Happy Halloween! As is our somewhat annual tradition, this website presents you with another "Top 100" horror themed list! This year, I present the 100 Greatest Horror Movie Quotes. The following quotes are the most iconic, most famous or most brilliant quotes from horror movies from all eras. Enjoy!
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100. "Now Sid, don't you blame the movies. Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!"
- Billy Loomis
SCREAM (1996)
Actor: Skeet Ulrich
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
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99. "I'm the ghost with the most, babe."
- Betelgeuse
BEETLEJUICE (1988)
Actor: Michael Keaton
Screenwriters: Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren
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98. "Welcome to prime time, bitch!"
- Freddy Krueger
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987)
Actor: Robert Englund
Screenwriters: Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont, Chuck Russell
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97. "One thing about livin' in Santa Carla I never could stomach. All the damn vampires."
- Grandpa
THE LOST BOYS (1987)
Actor: Barnard Hughes
Screenwriters: Jan Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam
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96. "We have such sights to show you!"
- Lead Cenobite [aka "Pinhead"]
HELLRAISER (1987)
Actor: Doug Bradley
Screenwriter: Clive Barker
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95. "First of all, keep him out of the light, he hates bright light, especially sunlight, it'll kill him. Second, don't give him any water, not even to drink. But the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never feed him after midnight."
- Chinese Boy
GREMLINS (1984)
Actor: John Louie
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
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94. "You let him drown! You never paid any attention. Look what you did to him. Look what you did to him!"
- Mrs. Voorhees
FRIDAY THE 13th (1980)
Actor: Betsy Palmer
Screenwriter: Victor Miller
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93. "I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies."
- Ash
ALIEN (1979)
Actor: Ian Holm
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon
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92. "$10,000 dollars for me by myself. For that, you get the head, the tail - the whole damn thing."
- Quint
JAWS (1975)
Actor: Robert Shaw
Screenwriter: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb; Peter Benchley (novel)
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91. FATHER KARRAS: "Where's Regan?"
REAGAN/DEMON: "In here. With us."
THE EXORCIST (1973)
Actors: Jason Miller, Linda Blair, Mercedes McCambridge
Screenwriter: William Peter Blatty
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90. "Mother! Oh, God! Mother!"
- Norman Bates
PSYCHO (1960)
Actor: Anthony Perkins
Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano; Robert Bloch (novel)
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89. "I never drink... wine."
- Count Dracula
DRACULA (1931)
Actor: Bela Lugosi
Screenwriter: Bram Stoker (novel); Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston (play)
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88. "Feed me, Seymour!"
- Audrey II
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1986)
Actor: Levi Stubbs
Screenwriter: Howard Ashman
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87. "Don't cross the streams."
- Dr. Egon Spengler
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Actor: Harold Ramis
Screenwriters: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
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86. "There is more evil around us here than I have ever encountered before."
- Sherlock Holmes
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1959)
Actor: Peter Cushing
Screenwriter: Peter Bryan (from the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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85. "Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!"
- Scotty
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
Actor: Douglas Spencer
Screenwriter: Charles Lederer (based on story by John W. Campbell Jr.)
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84. "Wolfman's got nards!"
- Horace
THE MONSTER SQUAD (1987)
Actor: Brent Chalem
Screenwriters: Shane Black, Fred Dekker
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83. "Give me back my hand.... GIVE ME BACK MY HAND!"
- Ash
EVIL DEAD II (1987)
Actor: Bruce Campbell
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel
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82. "Now clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It has from the very beginning. Don't give it any help, it knows too much already."
- Tangina
POLTERGEIST (1982)
Actor: Zelda Rubinstein
Screenwriters: Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor
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81. "HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE COCK - A - DOODIE CAR!"
- Annie Wilkins
MISERY (1990)
Actor: Kathy Bates
Screenwriters: Stephen King (novel), William Goldman (screenplay)
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80. "Get to the chopper!"
- Dutch
PREDATOR (1987)
Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Screenwriters: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
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79. DART PLAYER: Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors.
CHESS PLAYER: Beware the moon, lads.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
Actors: David Schofield, Brian Glover
Screenwriter: John Landis
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78. "Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil - 'Sorry.' - grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?"
- Shaun
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
Actor: Simon Pegg
Screenwriters: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
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77. "I need to return some videotapes."
- Patrick Bateman
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)
Actor: Christian Bale
Screenwriter: Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Mary Harron (screenplay)
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76. "This... is my BOOMSTICK!"
- Ash
ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)
Actor: Bruce Campbell
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
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75. "We've traced the call... it's coming from inside the house."
- Sgt. Sacker
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979)
Actor: William Boyett
Screenwriters: Steve Feke, Fred Walton
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74. "You know, it's Halloween. I guess everybody's entitled to one good scare, huh?"
- Brackett
HALLOWEEN (1978)
Actor: Charles Cyphers
Screenwriters: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
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73. "Groovy."
- Ash
ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)
Actor: Bruce Campbell
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
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72. "Hi! I'm Chucky! Wanna play?"
- Chucky
CHILD'S PLAY (1988)
Actor: Brad Dourif
Screenwriters: Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland
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71. "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy!"
- Freddy Krueger
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
Actor: Robert Englund
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
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70. "You gotta be fucking kidding."
- Palmer
THE THING (1982)
Actor: David Clennon
Screenwriter: Bill Lancaster
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69. "Join us! Join us! Join us!"
- The Voice of the Evil
THE EVIL DEAD (1981)
Actor: Sam Raimi
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
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68. "Have you checked the children?"
- Curt Duncan
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979)
Actor: Tony Beckley
Screenwriters: Steve Feke, Fred Walton
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67. "Fire... BAD!"
- The Monster
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
Actor: Boris Karloff
Screenwriter: William Hurlbut; Mary Shelley (novel)
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66. "It all floats down here!" or "We all float down here."
- Pennywise
IT (1990) & IT (2017)
Actors: Tim Curry (1990), Bill Skarsgård (2017)
Screenwriters: Tommy Lee Wallace, Lawrence D. Cohen (1990); Chase Palmerm, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman (2017); Stephen King (novel)
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65. "You've seen horrible things. An army of nightmare creatures. But they are nothing compared to what came before. What lies below. It's our task to placate the Ancient Ones. As it's yours to be offered up to them. Forgive us. And let us get it over with."
- The Director
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)
Actor: Sigourney Weaver
Screenwriter: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard
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64. "I ain't got time to bleed."
- Blain
PREDATOR (1987)
Actor: Jesse Ventura
Screenwriters: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
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63, "Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens."
- MacReady
THE THING (1982)
Actor: David Clennon
Screenwriter: Bill Lancaster
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62. "Darling. Light of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the fuck in."
- Jack Torrance
THE SHINING (1980)
Actor: Jack Nicholson
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson; Stephen King (novel)
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61. "I met this six year-old child with this blank, pale emotionless face, and the blackest eyes - the Devil's eyes."
- Dr. Loomis
HALLOWEEN (1978)
Actor: Donald Pleasance
Screenwriters: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
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60. "Oh, no tears please. It's a waste of good suffering."
- Lead Cenobite [aka "Pinhead"]
HELLRAISER (1987)
Actor: Doug Bradley
Screenwriter: Clive Barker
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59. "Gimme some sugar, baby."
- Ash
ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)
Actor: Bruce Campbell
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
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58. "We'll tear your soul apart!"
- Lead Cenobite [aka "Pinhead"]
HELLRAISER (1987)
Actor: Doug Bradley
Screenwriter: Clive Barker
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57. "That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over!
- Private Hudson
ALIENS (1986)
Actor: Bill Paxton
Screenwriter: James Cameron
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56. "One, two, Freddy's coming for you. / Three, four, better lock your door. / Five, six, grab your crucifix. / Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. / Nine, ten, never sleep again."
- Children
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
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55. "Long live the new flesh."
- Max Renn
VIDEODROME (1983)
Actor: James Woods
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg
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54. "You know what the most frightening thing in the world is? It's fear."
- Mark Lewis
PEEPING TOM (1960)
Actor: Karlheinz Böhm
Screenwriter: Leo Marks
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53. "Candyman. Candyman. Candyman."
- Helen Lyle
CANDYMAN (1992)
Actor: Virginia Madsen
Screenwriter: Clive Barker, Bernard Rose
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52. "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
- Veronica
THE FLY (1986)
Actor: Geena Davis
Screenwriter: Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg
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51. "I'm sorry to differ with you, sir. But you are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I should know, sir. I've always been here."
- Delbert Grady
THE SHINING (1980)
Actor: Philip Stone
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson; Stephen King (novel)
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50. "I like to disect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?"
- Patrick Bateman
AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)
Actor: Christian Bale
Screenwriter: Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Mary Harron (screenplay)
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49. "I'm scared to close my eyes, I'm scared to open them! We're gonna die out here!"
- Heather
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (1999)
Actor: Heather Donahue
Screenwriters: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
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48. "Do you like scary movies?"
- Phone Voice
SCREAM (1996)
Actor: Roger Jackson
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
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47. TINA: Please, God.
FREDDY: THIS is God.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
Actors: Amanda Wyss, Robert Englund
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
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46. "The box, you opened it, we came."
- Lead Cenobite [aka "Pinhead"]
HELLRAISER (1987)
Actor: Doug Bradley
Screenwriter: Clive Barker
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45. "Ray, next time someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!"
- Winston Zedmore
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Actor: Ernie Hudson
Screenwriters: Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd
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44. "You wanna see something REALLY scary?"
- Car Passenger
THE TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1983)
Actor: Dan Aykroyd
Screenwriter: John Landis
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43. "Sometimes, dead is better."
- Jud Crandall
PET SEMATARY (1989)
Actor: Fred Gwynne
Screenwriter: Stephen King
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42. "They mostly come at night. Mostly."
- Newt
ALIENS (1986)
Actor: Carrie Henn
Screenwriter: James Cameron
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41. "Look at me, Damien! It's all for you!"
- Nanny
THE OMEN (1976)
Actor: Holly Palance
Screenwriter: David Seltzer
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40. "We accept you, one of us! Gooble Gobble!"
- Freaks
FREAKS (1932)
Actors: Various
Screenwriter: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon
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39. "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make."
- Count Dracula
DRACULA (1931)
Actor: Bela Lugosi
Screenwriter: Bram Stoker (novel); Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston (play)
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38. "I RENOUNCE GOD! I RENOUNCE HIM! I shall rise from my own death, to avenge hers with all the powers of darkness!"
- Dracula
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)
Actor: Gary Oldman
Screenwriter: James V Hart (Screenplay), Bram Stoker (Novel)
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37. "Redrum! Redrum! Redrum!"
- Danny Torrance
THE SHINING (1980)
Actor: Danny Lloyd
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson; Stephen King (novel)
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36. "There are certain RULES that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie."
- Randy
SCREAM (1996)
Actor: Jamie Kennedy
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
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35. "But ya are, Blanche! Ya are in that chair!"
- Baby Jane Hudson
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)
Actor: Bette Davis
Screenwriter: Henry Farrell (novel), Lukas Heller
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34. "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth."
- Peter
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Actor: Ken Foree
Screenwriter: George A. Romero
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33. "I'm not even gonna swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'"
- Mrs. Bates
PSYCHO (1960)
Actor: Jeanette Nolan
Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano; Robert Bloch (novel)
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32. "They're here already. You're next!"
- Dr. Miles J. Bennell
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
Actor: Kevin McCarthy
Screenwriters: Daniel Mainwaring (screenplay), Jack Finney (Collier's magazine serial)
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31. "I'll swallow your soul!"
- Deadite Henrietta
EVIL DEAD II (1987)
Actor: Lou Hancock
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel
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30. "Heeeere's Johnny!"
- Jack Torrance
THE SHINING (1980)
Actor: Jack Nicholson
Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson; Stephen King (novel)
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29. "Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light?
- Dr. Henry Frankenstein
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
Actor: Colin Clive
Screenwriters: Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh; Mary Shelley (novel)
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28. "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep."
- Nancy
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)
Actor: Heather Langenkamp
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
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27. "You see, Jason was my son, and today is his birthday..."
- Mrs. Voorhees
FRIDAY THE 13th (1980)
Actor: Betsy Palmer
Screenwriter: Victor Miller
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26. "I am... Dracula."
- Count Dracula
DRACULA (1931)
Actor: Bela Lugosi
Screenwriter: Bram Stoker (novel); Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston (play)
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25. "They're all gonna laugh at you."
- Margaret White
CARRIE (1976)
Actor: Piper Laurie
Screenwriter: Lawrence D. Cohen; Stephen King (novel)
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24. "I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
- Dracula
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)
Actor: Gary Oldman
Screenwriter: James V Hart (Screenplay), Bram Stoker (Novel)
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23. "I'm your number one fan."
- Annie Wilkes
MISERY (1990)
Actor: Kathy Bates
Screenwriters: Stephen King (novel), William Goldman (screenplay)
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22. "It was Beauty killed the Beast."
- Carl Denham
KING KONG (1933)
Actor: Robert Armstrong
Screenwriters: James Creelman, Ruth Rose
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21. "Hail to the king, baby."
- Ash
ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)
Actor: Bruce Campbell
Screenwriters: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
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20. "What have you done to it? What have you done to its eyes?" ... "What have you done to him you MANIACS!"
- Rosemary
ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)
Actor: Mia Farrow
Screenwriters: Ira Levin (novel), Roman Polanski (screenplay)
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19. "We belong dead."
- The Monster
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
Actor: Boris Karloff
Screenwriter: William Hurlbut; Mary Shelley (novel)
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18. "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Actor: Anthony Hopkins
Screenwriter: Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)
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17. "Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!"
- Dr. Peter Venkman
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Actor: Bill Murray
Screenwriters: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
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16. "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.
- Nada
THEY LIVE (1988)
Actor: Roddy Piper
Screenwriter: John Carpenter
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15. "What an excellent day for an exorcism."
- Reagan MacNeill/Demon
THE EXORCIST (1973)
Actor: Linda Blair, Mercedes McCambridge
Screenwriters: William Peter Blatty
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14. "There is no Dana, only Zuul."
- Dana Barrett
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
Actor: Sigourney Weaver
Screenwriters: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
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13. "It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
- Jame Gumb [aka "Buffalo Bill"]
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Actor: Ted Levine
Screenwriter: Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)
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12. "Well, a boy's best friend is his mother."
- Norman Bates
PSYCHO (1960)
Actor: Anthony Perkins
Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano; Robert Bloch (novel)
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11. "What's in the box?!"
- Detective David Mills
SE7EN (1995)
Actor: Brad Pitt
Screenwriter: Andrew Kevin Walker
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10. "Get away from her, you BITCH!"
- Ripley
ALIENS (1986)
Actor: Sigourney Weaver
Screenwriter: James Cameron
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9. "To a new World of Gods and Monsters."
- Dr. Pretorius
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
Actor: Ernest Thesiger
Screenwriter: William Hurlbut; Mary Shelley (novel)
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8. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Actor: Anthony Hopkins
Screenwriter: Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)
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7. "They're heeeere!"
- Carol Anne
POLTERGEIST (1982)
Actor: Heather O'Rourke
Screenwriters: Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, Mark Victor
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6. "You're gonna need a bigger boat."
- Chief Brody
JAWS (1975)
Actor: Roy Scheider
Screenwriter: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb; Peter Benchley (novel)
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5. "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"
- Johnny
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
Actor: Russell Streiner
Screenwriter: John Russo, George Romero
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4. "The Power of Christ compels you!"
- Father Merrin and Father Karras
THE EXORCIST (1973)
Actors: Max Von Sydow and Jason Miller
Screenwriters: William Peter Blatty
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3. "It's alive! It's alive!"
- Dr. Henry Frankenstein
FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
Actor: Colin Clive
Screenwriters: Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh; Mary Shelley (novel)
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2. "I see dead people."
- Cole Sear
THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
Actor: Haley Joel Osment
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
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1. "We all go a little mad sometimes."
- Norman Bates
PSYCHO (1960)
Actor: Anthony Perkins
Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano; Robert Bloch (novel)
