Sometimes less is more and when it comes to Michael Myers, as his total lack of anything resembling humanity makes him all the more terrifying. Skulking through film after film, without a single word uttered, Myers has become one of the most enigmatic and unstoppable screen bad guys.

Killer line: (as spoken by Dr Loomis) "I spent eight years trying to reach him and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realised that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil"