Donald Pleasence

Highest Rated: 100% All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Uncanny (1978)

Birthday: Oct 5, 1919

Birthplace: Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Balding, deceptively bland-looking British actor Donald Pleasence was first seen on the London stage in a 1939 production of Wuthering Heights. He then served in the RAF, spending the last years of World War II in a German POW camp. Resuming his career after the war, Pleasence eventually came to New York in the company of Laurence Olivier in 1950, appearing in Caesar and Cleopatra. And although he began appearing in films in 1954, Pleasence's British fame during the '50s was the result of his television work, notably a recurring role as Prince John in The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1955-1958. He also co-starred in TV productions of The Millionairess, Man in a Moon, and Call Me Daddy. Voted British television actor of the year in 1958, Pleasence produced and hosted the 1960 series Armchair Mystery Theatre, before creating the stage role for which he was best remembered: Davies, the menacing tramp in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. The actor revived the character throughout his career, appearing as Davies for the last time in 1991. Pleasence was fortunate enough to be associated with the success of The Great Escape in 1963, which led to a wealth of American film offers. Four years later, the actor portrayed arch criminal Ernst Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice -- the first time that the scarred face of the secretive character was seen onscreen in the Bond series. Firmly established as a villain, Pleasence gradually eased into horror films such as Halloween (1978), The Devonsville Terror (1979), and Buried Alive (1990); commenting on this phase of his career, Pleasence once mused "I only appear in odd films." One of his few "mainstream" appearances during this period was virtually invisible. Pleasence is seen and prominently billed as a rabbi in Carl Reiner's Oh, God! (1977), but the role was deemed dispensable and all the actor's lines were cut. Pleasence continued to work steadily in the 1980s and early '90s -- making 17 pictures alone in 1987-1989 -- before undergoing heart surgery in 1994; he died from complications two months later. Married four times, the actor was the father of six daughters, among them actress Angela Pleasence.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Halloween 35th Anniversary	Actor	—	2013
96%	Wake in Fright	Doc	$28.1k	2012
No Score Yet	Lest We Forget	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	In and Out of Fashion	Actor	—	1998
9%	Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers (Halloween 6)	Dr. Sam Loomis	—	1995
75%	The Advocate (The Hour of the Pig)	Pincheon	—	1994
No Score Yet	Guinevere	Merlin	—	1994
50%	The Princess and the Cobbler (The Thief and the Cobbler)	Phido the Vulture	—	1993
No Score Yet	The Big Freeze	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Return to 'The Great Escape'	Actor	—	1993
52%	Shadows and Fog	Doctor	—	1992
No Score Yet	Diên Biên Phu	Howard Simpson	—	1992
No Score Yet	Millions	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	Casablanca Express	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Ten Little Indians	Mr. Justice Lawrence Wargrave	—	1989
12%	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	Dr. Loomis	—	1989
No Score Yet	River of Death	Heinrich Spaatz	—	1989
No Score Yet	Buried Alive	Dr. Schaeffer	—	1989
No Score Yet	Un Delitto poco comune (Off Balance) (Phantom of Death)	Inspector Downey	—	1988
No Score Yet	Nosferatu a Venezia (Nosferatu in Venice) (Vampire in Venice)	Don Alvise	—	1988
No Score Yet	The House of Usher	Walter	—	1988
No Score Yet	Hanna's War	Rosza Gabor	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Dr. Absalon	—	1988
No Score Yet	Der Commander	Henry Carlson	—	1988
29%	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Loomis	—	1988
58%	Prince of Darkness	Priest	—	1987
No Score Yet	Ground Zero	Prosper Gaffney	—	1987
No Score Yet	Warrior Queen	Clodius	—	1987
No Score Yet	Scoop	Lord Copper	—	1987
No Score Yet	Django 2: Il Grande Ritorno (Django Strikes Again)	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	Cobra Mission	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Into the Darkness	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Kommando Leopard (Commando Leopard)	Actor	—	1985
76%	Phenomena (Creepers)	John McGregor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Treasure of the Amazon	Klaus von Blantz	—	1985
No Score Yet	Arch of Triumph	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Black Arrow	Oates	—	1985
No Score Yet	Warrior of the Lost World	Prossor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Sotto il vestito niente (Nothing Underneath)	CommissionrDanesi	—	1985
No Score Yet	Il Mondo dell'orrore di Dario Argento (Dario Argento's World of Horror)	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers	Actor	—	1984
57%	Terror in the Aisles	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Ambassador	Minister Eretz	—	1984
No Score Yet	A Breed Apart	J.P. Whittier	—	1984
No Score Yet	Treasure of the Amazons	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	Master of the Game	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Devonsville Terror	Dr. Warley	—	1983
No Score Yet	Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie	Victor Frankenstein/Old Baron Frankenstein	—	1983
No Score Yet	To Kill a Stranger	Col. Kostik	—	1983
No Score Yet	Witness for the Prosecution	Actor	—	1982
73%	Alone in the Dark	Dr. Leo Bain	—	1982
No Score Yet	Barchester Chronicles	Septimus Harding	—	1982
No Score Yet	Race for the Yankee Zephyr	Gilbert Carson	—	1981
32%	Halloween II	Dr. Sam Loomis	—	1981
86%	Escape from New York	President of the United States	—	1981
71%	The Monster Club	Pickering	—	1980
No Score Yet	Blade on the Feather	Professor Jason Cavendish	—	1980
No Score Yet	L' Uomo puma (The Puma Man)	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	Better Late Than Never	Col. Riddle	—	1979
No Score Yet	Jaguar Lives!	General Villanova	—	1979
59%	Dracula	Dr. Jack Seward	—	1979
No Score Yet	Jig Saw	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Gold of the Amazon Women	Blasko	—	1979
100%	All Quiet on the Western Front	Kantorek	—	1979
No Score Yet	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Dr. Stein	—	1979
96%	Halloween	Dr. Loomis	—	1978
No Score Yet	Les Liens de sang (Blood Relatives)	Doniac	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Bastard	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Tomorrow Never Comes	Dr. Todd	—	1978
No Score Yet	Power Play	Blair	—	1978
12%	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	B.D. Brockhurst	—	1978
0%	The Uncanny	Valentine De'ath (segment 3 "Hollywood 1936")	—	1978
No Score Yet	Concorde Affair	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Night Creature	Axel MacGregor	—	1977
73%	Oh, God!	Dr. Harmon	—	1977
No Score Yet	Goldenrod	Actor	—	1977
40%	Telefon	Nikolai Dalchimsky	—	1977
43%	The Last Tycoon	Boxley	—	1976
No Score Yet	Land of the Minotaur	Father Roche	—	1976
No Score Yet	Choice of Weapons	Sir Giles	—	1976
67%	The Eagle Has Landed	Himmler	—	1976
88%	Hearts Of The West (Hollywood Cowboy)	A.J. Nietz	—	1975
No Score Yet	I Don't Want to Be Born (The Baby)(It Lives Within Her)(Sharon's Baby)	Actor	—	1975
No Score Yet	Journey Into Fear (Burn Out)	Kuvetli	—	1975
76%	Escape to Witch Mountain	Deranian	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Count of Monte Cristo	Danglars	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Devil Within Her	Dr. Finch	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Passover Plot	Pontius Pilate	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Mutations	Dr. Nolter	—	1974
50%	The Black Windmill	Cedric Harper	—	1974
No Score Yet	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own	Eric Count Plasma	—	1974
No Score Yet	Wedding in White	Jim	—	1973
No Score Yet	Kidnapped	Ebenezer Balfour	—	1973
60%	From Beyond the Grave	Underwood	—	1973
No Score Yet	Tales That Witness Madness	Dr. Tremayne	—	1973
No Score Yet	Watch Out, We're Mad	The Doctor	—	1973
No Score Yet	House of the Damned	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	Rainbow Gang	Logan	—	1973
No Score Yet	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Fred Smudge	—	1973
No Score Yet	Innocent Bystanders	Loomis	—	1972
44%	The Pied Piper	Baron	—	1972
91%	Death Line (Raw Meat)	Inspector Calhoun	—	1972
No Score Yet	Henry VIII and His Six Wives	Thomas Cromwell	—	1972
86%	THX 1138	SEN 5241	—	1971
No Score Yet	Mr. Freedom	Dr. Freedom	—	1970
38%	Soldier Blue	Isaac Q. Cumber	—	1970
20%	The Madwoman of Chaillot	Prospector	—	1969
85%	Will Penny	Preacher Quint	—	1968
73%	You Only Live Twice	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	—	1967
50%	The Night of the Generals	Gen. Kahlenberge	—	1967
91%	Fantastic Voyage	Dr. Michaels	—	1966
No Score Yet	Eye of the Devil	Pere Dominic	—	1966
83%	Cul-de-Sac	George	—	1966
40%	The Hallelujah Trail	Oracle	—	1965
41%	The Greatest Story Ever Told	The Dark Hermit	—	1965
No Score Yet	Maniac	Actor	—	1963
94%	The Great Escape	Blythe	—	1963
86%	The Caretaker (The Guest)	Davis	—	1963
No Score Yet	What a Carve Up! (No Place Like Homicide!)	Everette Sloane	—	1962
No Score Yet	Lisa	Sgt. Wolters	—	1962
No Score Yet	No Love for Johnnie	Roger Renfrew	—	1961
No Score Yet	The Flesh and The Fiends	William Hare	—	1961
No Score Yet	The Risk (Suspect)	Brown	—	1961
No Score Yet	The Horsemasters	Captain Pinski	—	1961
No Score Yet	Circus of Horrors (Phantom of the Circus)	Vanet	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Hands of Orlac (Hands of a Strangler)	Coates	—	1960
No Score Yet	Hell Is a City	Gus Hawkins	—	1960
67%	Sons and Lovers	Pappleworth	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Winds of Change	'Pop' Marley	—	1960
83%	The Battle of the Sexes	Irwin Hoffman	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Man Inside	Organ Grinder	—	1958
No Score Yet	A Tale of Two Cities	Barsad	—	1958
No Score Yet	The Wind Cannot Read	Doctor	—	1958
92%	Look Back in Anger	Hurst	—	1958
No Score Yet	The Two-Headed Spy	Gen. Hardt	—	1958
No Score Yet	Robin Hood: Quest for the Crown	Prince John	—	1958
No Score Yet	Barnacle Bill	Teller	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Man in the Sky (Decision Against Time) (Test Pilot)	Crabtree	—	1957
No Score Yet	1984	Parsons	—	1956
No Score Yet	The Beachcomber	Tromp	—	1955
No Score Yet	1984	Actor	—	1954

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host Guest	1981
No Score Yet	Columbo 1968-2003	Carsini	1975 1973
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Max	1966
82%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Prof. Ellis Fowler	1962
No Score Yet	Danger Man 1968	Actor

Quotes from Donald Pleasence's Characters

Ernst Stavro Blofeld:	You a make a mistake, my friend. No austronaut enters the capsule carrying his air conditioner
Ernst Stavro Blofeld:	You a make a mistake, my friend. No austronaut enters the capsule carrying his air conditioner.

William Hare:

Now Aggie you're not thinking our intentions are dishonorable, You're old enough to be me own mother.

Laurie:	What's the boogeyman?
Laurie Strode:	Was that the boogeyman?
Doctor Loomis:	As a matter of fact, it was.
Dr. Loomis:	As a matter of fact, it was.

Ernst Stavros Blofeld:

As you can see, I am about to inaugurate a little war. In a matter of hours after America and Russia have annihilated each other. We shall see a new power dominating the world.

Ernst Stavros Blofeld:	James Bond. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld. They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong.
James Bond:	Yes, this is my second life.
Ernst Stavros Blofeld:	You only live twice, Mr. Bond.

Ernst Stavros Blofeld:	The firing power inside my crater is enough to annihilate a small army. You can watch it all on TV. It's the last program you're likely to see.
James Bond:	Well, if I'm gonna be forced to watch television, may I smoke?
Ernst Stavros Blofeld:	Yes. Give him his cigarettes. It won't be the nicotine that kills you, Mr. Bond.

Ernst Stavros Blofeld:

Kill. Bond. Now.

Dr. Loomis:	Micheal? Why now? You waited 10 years. I knew this day would come. Don't go to Haddonfield. You want another victim? Take me. But leave those people in peace. Please, Micheal. God damn you. (shoots Micheal)
Dr. Loomis:	Micheal? Why now? You waited 10 years. I knew this day would come. Don't go to Haddonfield. You want another victim? Take me. But leave those people in peace. Please, Micheal. God damn you. [shoots Micheal]

Brackett:	Doctor, do you know what Haddonfield is? Families, children, all lined up in rows up and down these streets. You're telling me they're lined up for a slaughterhouse?
Doctor Loomis:	They could be.
Brackett:	Alright, I'll stay with you through the night, just on the chance that you're right. And if you are right... damn you for letting him go.

Doctor Loomis:	He came home!
Doctor Loomis:	This isn't a man!

Dr. Loomis:

You're talking about him as if he were a human being. That part of him died years ago.

President of the United States:

[fires machine gun at the Duke] Ayy! Number Onnee! You're the Duke! You're the Duke! [stops firing] You're the... Duke. [quietly] You're... A-number one.

Doctor Loomis:

I met him, fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes... the *devil's* eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... *evil*.

Laurie:	"I already lost it."
Laurie:	I already lost it.
Judith Myers:	"Michael's around somewhere."
Judith Myers:	Michael's around somewhere.
Doctor Loomis:	"He had the blackest eyes. The devil's eyes."
Doctor Loomis:	He had the blackest eyes. The devil's eyes.
Laurie:	"Tommy it's me! Tommy open up! Tommy please!"
Laurie:	Tommy it's me! Tommy open up! Tommy please!
Marion:	"Your compassion is overwhelming, Doctor."
Marion:	Your compassion is overwhelming, Doctor.

Doctor Loomis:

He came home.

Doctor Loomis:

Sheriff, death has come to your little town.

Laurie:	it "was the boogeyman
Laurie:	It was the boogeyman.
Doctor Loomis:	as a matter of fact. it was

Doctor Loomis:

Two road blocks and an All Point Bulleten won't stop a 5 year old.

Dr. Loomis:

Six bodies! Sheriff that is what I have seen between here and Ridgemont! A filling station in flames! I tell you, Michael Myers is here in this town! He's here to kill that little girl and anybody who gets in his way!

George:	Get the hell out of my... fortress!
George:	Get the hell out of my fortress!

Laurie:	Was that the booegy man?
Laurie:	[after Michael falls off the balcony] It was the boogeyman.
Doctor Loomis:	As a matter of fact, that was.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

I have a little business to attend to here.

Tommy Doyle:	Where are they? Where's Kara? I feel like I've been drugged.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	We have been drugged.
Tommy Doyle:	I don't understand, why didn't they kill us when they had the chance?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	It's his game, and I know where he wants to play it.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	I thought Michael was a monster, but you...
Dr. Wynn:	(Loomis gets knocked out, Wynn rises) - Leave him. It's his office now.
Dr. Wynn:	(Loomis gets knocked out, Wynn rises) Leave him. It's his office now.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	Michael? It's over! It's finally over. It's all over.
Dr. Wynn:	Michael. Michael's gone! It's your game now Doctor Loomis!

Dr. Sam Loomis:	Good God! Terrence, come in.
Dr. Wynn:	Good grace, what a night! Not so much as a sign for five miles on that road.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	That's the beauty of the countryside...I thrive on it.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	That's the beauty of the countryside. I thrive on it.
Dr. Wynn:	God, you look good Sam.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Ah, I feel great! I had surgery, plastic surgery; skin grafts. It cost a fortune, but at least I don't frighten people anymore.
Dr. Wynn:	Well don't tell me that the revered Rasputin of Smithsgrove has grown complacent in his old age! I won't believe that for a second.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

Michael Myers was just six-years-old when he stabbed his sister to death in 1963. Here in this house. For the next fifteen years, I became obsessed with finding out what was living inside of him. He was my life's work and my ultimate failure. I knew what he was but I never knew why.

Dr. Wynn:	I was getting worried Sam, I was afraid you wouldn't make it.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Why now?
Dr. Wynn:	Because you were the first one to see it. You recognized its power; evil. Pure, uncorrupted, ancient...
Dr. Wynn:	Because you were the first one to see it. You recognized its power; evil. Pure, uncorrupted, ancient.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	You are a mad man.
Dr. Wynn:	I have my plans for this baby. Jamie's baby, will be the dawn of a new age. And I'm asking you to join me.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	This force, this thing that lived inside of him came from a source too violent, too deadly, for you to imagine. It grew inside him, contaminating his soul. It was pure evil.
Debra Strode:	What makes you think he'll come back here?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	This house is sacred to him. He has all of his memories here, his rage. Mrs. Strode...I beg of you, don't let your family suffer the same fate that Laurie and her daughter suffered.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	This house is sacred to him. He has all of his memories here, his rage. Mrs. Strode, I beg of you, don't let your family suffer the same fate that Laurie and her daughter suffered.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	He crept up these stairs and made his way into this room; his sister's room. Right here...Where it all began.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	He crept up these stairs and made his way into this room; his sister's room. Right here. Where it all began.

Kara Strode:	Where do we go?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	As far away from Haddonfield as possible.
Tommy Doyle:	Come with us.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	No, I have some business to attend to.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	It was Jamie Lloyd.
Dr. Wynn:	That was six years ago Sam. She died with him in that explosion, you know that.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	I've wanted to believe it. But I've felt Michael's presence, behind these walls, just like all those years ago. Plotting, staring...Staring...waiting for some signal. I can't go through this again, not alone. Please, as my colleague, as my friend. Help me.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	I've wanted to believe it. But I've felt Michael's presence, behind these walls, just like all those years ago. Plotting, staring. Staring, waiting for some signal. I can't go through this again, not alone. Please, as my colleague, as my friend. Help me.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

Michael Myers is my business.

Dr. Wynn:	Well, guess who after 32 years is finally relinquishing his duties as chief administrator of Smithsgrove?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Dear God. You don't mean you're...
Dr. Wynn:	Retiring? I came by to give you the news myself.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Well, I wish you will Terrence.
Dr. Wynn:	To old friends, to retirement, to new beginnings.

Tommy Doyle:	Doctor Loomis, you know that can't stop Michael.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Nothing can stop Michael, but it can stop Wynn.

Dr. Wynn:	I'd like you to come back to Smith's Grove.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Dr. Wynn, you know it is not wise to play Halloween pranks.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

I knew what he was, but I never knew why.

Dr. Wynn:	About time Doctor Loomis. Welcome to your fate. The time has come for you to know the truth. The time has come for you to join us.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Why now?
Dr. Wynn:	After Jamie escapes last night, I knew she would come to you. And I knew you would lead us to her baby, her very special baby. I needed her, just as I need you now. It's your destiny Sam, it lives inside you. It always has, you know that don't you?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	You are...a mad man.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	You are a mad man.

Dr. Wynn:	It's no prank; you're the one I've chosen Sam. I want you to come back.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	After my stroke six years ago they practically had to hold a pistol to my head to get me to retire. But things are different now- I'm different. I've buried the ghosts; I've buried them in this manuscript. I don't want to practice medicine anymore.

Dr. Wynn:	Look around you Sam, madness everywhere; famine, war, a great plague. These are signs we must restore balance to the natural order of things. We merely provide the means.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Michael?
Dr. Wynn:	We've given him the power, the gift of thorn. I am its deliverer. I follow it, act as its guardian! I protect Michael, watch over him. And now it's time for another. Now it's time for you, Doctor Loomis.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	It's his mark...He's come home.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	It's his mark. He's come home.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

I have a little business to attend to here.

Tommy Doyle:	Where are they? Where's Kara? I feel like I've been drugged.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	We have been drugged.
Tommy Doyle:	I don't understand, why didn't they kill us when they had the chance?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	It's his game, and I know where he wants to play it.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	I thought Michael was a monster, but you...
Dr. Sam Loomis:	I thought Michael was a monster, but you.
Dr. Wynn:	(Loomis gets knocked out, Wynn rises) - Leave him. It's his office now.
Dr. Wynn:	(Loomis gets knocked out, Wynn rises) Leave him. It's his office now.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	Michael? It's over! It's finally over. It's all over.
Dr. Wynn:	Michael's gone! It's your game now Doctor Loomis!

Dr. Sam Loomis:	Good God! Terrence, come in.
Dr. Wynn:	Good grace, what a night! Not so much as a sign for five miles on that road.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	That's the beauty of the countryside...I thrive on it.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	That's the beauty of the countryside. I thrive on it.
Dr. Wynn:	God, you look good Sam.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Ah, I feel great! I had surgery, plastic surgery; skin grafts. It cost a fortune, but at least I don't frighten people anymore.
Dr. Wynn:	Well don't tell me that the revered Rasputin of Smithsgrove has grown complacent in his old age! I won't believe that for a second.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

Dr. Wynn:	I was getting worried Sam, I was afraid you wouldn't make it.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Why now?
Dr. Wynn:	Because you were the first one to see it. You recognized its power; evil. Pure, uncorrupted, ancient...
Dr. Wynn:	Because you were the first one to see it. You recognized its power; evil. Pure, uncorrupted, ancient.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	You are a mad man.
Dr. Wynn:	I have my plans for this baby. Jamie's baby, will be the dawn of a new age. And I'm asking you to join me.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	This force, this thing that lived inside of him came from a source too violent, too deadly, for you to imagine. It grew inside him, contaminating his soul. It was pure evil.
Debra Strode:	What makes you think he'll come back here?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	This house is sacred to him. He has all of his memories here, his rage. Mrs. Strode...I beg of you, don't let your family suffer the same fate that Laurie and her daughter suffered.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	This house is sacred to him. He has all of his memories here, his rage. Mrs. Strode. I beg of you, don't let your family suffer the same fate that Laurie and her daughter suffered.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	He crept up these stairs and made his way into this room; his sister's room. Right here...Where it all began.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	He crept up these stairs and made his way into this room; his sister's room. Right here. Where it all began.

Kara Strode:	Where do we go?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	As far away from Haddonfield as possible.
Tommy Doyle:	Come with us.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	No, I have some business to attend to.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	It was Jamie Lloyd.
Dr. Wynn:	That was six years ago Sam. She died with him in that explosion, you know that.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	I've wanted to believe it. But I've felt Michael's presence, behind these walls, just like all those years ago. Plotting, staring...Staring...waiting for some signal. I can't go through this again, not alone. Please, as my colleague, as my friend. Help me.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	I've wanted to believe it. But I've felt Michael's presence, behind these walls, just like all those years ago. Plotting, staring. Staring, waiting for some signal. I can't go through this again, not alone. Please, as my colleague, as my friend. Help me.

Dr. Wynn:	Well, guess who after 32 years is finally relinquishing his duties as chief administrator of Smithsgrove?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Dear God. You don't mean you're...
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Dear God. You don't mean you're.
Dr. Wynn:	Retiring? I came by to give you the news myself.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Well, I wish you will Terrence.
Dr. Wynn:	To old friends, to retirement, to new beginnings.

Tommy Doyle:	Doctor Loomis, you know that can't stop Michael.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Nothing can stop Michael, but it can stop Wynn.

Dr. Wynn:	I'd like you to come back to Smith's Grove.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Dr. Wynn, you know it is not wise to play Halloween pranks.

Dr. Sam Loomis:

I knew what he was, but I never knew why.

Dr. Wynn:	About time Doctor Loomis. Welcome to your fate. The time has come for you to know the truth. The time has come for you to join us.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Why now?
Dr. Wynn:	After Jamie escapes last night, I knew she would come to you. And I knew you would lead us to her baby, her very special baby. I needed her, just as I need you now. It's your destiny Sam, it lives inside you. It always has, you know that don't you?
Dr. Sam Loomis:	You are...a mad man.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	You are, a mad man.

Dr. Wynn:	It's no prank; you're the one I've chosen Sam. I want you to come back.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	After my stroke six years ago they practically had to hold a pistol to my head to get me to retire. But things are different now- I'm different. I've buried the ghosts; I've buried them in this manuscript. I don't want to practice medicine anymore.

Dr. Wynn:	Look around you Sam, madness everywhere; famine, war, a great plague. These are signs we must restore balance to the natural order of things. We merely provide the means.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	Michael?
Dr. Wynn:	We've given him the power, the gift of thorn. I am its deliverer. I follow it, act as its guardian! I protect Michael, watch over him. And now it's time for another. Now it's time for you, Doctor Loomis.

Dr. Sam Loomis:	It's his mark...He's come home.
Dr. Sam Loomis:	It's his mark. He's come home.

Dr. Loomis:

I prayed that he would burn in hell. But in my heart, I knew that hell would not have him.

Dr. Loomis:	(to Jamie) - We both know, that he's alive. But you know where he is!
Dr. Loomis:	(to Jamie) We both know, that he's alive. But you know where he is!

Charlie:	You crazy son of a bitch.
Dr. Loomis:	(holding his gun) - Charlie...Charlie, Michael Myers is outside.
Dr. Loomis:	(holding his gun) Charlie. Charlie, Michael Myers is outside.

Dr. Loomis:

Today someone dug up a coffin of a nine-year-old girl, Jamie. Jamie, you're nine years old. What do you think he's going to do with that when he finds you?

Rachel:	How could they? When are they going to realize that she's not him, she's just a child.
Dr. Loomis:	They know that Michael Myers is her uncle and he made her attack her stepmother, that's why they fear her...especially on Halloween.
Dr. Loomis:	They know that Michael Myers is her uncle and he made her attack her stepmother, that's why they fear her, especially on Halloween.

Dr. Loomis:	(to Jamie) - You must help me. Your tears will do you no good. He must be stopped!
Dr. Loomis:	(to Jamie) You must help me. Your tears will do you no good. He must be stopped!

Dr. Loomis:	Her whole body was shaking!
Mooker:	Every time a little girl twitches, I'm supposed to call out the National Guard?

Charlie:	What the hell are you doing?
Dr. Loomis:	You're not taking her anywhere.
Charlie:	You've got five seconds to give me that key before I take it.

Dr. Loomis:	Michael? It will destroy you too, one day, Michael; this rage which drives you. You think if you kill them all it will go away? It won't! You have to fight it, in the place where it's strongest! WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! If you want to get rid of this rage, Michael, go home, GO HOME! Go to your house! I shall be there waiting for you! You will find HER, waiting for you!
Dr. Loomis:	Michael? It will destroy you too, one day, Michael, this rage which drives you. You think if you kill them all it will go away? It won't! You have to fight it, in the place where it's strongest! WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! If you want to get rid of this rage, Michael, go home, GO HOME! Go to your house! I shall be there waiting for you! You will find HER, waiting for you!

Dr. Loomis:	I know why you've come back, Michael. Because the little girl...the little girl can stop the rage inside. She knows how to do it, Michael. If you let her, she can stop the rage...the rage inside. No, she's not up there, Michael. She's down here in the middle of the old house...your house, Michael...your house. Do you remember how much better you used to be?
Dr. Loomis:	I know why you've come back, Michael. Because the little girl, the little girl can stop the rage inside. She knows how to do it, Michael. If you let her, she can stop the rage, the rage inside. No, she's not up there, Michael. She's down here in the middle of the old house, your house, Michael, your house. Do you remember how much better you used to be?

Sheriff Meeker:	It's over?
Dr. Loomis:	Yes...Yes it is. Michael Myers is in hell, buried, where he belongs.
Dr. Loomis:	Yes. Yes it is. Michael Myers is in hell, buried, where he belongs.

Dr. Loomis:

Ten years ago, he tried to kill Laurie Strode. Now he wants her daughter.

Dr. Hoffman:	Now where are you going?
Dr. Loomis:	Haddonfield. It's a four hour drive. You can reach me through the local police. If you don't find him in four hours, I'm sure I will.

Dr. Loomis:	Michael? Why now? You've waited ten years. Why come back now? I knew this day would come. Don't go to Haddonfield. If you want another victim, take me. But leave those people in peace. Please, Michael? - ...Goddamn you.
Dr. Loomis:	Michael? Why now? You've waited ten years. Why come back now? I knew this day would come. Don't go to Haddonfield. If you want another victim, take me. But leave those people in peace. Please, Michael? Goddamn you.

Sheriff Meeker:	This is starting to spook me here, doctor.
Dr. Loomis:	At least I'm not alone.

Dr. Loomis:

Six bodies, Sheriff, that's what I have seen; between here and Ridgemont. An entire filling station in flames! I'm telling you Michael Myers is here, in this town! He's here to kill that little girl and anybody who gets in his way!

Dr. Loomis:	I need to speak with Sheriff Brackett.
Deputy Pierce:	Well, then you'll have to travel about three-thousand miles south of here.
Dr. Loomis:	What?
Deputy Pierce:	Brackett retired in '81. He went to St. Petersburg.

Dr. Loomis:

We're not talking about any ordinary prisoner, Hoffman! We are talking about evil on two legs.

Dr. Loomis:

Wherever she is, that little child is in mortal danger.

Dr. Loomis:	Why wasn't I notified?
Dr. Hoffman:	About what?
Dr. Loomis:	You know damn well about what! You let them take it out of here!

Sheriff Meeker:	How could a man do this, Loomis? Tell me.
Dr. Loomis:	This isn't a man.
Sheriff Meeker:	Then what is he? Tell me! What the hell are we dealing with here?
Dr. Loomis:	Evil.

Dr. Loomis:	(after seeing Jamie holding a pair of bloody scissors, on the top of the stairs, after killing her stepmother) - No! No! No! No! No! Noooooooooo!!!
Dr. Loomis:	(after seeing Jamie holding a pair of bloody scissors, on the top of the stairs, after killing her stepmother) No! No! No! No! No! Noooooooooo!!!

Dr. Loomis:

Maybe nobody knows how to stop him.

Dr. Loomis:

You're talking about him as if he were a human being. That part of him died years ago.

Dr. Loomis:	The state police will be here soon.
Jamie Lloyd:	And then we'll be safe?
Dr. Loomis:	Yes.
Jamie Lloyd:	You don't believe that, do you?
Dr. Loomis:	No...
Dr. Loomis:	No.

Jack Sayer:	You're hunting it, ain't ya? Yeah, you're hunting it alright, just like me!
Dr. Loomis:	What are you hunting, Mr. Sayer?
Jack Sayer:	Apocalypse, End of the World, Armageddon. It always has a face and a name. I've been hunting the bastard for 30 years, give or take. Come close a time or two. Too damn close! You can't kill damnation, Mister. It don't die like a man dies!
Dr. Loomis:	I know that, Mr. Sayer.

Sam Loomis:	I'm sorry I left you. Are you all right?
Laurie Strode:	Why won't he die?

Sam Loomis:

It's Time, Michael.

Sam Loomis:	Go and check all the rooms down there! Go on!
Marion:	Dr. Loomis!
Sam Loomis:	You stay with me and shut up!

Sam Loomis:	I ought to handcuff you to the wheel, but I have a feeling I'm gonna need you in there. Can I trust you?
Marshall:	What have I got to lose, except my job?

Sam Loomis:	Did you see the blackboard back there in the elementary school?
Marion:	Yeah.
Sam Loomis:	In order to appease the gods, the Druid priests held fire rituals. Prisoners of war, criminals, the insane, animals...were...burned alive in baskets. By observing the way they died, the Druids believed they could see omens of the future. Two thousand years later, we've come no further. Samhain isn't evil spirits. It isn't goblins, ghosts or witches. It's the unconscious mind. We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves.
Sam Loomis:	In order to appease the gods, the Druid priests held fire rituals. Prisoners of war, criminals, the insane, animals were burned alive in baskets. By observing the way they died, the Druids believed they could see omens of the future. Two thousand years later, we've come no further. Samhain isn't evil spirits. It isn't goblins, ghosts or witches. It's the unconscious mind. We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves.

Sam Loomis:

Michael Myers was an extraordinary patient. There was a force inside him biding his time. He came accustomed to the inability and silence. In many ways he was the ideal patient he never talked he never cried he never moved. He just waited. The staff was unprepared they didn't know what he was.

Gary Hunt:	You know. Haddonfield was a pretty quiet town before tonight. The only gunshot you heard was to start off the race at the high school track.
Sam Loomis:	Well this night in '63 Michael Myers did murder his sister in that bedroom upstairs with a butcher's knife.
Gary Hunt:	I remember.
Sam Loomis:	On Halloween.
Gary Hunt:	I was sixteen years old.
Sam Loomis:	His anniversary was tonight...He came back.
Sam Loomis:	His anniversary was tonight. He came back.

Sam Loomis:	Turn this car around, now!
Marshall:	I can't do that. I have orders.
Sam Loomis:	(draws a gun) - Well those orders have changed!
Marshall:	Doctor, you're getting yourself into a lot of trouble.
Sam Loomis:	What is it you guys usually do? Fire a warning shot, right? (Shoots the window out with his gun)

Graham:	(examining the burned corpse) - No fillings. He's young; maybe seventeen, maybe eighteen.
Graham:	(examining the burned corpse) No fillings. He's young; maybe seventeen, maybe eighteen.
Sam Loomis:	Michael Myers is 21.

Sam Loomis:	(to Hunt) - Heightens my sense of security.
Sam Loomis:	(to Hunt) Heightens my sense of security.

Leigh Brackett:	You know, doctor, I'm just about there.
Sam Loomis:	What?
Leigh Brackett:	The point where I stop taking orders from you.

Sam Loomis:	If that wasn't Michael Myers burning in that car there are going to be a lot of other kid's dead tonight.
Gary Hunt:	He's dead. I saw him.
Sam Loomis:	I want to believe you. But I can't stop him until I'm certain he's dead.
Gary Hunt:	You talk about him like he's some sort of animal.
Sam Loomis:	He was my patient for fifteen years. He became an obsession with me until I realized that there wasn't neither conscience nor reason that he was even remotely human. An hour ago I fired six bullets into him and he just walked away. I am talking about the real possibility that he is still out there!

Leigh Brackett:	You couldn't have shot him six times!
Sam Loomis:	You think I'm lying, Sheriff?
Leigh Brackett:	I think you missed him. No man could take six shots.
Sam Loomis:	I'm telling you this isn't a man.

Leigh Brackett:	Damn you...
Leigh Brackett:	Damn you.
Sam Loomis:	I'm sorry...
Sam Loomis:	I'm sorry.
Leigh Brackett:	What have you done...?
Leigh Brackett:	What have you done?
Sam Loomis:	I haven't done anything.
Leigh Brackett:	YOU LET HIM OUT!
Leigh Brackett:	You let him out?!
Sam Loomis:	I didn't let him out. I gave orders for him to be restrained.

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