Judith Myers is a minor character in the Halloween remake.
Biography[]
Judith Myers lived with her mother Deborah, her younger siblings Michael and Angel Myers, and her mother's boyfriend Ronnie White. Her father was deceased and Judith did not like to talk about him, possibly because they were very close before his death.
Judith cared little about anything except her own self interests and had little need for her younger brother. She often made fun of him, at one point suggesting that he had actually masturbated his pet rat Elvis to death.[1]
On Halloween night, Deborah asked Judith to take Michael out trick-or-treating, but Judith dismissed him, preferring instead to go upstairs and have sex with her boyfriend, Steve Haley.[1]
Steve wanted to have sex while wearing a scary Halloween mask, but Judith would not have it. Afterward, the two were talking for a bit and Steve accidentally referred to Ronnie as Judith's father. She was quick to correct him, noting that her real father was dead and in a rare moment of vulnerability stated that he was "in Heaven".[1]
A short time later, after Steve left the room to go make himself a sandwich, Judith laid in her bed with a set of headphones on, listening to "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult.[1]
Young Michael, having suffered a psychotic break, came into her bedroom after murdering Ronnie and Steve, and donned the discarded Halloween mask. Then, he began running his fingers across Judith's leg. Judith snapped to attention, demanding to know what Michael was doing in her room.[1]
When he failed to respond, she began slapping him across the side of the head. Michael then stabbed her in the stomach with a steak knife. Bleeding and in shock, Judith scrambled to get away and began running down the hallway. Michael kept after her, stabbing her sixteen more times until she was dead on the floor.[1]
15 years later, Michael had stolen Judith's headstone from the cemetery and brought it back to his old house. There, he placed the body of Lynda Van der Klok (who was similar to his sister in both looks and personality) under the headstone and later kidnapped their younger sister Angel, taking her to the basement.[1]
Notes and trivia[]
- Despite having far more screen time than the original, this incarnation of Judith has less significance to the plot, in large part because Michael murders three other people before her on the same day. Her only post-death acknowledgement is when Laurie finds Lynda's body laid in front of Judith's tombstone in the Myers house basement.
- In Halloween II, Judith is not mentioned at all and only makes a quick cameo appearance in the photographs in Dr. Loomis' second book, and also during the credits.
- This version of Judith Myers was created by writer / director Rob Zombie, based on concepts originally developed by John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Appearances[]
- Halloween
- Halloween II (photograph)