# Halloween (2018 film)

Halloween is a 2018 American slasher film, the sequel to 2002 sequel film; Halloween: Resurrection, about Laurie Strode confronting her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. It was followed by 2020 sequel film; Halloween Kills.
    Directed by David Gordon Green and written by John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Jeff Fradley.
    See also:
       Halloween (franchise)

## Laurie Strode

* I always knew he'd come back. In this town, Michael Myers is a myth. He's the Boogeyman. A ghost story to scare kids. But this Boogeyman is real. An evil like his never stops, it just grows older. Darker. More determined. Forty years ago, he came to my home to kill. He killed my friends, and now he's back to finish what he started, with me. The one person who's ready to stop him.
* Happy Halloween, Michael.
* He's waited for this night... he's waited for me... I've waited for him...
* He is a killer. But he will be killed tonight.
* Stay here. I've got to finish this.
* Why are you all just standing here? Do something, damn it!
* [To Dr. Sartain after finding out he is Michael's psychiatrist] Oh, you're the new Loomis.

## Karen

* [Holding a gun at the base of the hidden room's stairs] I can't do it!
* [Michael appears at the top] Gotcha. [Shoots him]

## Aaron Korey

* We're here to investigate a patient that killed three innocent teenagers on Halloween, 1978. He was shot by his own psychiatrist and taken into custody that night, and has spent the last forty years in captivity.

## Officer Hawkins

* There's a reason we're supposed to be afraid of this night.
* You want me to take this injured civilian to go look for a psychopathic serial killer?

## Dr. Sartain

* You're not cold or anything, are you? Everything all right? Are you taking any medication?
* [About Laurie and Michael] I would suspect the notion of being a predator or the fear of becoming prey keeps both of them alive.
* He can speak. He just chooses not to.
* [On the mask to Myers] You can sense it can you?
* [Repeated line, before the opening credits] SAY SOMETHING.
* I'm a doctor. Lock your doors.
* Say something. [Michael crushes Dr. Sartain's skull beneath his boot]

## Ray

* I got peanut butter on my penis.

## Julian

* [Vicky gets attacked by Michael] Oh, shit!

## Loomis

* [On a tape recording, Loomis, Michael Myers' former caretaker and nemesis, is asked to give a statement] My suggestion is termination. Death is the only solution for Michael. There's nothing to be gained by from keeping evil alive. A shot of sodium thiopental would render him unconscious. I'll be with him to make sure his life is extinguished. My ear on his chest to hear for myself that his vitals no longer function and immediately incinerate the body. It needs to die. It needs to die! It needs to die!

## Dana Haines

* I need to go do a number two almost immediately.

## Dialogue

    Dr. Sartain: [To Laurie] Did you know our friend Hawkins here was the first responding deputy when Michael was apprehended in the 1978? He stopped Loomis from killing Michael that night.
    Laurie Strode: Do you know that I pray every night that he would escape?
    Officer Hawkins: What the hell do you do that for?
    Laurie Strode: So I can kill him.
    Officer Hawkins: Well, that was a dumb thing to pray for.
    Laurie Strode: You don't believe in the Boogeyman?
    Aaron Korey: I believe in Michael Myers, a deranged serial killer, but the Boogeyman? No.
    Laurie Strode: Well, you should.
    Laurie Strode: I need to protect my family. You have no security system, Karen.
    Karen: Mom, you need help!
    Laurie Strode: Evil is real.
    Julian: I hear you telling your friends to come over here and you're gonna smoke some weed.
    Vicky: No, no.
    Julian: That alakazam?
    Vicky: Julian, I'm talking about like, a... you know, like a magic trick. Abracadabra!
    Julian: I know you're talking about smoking weed. Don't lie to me. That's against the rules, I'm telling my mom.
    Vicky: Well, I'm gonna tell your mom about your browser history.
    Julian: You better not.
    Julian: I saw someone in the hallway, standing outside my door.
    Dave: What's up, buddy?
    Julian: There was a fucked-up face, watching me from the dark.
    Dave: Ghosts and goblins, little buddy?
    Julian: Shut up, Dave! I heard him breathing, and then I saw him. He's in here. Boogeyman's in this house.
    Vicky: Okay. All right. Come on, I got you. Let's check it out.
    Julian: Send Dave first.
    Laurie Strode: The bus crashed.
    Officer Hawkins: Michael Myers escaped.
    Aaron Korey: He returned to Haddonfield. His home.
    Allyson: Everyone in my family, like, turns into a nutcase this time of year.
    Vicky: If I were you guys, I wouldn't celebrate either. I would just put up a Christmas tree instead. Skip over all the creepy Halloween shit, right? Does your grandma ever talk about it?
    Allyson: Yeah, it's pretty much all she talks about. It defines her life. She's been traumatized ever since.
    Dave: Wasn't it her brother who, like, cold-blooded murdilated all those teenagers?
    Allyson: No. That's just a bit that some people made up to make them feel better, I think.
    Vicky: I mean, that is scary to have a bunch of your friends get butchered by some random crazy person.
    Dave: Is it, though? Because, all things considered, there's a lot worse stuff that's happening today. And like, I mean, what, a couple people getting killed by one guy with a knife is not that big of a deal.
    Vicky: Dude, her grandmother was almost fucking murdered.
    Dave: And she escaped, and they caught him, and now he's incarcerated. I-I'm just saying, like, by today's standards...
    Vicky: Just shut the fuck up, Dave. Shut up.
    Aaron Korey: [Driving in their car, recording on his tape recorder] Okay. Well. Having witnessed the animal in it's captive state and failed to provoke any sort of response, we now track down it's counterpart. Could it be that one monster has created another? And, although, iron bars and barbed wire that separate them are strong and sharp, the metaphysical lines are blurred and slight. Both exist in isolation, fettered by their own fear and hatred of one another. Could it be that the only hope of rehabilitation is through confrontation?
    Dana Haines: [Reading the sign on Laurie's front gate] "Access has been denied. Private Property. No Trespassing". You might need this. [She hands Aaron an envelope]
    Aaron Korey: [Opening the envelope to find money] Dana, journalists don't pay for their interviews.
    Dana Haines: [Noticing a security camera] Smile. We're on camera.
    [Aaron rings the buzzer]
    Laurie Strode: [Responding through the buzzer] Yes.
    Aaron Korey: Yes. Um... we're looking for Laurie Strode. [No response from Laurie] Aaron Korey: We're, uh, um... we're... we're... making a podcast and...
    Dana Haines: We're investigative journalists.
    Aaron Korey: If you have a moment. We traveled a very long way. [Still no response]
    Dana Haines: How does $3000 sound? [Laurie unlocks the gates and allows Aaron and Dana on through. then after ringing the doorbell and Laurie unlocks the front door] Hello.
    Aaron Korey: May we come in and sit down and talk?
    Dana Haines: [Sitting down with Laurie, turning on their tape recorder] So, Aaron and I have made several award-winning public radio exposés. Our last project shed new light on a murder case from 20 years ago. We like to re-examine incidents with an unbiased lens. I believe there's a lot to learn from the horrors you experienced.
    Laurie Strode: There's nothing to learn. There are no new incites or... discoveries.
    Aaron Korey: So, is he real?
    Laurie Strode: Who?
    Aaron Korey: The boogeyman. I read you quoted...
    Laurie Strode: You don't believe in the boogeyman?
    Aaron Korey: I believe in Michael Myers, deranged serial killer. But... the boogeyman, no.
    Laurie Strode: Well, you should.
    Aaron Korey: Okay.
    Dana Haines: Michael Myers is a human being who killed his sister when he was six years old. Then he came after you. We just want to know why. We want a glimpse inside his mind. That's why your story's so important.
    Laurie Strode: My story?
    Aaron Korey: Two failed marriages. Rocky relationship with your daughter and granddaughter.
    Laurie Strode: Michael Myers killed five people... and he's a human being we need to understand? I'm twice divorced... and I'm a "basket case".
    Aaron Korey: They're transferring him.
    Laurie Strode: Tomorrow, 7:30.
    Dana Haines: He'll be locked away until the end of days.
    Laurie Strode: That's the idea.
    Dana Haines: Let's talk about when the state came to take away your daughter away. She was 12 years old. They said you were an unfit mother. How long until you regained custody?
    Laurie Strode: [Long pause] I didn't. But you already knew that.
    Aaron Korey: Laurie, we saw him. We met with Michael. I showed him the mask. There was nothing. No response. Nothing. He won't talk to anyone. Never has, but... I think he might speak with you. So, why don't you sit down with him and say all the things you must be longing to say. Come with us, and let us help you free yourself. Please.
    Laurie Strode: [Opens the door] Time's up. I'll accept my payment. Get out.
    Allyson: [Holding an envelope of money] I can't accept this.
    Laurie Strode: Use it for whatever your heart desires.
    Allyson: I'll save it for college, then.
    Laurie Strode: Fuck college. Go somewhere. Go to Mexico.
    Allyson: Could you imagine?
    Laurie Strode: Yeah, I can. Look, don't worry about your mom. She will freak. But she'll get over it.
    Allyson: Why can't you? The Boogeyman? All this hiding, all this preparation, it was for nothing. It took priority over your family. It cost you your family.
    Laurie Strode: The way I raised your mother means that she hates me... but that's she prepared for the horror's of this world, then I can live with that.
    Allyson: Say good-bye to Michael, and get over it.
    Laurie Strode: Good-bye.
    Dave: I went and got this tattoo. Because tonight is tonight, the one we'll remember for the rest of our lives.
    Vicky: You are so getting dry-fucked tonight.
    Dave: Oh, yeah?
    Vicky: Fuckin' come here. [Kisses Dave]

## Cast

* Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
* Judy Greer as Karen
* Andi Matichak as Allyson
* James Jude Courtney as The Shape
* Nick Castle as The Shape
* Haluk Bilginer as Dr. Sartain
* Will Patton as Officer Hawkins
* Rhian Rees as Dana Haines
* Jefferson Hall as Aaron Korey
* Toby Huss as Ray
* Virginia Gardner as Vicky
* Dylan Arnold as Cameron Elam
* Miles Robbins as Dave
* Drew Scheid as Oscar
* Jibrail Nantambu as Julian

## Taglines

* 40 Years Later, Evil Returns Home
* You don't believe in the Boogeyman? You should.
* Trick or Treat

## External lnks

* Halloween quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* Halloween at Rotten Tomatoes