EVERY Halloween Death RANKED By Stupidity

Nurse Karen Bailey - Halloween II

Halloween 2
Universal Pictures

One of the most memorable kills of the entire franchise, Pamela Susan Shoop's Nurse Bailey bites the dust a couple of minutes after her would-be boyfriend, Budd, as the pair look to get a little frisky in a physical therapy hottub.

With Budd having been strangled to death in the background, Nurse Bailey mistakenly believes the hand now resting on her shoulder is that of her lover. That is a somewhat understandable mistake to make, particularly as they were the only two people in the room, but things go a little more odd when Bailey starts to nibble and suck on the fingers and hand of what the audience can see is Michael Myers.

From there, Michael continuously forces Bailey's head underwater in the hot tub, with him having altered the temperature to be so hot that it literally melts the nurse's face away.

Why a therapy pool would have a 'scolding' setting is anyone's guess, mind...

Kelly Meeker - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Kelly Meeker
Galaxy Releasing

On one hand, with it well known that Michael Myers is back in action and has already amassed quite the body count, you could say that Halloween 4's Kelly Meeker should've been a little more careful. On the other hand, her death happened in her own house, a house that was being protected by a cop at that point in time.

Either way, with that cop having been killed off-screen, Kelly mistakes Michael for the lawman who was looking after her, with Michael sitting up from a rocking chair and stabbing Kelly through the stomach with a gun. Not just that, but the force of this lifts Kelly into the air, partly breaks a wall, and leaves her lifeless body pinned against that wall.

Phil Dickerson - Halloween Kills

Halloween Kills Phil Dickerson Sondra Dickerson
Universal

Picture the scene: you're having a quiet night in with your wife on Halloween, trying to master a drone, only to have Michael Myers smash through one of your windows, grab your head, and force you into the broken glass.

Minutes later, Michael finishes the job by sticking a whole bunch of kitchen knives in your back, but not before he's murdered your wife by sticking a broken light tube into her neck.

That's what happened to the unfortunate Phil during the early moments of Halloween Kills. In a mild silver lining, though, Halloween Ends would reveal that Phil's wife Sondra somehow managed to survive that gnarly light tube attack.

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