Laurie Strode [to Tommy]
There's no boogey man, and if you don't stop all this, I'm gonna have to turn off the TV and send you to bed.
Played by Jamie Lee Curtis 
Halloween (1978) · 35 quotes
Halloween (1978) · 35 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in Halloween (1978): in 14 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Annie (4), Lynda (3), Tommy (3)
Well, kiddo, I thought you outgrew superstition.
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Scenes with Laurie Strode
9 scenes
Laurie [realizing she had forgotten something]
Shit.
I have a place for that!
Laurie I forgot my chemistry book.
So who cares? I always forget my chemistry book and my math book, and my English book, and my, let's see, my French book, and... well who needs books anyway, I don't need books, I always forget all my books, I mean, it doesn't really matter if you have your books or not... [Michael Myers drives by] Hey isn't that Devon Graham?
Laurie I don't think so.
Hey, jerk! SPEED KILLS!
Laurie [The car finally leaves]
You know Annie some day you're going to get us all in deep trouble.
Totally.
I HATE a guy with a car and no sense of humor.
It's totally insane. We have three new cheers to learn in the morning, the game is in the afternoon, I have to get my hair done at five, and the dance is at eight! I'll be totally wiped out!
Laurie [sarcastically]
I don't think you have enough to do tomorrow.
Totally!
So Annie, are we still on for tonight?
I wouldn't want to get you in deep trouble, Lynda!
Oh come on Annie! Bob and I have been planning it for weeks.
Alright, the Wallace's leave at seven.
Laurie I'm babysitting the Doyle's, it's two houses down. We can keep each other company!
Oh terrific, I've got three choices: Watch the kid sleep, listen to Lynda screw around or talk to you!
Laurie Annie, look!
Look where? I don't see anything.
Laurie That guy who passed us in the car before, the one you yelled at!
Subtle, isn't he?
Laurie [Coming over, then seeing there's nobody there]
He was standing right there.
Poor Laurie! Scared another one away. It's tragic, you NEVER go out. You must have a small fortune stashed away from babysitting so much.
Laurie Guys thinks I'm too smart.
I don't, I think you're wacko. Now you're seeing men behind bushes!
Still spooked?
Laurie I wasn't spooked.
LIES!
Laurie I wasn't! I saw someone standing in Mr. Riddle's back yard.
Probably Mr. Riddle!
Laurie He was watching me.
Mr. Riddle was watching you? Laurie, Mr. Riddle is eighty-seven!
Laurie He can still watch.
That's probably all he can do!
Laurie, what's the boogeyman?
Laurie There's no such thing.
What about the boogeyman?
Laurie There's no such thing.
Richie said he was coming after me tonight.
Laurie Do you believe everything Richie tells you?
No.
Laurie On Halloween night, it's when people play tricks on each other. It's all make-believe. I think Richie was just trying to scare you.
I saw the boogeyman. I saw him outside.
Laurie There was nobody outside.
There was!
Laurie What did he look like?
The boogeyman.
Laurie We're not gettin' anywhere. All right, the boogeyman can only come out on Halloween night, right?...Well, I'm here tonight and I'm not about to let anything happen to you.
Promise?
Laurie Promise.
Was it the boogeyman?
Lindsey I'm scared!
Laurie There's nothing to be scared of, now get changed.
Are you sure?
Laurie Yes.
How?
Laurie I killed him...
You can't kill the boogeyman!
Laurie [after Michael falls off the balcony]
It was the boogeyman.
As a matter of fact... it was.
