Halloween (1978)

Brian Andrews: Tommy

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• Lindsey : I'm scared!

  Laurie : There's nothing to be scared of.

  Tommy : Are you sure?

  [Laurie nods] 

  Tommy : How?

  Laurie : I killed him...

  Tommy : But you can't kill the boogeyman!

• Tommy : It's the boogeyman! The boogeyman's outside!

  Laurie : Oh, Tommy, stop it! You're scaring Lindsey. There's nobody out there. Now, if you don't stop this I'm going to have to turn the TV off and send you to bed.

  Tommy : Nobody believes me!

  Lindsey : I believe you, Tommy.

• Tommy : I don't like that story anymore.

  Laurie : I thought King Arthur was your favorite.

  Tommy : Not anymore.

  [takes a stack of comics from under the couch] 

  Laurie : Why do you keep them under there?

  Tommy : Mom doesn't like me having them.

  Laurie : Laser Man, Neutron Man. I can understand why. Tarantula Man...

  Tommy : Laurie, what's the Boogeyman?

• Tommy : What about the jack-o-lantern?

  Laurie : After the movie.

  Tommy : What about my comics?

  Laurie : After the jack-o-lantern.

  Tommy : What about the boogeyman?

  Laurie : There's no such thing.

• Laurie : [Tommy's scared of the boogeyman]  We're getting nowhere. Look, the boogeyman can only come out on Halloween, right? Well, I'm here; I'm not about to let anything happen to you.

  Tommy : Promise?

  Laurie : Promise.

• Tommy : Laurie, what's the boogeyman?

  Laurie : There's no such thing.

• Tommy : But I saw the boogeyman! I saw him!

  Laurie : Okay, what did he look like?

  Tommy : Umm... the boogeyman!

• Richie : How is our witch?

  Boy : Yeah, our pumpkin?

  Tommy Doyle : Leave me alone!

  The boys : He's gonna get you, He's gonna get you, He's gonna get you, He's gonna get you!

  Richie : Boogeyman is coming!

  Tommy Doyle : Leave me alone!

  Boy : He doesn't believe us.

  Richie : Don't you know what happens on Halloween?

  Tommy Doyle : Yeah. We get candies.

  The boys : [laugh]  Boogeyman, boogeyman, boogeyman!

• Tommy : What about the jack-o-lantern?

  Laurie : After the movie.

  Tommy : What about my comics?

  Laurie : After the jack-o-lantern.

  Tommy : What about the boogeyman?

  Laurie : There's no such thing.

  Tommy : Richie said he was coming after me tonight.

  Laurie : Do you believe everything Richie tells you?

  Tommy : No.

  Laurie : Tommy, 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."

  Tommy : I saw the boogeyman. I saw him outside.

  Laurie : There was nobody outside.

  Tommy : There was.

  Laurie : What did he look like?

  Tommy : The boogeyman!

  Laurie : We're not getting anywhere. All right. The boogeyman can only come out on Halloween night, right?

  Tommy : Right.

  Laurie : Well, I'm here tonight. I'm not about to let anything happen to you.

  Tommy : Promise?

  Laurie : Promise.