Lynda Van der Klok (ca. 1989 - October 31, 2007) is a character in the Halloween remake, inspired by one of the original teenage victims in the classic Halloween and played by Kristina Klebe.
Biography[]
Lynda was the best friend of Laurie Strode and Annie Brackett, although she was closer to Laurie than to Annie. Lynda was a foul-mouthed party girl, a behavioral trait that might have originated with the divorce of her parents. Living with her father, she often played the "daddy's girl" card to get out of trouble.
Lynda was also a member of the high school cheerleading squad, but admittedly had a bad relationship with her coach, whom she referred to in cheerleader cadence as a C-U-N-T. An incident with the coach got Lynda detention, and the coach telephoned her father. Lynda thought of herself as the hottest cheerleader Haddonfield ever had before she got kicked out, as she was dismissed after making a joke about doing a nude cheer towards her coach.[1]
On the way home from school with her friends on October 31, Laurie noticed a strange man watching them. Thinking it was just some pervert, Lynda mockingly asked him if he wanted some of the young stuff and to come and get it. Once Annie shouted that her dad was the sheriff, the masked man left and the girls headed on home. On Halloween night, Lynda and her boyfriend Bob went to the vacant Myers house for a fun, wild night of sex, unaware that Michael was on the balcony, watching them. Lynda and Bob then made love, which ended with Bob finishing early. After sex, Bob went outside to his van to get more beer for her.[1]
He came back inside, dressed up as a ghost to surprise Lynda, but was ambushed by Michael, pushed up against the wall and stabbed to death. Lynda, who could not hear anything because she had music on, got her cell phone and decided to call Laurie about what Annie had said earlier about Lynda being a slut, showing that her feelings could get hurt easily and her bad girl attitude could be a coverup for her true self. After the talk with Laurie, Michael entered the room disguised as Bob, ghost costume and all. Lynda believed Michael was Bob and teased him by exposing her breasts, but got no answer. She asked him for her beer, but he ignored her. Lynda kept asking him, unaware of who he really was, and he finally put his hand out with the beer. She was annoyed and got up, fully nude, grabbed the beer and began to curse at "Bob", going on about how he was bad in bed. Intent on murdering the girl, Michael took off his ghost costume and began to walk towards Lynda, who had her back to him and did not see him coming.[1]
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Lynda's death
He firmly grabbed hold of her neck and squeezed, causing her to quickly run out of breath. She helplessly tried to resist, to no avail. After a brief struggle, Michael drained the life from the teenage girl with his greater physical strength, then dropped her to the ground, taking a moment to examine her naked body. Michael then lifted Lynda's corpse up and carried her away into the darkness.
Laurie finds Lynda's corpse
Later that night, Laurie discovered Lynda set up in front of Judith Myers' headstone and a jack o' lantern. She tried to help her and wake her up, before realizing she was dead. By bringing Lynda and kidnapping Laurie, Michael had done what he wanted, to bring his family back together, with Lynda as a substitute for Judith.[1]
Two years later, Lynda's father Kyle attended a signing for Dr. Loomis' new book, where he showed Loomis a picture of Lynda, whom Loomis did not recognize. Kyle then brought out a gun and said he would kill Loomis for what happened to his daughter, although the situation was soon defused.[2]
Appearances[]
- Halloween (2007)
- Halloween II (2009) (corpse and photograph)
Notes and trivia[]
- Lynda's attack occurs in the old Myers house instead of the Wallace residence, unlike in the original film. It also takes place before Annie's, while in the original it is the other way around.