10 Terrifying Horror Movie Phone Calls You'll Never Forget

Genre fave P.J. Soles had already impressed in Brian De Palma's Carrie, but it was 1978's Halloween two years later that really put Soles on the map for horror fans - and key to that, was just how Soles' character of Lynda was killed off in John Carpenter's classic slasher.

Soles is the Halloween alumnus who has remained the most attached to the franchise over the decades, with the actress an ever-present talking head on any and all Halloween-driven documentaries, specials, or panel discussions. Which, considering how Lynda is in barely half of one of the series' 11 (and counting!) films, is incredibly impressive.

That death scene, of course, sees Lynda choked to death with a telephone cord by Michael Myers, while her BFF Laurie Strode listens on to Lynda's final gargled breaths. Unaware that the man under the bed sheet and specs is Michael rather than her beau Bob, Lynda's demise is one of the franchise's very best.

Tragically, Laurie thinks that Lynda is simply messing around - when the reality is that Strode's bestie is instead being added to the body count amassed by the Shape on the infamous night he came home.