Halloween. This franchise is one I hold dear to my heart. I was a youngling at the ripe age of 5 when I first saw my glimpse of a William Shatner nightmare. This silent yet brutal killer, in many ways I think paved the way for mainstream slashers such as Jason and Freddy. As legendarily said by Sam Loomis: “His blank, pale emotionless face… The blackest eyes. The devil’s eyes..” Is what sets him apart from the rest. For me the emotionless stare is what makes him one of the scariest icons out of the bunch. Before, I gave you the 13 best Friday the 13th scenes here on iHorror, so to celebrate October and the horror icon that is attached to our favorite holiday, I give you ten of the best death scenes brought to you by everyone’s favorite psychotic mute. Understand that this is solely my own opinion and it’s ok to disagree with me. Also I want to add that I have excluded Halloween: Resurrection and Zombie’s Halloween 2 because, in my opinion, they are an absolute shit fest and I’d rather like to pretend they don’t exist. I also didn’t include any scenes from Halloween 5. Reason being, I felt that the all the death scenes were mediocre at best. Even tho the movie itself has some good qualities to it, I always felt it was such a shame they rushed through that one. Again, my own opinion. So from John Carpenter‘s immortal classic to Rob Zombie’s Halloween , let’s take a look back at some gore and glory.

 

 

Judith Myers

Halloween (1978)

Of course, let us begin with the kill that started it all. Judith Myers. This iconic scene is one that most everyone is familiar with. We never knew what drove little Mikey to brutally stab his most naked sister a few dozen times, until it was explained in sequels later of course. That’s what made it so compelling and frightful. No rhyme or reason. Which is what’s great about the original. Still to this day tho, it holds up as being a visually stunning shot. From the outside of the house, up the stairs and back out again. Brilliance.

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Annie Brackett

Halloween (1978)

Oh Annie darling. You should’ve been more aware of your surroundings. I suppose when your all horned up singing about your Paul, things can be overlooked. Like a 6 ft killer stalking you. It happens. Another visually brilliant scene from John Carpenter.

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Lynda Van Der Klock

Halloween (1978)

Not only is this one of my personal favorites, this scene holds some of the most memorable lines from the first film delivered by none other than the darling P.J. Soles. The fact that Michael has a disguise over his, well, disguise; Is pretty fantastic. Totally.

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Karen and Budd

Halloween 2 (1981)

Here you get a two for one deal. This is a marvelous and unique death scene. Perhaps in all horror movie history. Also a personal favorite of mine. While we watch Budd get strangled in the background shadows, naive Karen is unsuspecting of her future fate with Myers… and is in for a truly hot date to say the least.

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Nurse Jill

Halloween 2 (1981)

Nurse Jill plays a pretty forgettable character in the film, but what is unforgettable is her death. The way that Myers just hoists her up with nothing but a scalpel?! Now that’s some brute strength right there. It also opens up that great chase scene through the hospital, out the hospital, back in the hospital.. Ah well, you know what happens.

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Kelly Meeker

Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988)

I have to admit, I laughed my ass off when I first saw this and still do till this day. I mean, this self-righteous bitch kind’ve had this coming. But that’s not what tickled me. The fact that Myers used a shotgun. A shotgun to impale his victim. Pointed it straight at her, thinking he’s going to shoot her. Which would be way out of the realm for his character, but then that theory is quickly squashed when he finishes her off. Nicely done.

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Jamie Lloyd

Halloween 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1995)

Now although I personally feel this was a shitty way for Jamie to go, and so early in the film, it’s a pretty brutal death scene. So I must give credit where credit is due. Especially the final slap to the face with powering up the drills is one for the books. Poor Jaime!

 

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John Strode

Halloween 6: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1995)

Oh… This insufferable asshole. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one that cheered on Myers for this one. Am I right?! The way in which he was off’d was pretty spectacular to say the least. The exploding head is so reminiscent to Scanners. Well, for me anyway.  And he deserved every bit of that. Sorry not sorry.

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Marion Chambers ( Marion Whittington)

Halloween H20 (1998)

On the whole, the death is pretty basic. A slash to the throat. The reason why it’s so great is that it set the tone to bring you back to the original. To the basics. Which is what H20 originally had set out to do. The chase scene itself is nicely shot. With the added bonus of an ice skate to Joseph Gordon Leavitt’s face, it rightfully deserves a spot on a top 10 list.

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Judith Myers (Rob Zombie’s version)

Halloween (2007)

People either love or hate Rob Zombie’s Halloween. Personally, I think the first wasn’t horrible. In fact, it was quite refreshing after the trash that was Resurrection. Now the second one is a whole other bag of dicks. Which I don’t care to talk about thank you. The whole ambience of Michael was created in the moments leading up this scene. Which is far more brutal than the original. Not better in my opinion. But great in its own way. It stands apart from John Carpenter’s version. Which I completely respect and the scene itself is nicely shot with the right amount of disturbing terror and gore.

 

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That ends the list for the top Myers kills. Many of you may agree, or disagree. But just know this list is coming from a Michael Myers fanatic. So I hope to have at least hit the right chord with most of you. As an added bonus however, I wanted to include one of my favorite scenes from the Halloween franchise. Halloween 3: Season Of The Witch has gotten a lot of crap over the years. Basically the most common complaint being that Myers is nowhere in the film (with regard being seen on t.v in the movie). Any Halloween fan understands that they tried to take the franchise in a different direction, but failed. It’s only been in recent years that this film has begun to win over more or less, the haters of this film. It truly is a great movie on its own. And one of my favorites to watch for the holiday. So here is The Magic Pumpkin for you.

 

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