayed for that every night. When he asks why she would do that she responds, "So I could kill him." This Halloween quote was the perfect start to a trilogy that finally sets out to stop Michael Myers once and for all.
4 "Happy Halloween, Michael"
Laurie Strode - Halloween (2018)
Part of the fun of the 2018 sequel is how it plays with Laurie and Michael being forever connected. Despite retconning the fact that they were siblings, there is a twisted bond between the two, and the movie highlights this by recreating classic moments from the original with Laurie taking Michael's position. After the two get into a brutal confrontation, Laurie comes back to finish the job.
As Michael did in the original, Laurie emerges from the shadows and gives him a fitting Halloween greeting before attacking. It is a nice twist that shows Laurie has not only practiced for survival, but has learned from watching Michael as well. As this 2018 Halloween quote revealed, Laurie Strode is the hunter now.
3 "He Came Home"
Dr. Loomis - Halloween (1978)
The Halloween series begins when a young Michael Myers brutally kills his sister on Halloween night. Since then, he has become obsessed with returning to his hometown and continuing his bloody killing spree. In the original movie, no one believes Michael is interested in returning to Haddonfield after his escape, except for Dr. Loomis. The doctor understands what drives Michael and follows him back to Haddonfield. His cryptic observation that Michael is already there, lurking in the shadows is perfectly unsettling. Loomis knows that Michael Myers is attached to Haddonfield, and they remain connected throughout the franchise.
2 "It's Halloween, Everyone's Entitled To One Good Scare"
Sheriff Brackett - Halloween (1978)
Though Michael Myers is scary enough, the Halloween setting for the first movie adds a nice touch to the story. There is a sense of horror already hanging in the air and a man walking around in a mask doesn't look so unusual. Early in the film, Laurie Strode runs into Sheriff Brackett, startling her. After she gets over the initial fright, the sheriff tells her that everyone is entitled to one good scare on Halloween. Little did he know there would be more where that came from. It also gives the movie a little tongue-in-cheek feel, as the boogeyman coming on Halloween seems a little too perfect of a coincidence.
1 "Was That The Boogeyman?"
Laurie Strode - Halloween (1978)
Though he is introduced as a child in the opening scene of the original movie, Michael Myers seems to grow into something supernatural over time. After being terrorized by him all Halloween night, it's understandable that Laurie Strode thinks he might be a monster. After Loomis shoots Michael several times, causing him to fall off the balcony. Laurie asks Loomis if that is the "boogeyman". Loomis simply responds, "As a matter of fact it was." These Halloween quotes play out even more when Michael returns again and again to terrorize Laurie, Haddonfield, and anyone else who steps in his way. He is the ultimate boogeyman.