For more than a century, Hollywood horror flicks have shivered our timbers to sheer perfection. We squeal. We scream. We love every minute of it -- and the delicious one-liners that haunt us long after the last body's been buried.
Boisterous demons, psychopathic murderers, and marauding monsters may curdle our blood with their bad, bad ways. But Hollywood's best film fiends also get the famous last word at times, serving up a litany of shriek-starters that we all love reciting when the spirit moves us.
Frankenstein (1931)
"Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!
"I am Dracula. I bid you welcome."
Dracula (1931)
"Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?"
The Mummy (1932)
"I think we'll start with a reign of terror."
The Invisible Man (1933)
"The phone is dead. Do you hear that, Vitus? Even the phone is dead."
The Black Cat (1934)
"If only it was the picture that was to grow old, and I remain young. There's nothing in the world I wouldn't give for that. Yes, I would give even my soul for it."
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
"We medicals have a better way than that. When we dislike a friend of ours, we dissect him."
The Body Snatcher (1945)
"Let's let our friend here rest in peace...while he can."
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Fly (1958)
"Help me! Help meeeee!"
"We all go a little mad sometimes... Haven't you?"
Psycho (1960)
"This is no dream! This is really happening!"
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
"Love means never having to say you're ugly."
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
"What an excellent day for an exorcism."
The Exorcist (1973)
"What did he do to make this house so evil, Mr. Fischer?"
"Drug addiction, alcoholism, sadism, beastiality, mutilation, murder, vampirism, necrophilia, cannibalism, not to mention a gamut of sexual goodies. Shall I go on?"
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
"Hallo. Vould you like a roll in ze hay?
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Jaws (1975)
"Smile, you son of a b--h!"
"We have to convince the little housewife out there that the tomato that ate the family pet is not dangerous!"
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
"It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare."
Halloween (1978)
"Without me, Transylvania will be as exciting as Bucharest...on a Monday night."
Love at First Bite (1979)
"Children of the night, shut up!"
Love at First Bite (1979)
"He-e-e-e-re's Johnnie!"
The Shining (1980)
"Meats meat, and a man's gotta eat."
Motel Hell (1980)
"I will not be threatened by a walking meat loaf!"
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
"Whatever you do, don't fall asleep."
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Aliens (1986) "No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering."
Hellraiser (1987)
We've surely missed some great ones. Tell us.
"Get away from her, you b-tch."
"Good, bad, Im the one with the gun. Come git some!"
Army of Darkness (1991)
"Now that Billy tried to mutilate her, do you think Sid would go out with me?"
Scream (1996)
"I see dead people."
The Sixth Sense (1999)
"Suicide is like...the ultimate f**k you."
Ginger Snaps (2000)
"I'm here to kick a-s and chew gum, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
They Live (1988)
"Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be some brilliant f--kin' Mark Twain s--t. 'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone."
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
"That cold ain't the weather, that's death approaching."
30 Days of Night (2007)
