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| “ | It was the Boogeyman? | „ |
| ~ Laurie to Dr. Sam Loomis in Halloween. |
Laurie Strode, (born Cynthia Myers in the 4-5-6 and H20 timelines), is the main protagonist of John Carpenter's Halloween franchise.
She was portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis in the primary/original timeline and Nichole Drucker as a child in Halloween II.
She was Michael Myers' sister in the original timeline This is no longer true in the 2018 timeline, as the first film is only canon for the new film.
History[]
Halloween (1978)[]
Laurie Strode first appeared as a teenage girl who is friends with Annie Brackett and Lynda Van Der Klok. On October 31, 1978, Laurie ends up babysitting Tommy Doyle and later Lindsey Wallace after Annie dropped the latter off at Tommy's house so she can have sex with her boyfriend Paul. While she was babysitting, Laurie walks to the Wallace house to see how things were, and she soon sees the dead bodies of her friends, Annie, Lynda and Bob Simms. She soon gets attacked by Michael Myers and he tries to kill her, but failed as Laurie fights back by attacking him with various weapons. Michael soon gets back up and strangles her, but he gets shot six times by Dr. Samuel Loomis, who investigated the house, making him fall off the balcony, but survives the shots and gets up and walks away.
Halloween II (1981)[]
Laurie gets taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital after her encounter with Michael. The film explains why Michael is after Laurie as she is Michael's sister. Michael finds Laurie at the hospital and kills many staff members and tries to kill her next. In the end, Laurie shoots Michael in the eyes twice and Loomis blows himself and Michael up in a gas-filled room, and Michael collapses on the floor, engulfed in flames. Laurie is later transported to another hospital with Jimmy, who took a liking to her.
4-5-6 Timeline[]
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers[]
Laurie dies in a car accident, but had a daughter named Jamie Lloyd. She was seen in a picture by Jamie, and later, Michael Myers.
H20 Timeline[]
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later[]
Since the timelines get split up after Halloween II, Laurie never had Jamie Lloyd as her daughter and only had John as her son and faked her death and changed her name to live a normal life.
Laurie faked her death and has taken the new identity of "Keri Tate", now living in California as a schoolteacher with her son, John Tate. Laurie is traumatized by the events of 1978, but soon meets Michael again after 20 years. Laurie faces off against Michael and finally defeats him by decapitating him as he is pinned to a tree while she was driving.
Halloween: Resurrection[]
Laurie is now placed in a mental institution, as it is revealed that the person she decapitated wasn't Michael, but a paramedic that Michael swapped outfits with and destroyed his larynx. Laurie subdues Michael on the roof by setting up a trap for him leaving him dangling on the roof. Michael then pulls Laurie off the roof and stabs her, finally killing her as she falls to the ground below.
In other media[]
| “ | You never know what really matters in life until you've realised it might end soon. Laurie is one of those who just wants a quiet life in the suburbs, hanging out with friends, family and maybe go on a date or two. Laurie is a typical teenager. You could pass her on the street and not think twice. She does her homework and is liked by her friends, teachers and family. A simple night of babysitting turns into something that will forever change the course of her young life. A knife swooshing through the air. Screams from afar. Noises that plays tricks with her mind. But not Laurie, she’s made of something stronger. Something that won't give up. | „ |
| ~ Laurie Strode's character biography. |
Laurie appeared as a playable survivor in the survival horror video game Dead by Daylight alongside Michael Myers, in the Halloween DLC chapter.
Appearances[]
- Halloween (1978 film)
- Halloween II (1981 film)
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998 film)
- Halloween Resurrection (2002 film)
- Dead by Daylight (2016 video game)
Quotes[]
| “ | The Boogeyman can only come out on Halloween night, right? [...] Well I'm here tonight, I'm not about to let anything happen to you. | „ |
| ~ Laurie comforting scared Tommy Doyle in Halloween (1978). |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Jamie Lee Curtis's performance as Laurie has been compared to Sandra Peabody's performance as Mari Collingwood in The Last House on the Left (1972) and Marilyn Burns's performance as Sally Hardesty in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
- A young Jamie Lee Curtis was so disappointed with her performance that she became convinced she would be fired after only the first day of filming. When her phone rang that night and it was John Carpenter on the phone, Curtis was certain it was the end of her movie career. Instead, Carpenter called to congratulate her and tell her that he was very happy with the way things had gone.
- As the film was shot out of sequence, John Carpenter created a fear meter so that Jamie Lee Curtis would know what level of terror she should be exhibiting.
- John Carpenter considered the hiring of Jamie Lee Curtis as the ultimate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, who had given her mother, Janet Leigh, legendary status in Psycho (1960).
- All of the actors wore their own clothes, since there was no money for a costume department. Jamie Lee Curtis went to J.C. Penney for Laurie Strode's wardrobe. She spent less than one hundred dollars for the entire set. She shot the film while on hiatus from the sitcom Operation Petticoat: Operation Petticoat (1977).
- Halloween was Jamie Lee Curtis' first feature film. She was paid a reported $8,000 for her efforts.
- Anne Lockhart was John Carpenter's first choice for the role of Laurie Strode.
- In an earlier draft of Halloween H2O where the film was supposed to be direct sequel to The Curse of Michael Myers, there was one scene which Laurie was supposed to have overheard a student giving an oral report about Michael Myers's killing spree in Haddonfield where one of his victims was Laurie's own daughter, Jamie Lloyd where a horrified Laurie retreats to a restroom and regurgitates. This implies that Laurie regrets abandoning her daughter to become a victim of Michael's wrath.
External Links[]
- Laurie Strode on the Pure Good Wiki
- Laurie Strode on the Halloween Wiki
- Laurie Strode on the Horror Wiki
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