Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Her Horror-Free Halloween Plans: 'I Have Retired My Pumpkins' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Lee Curtis at the 2024 CHLA gala (left); starring in ‘Halloween’ (right).Photo:Tommaso Boddi/Getty; Compass International Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty

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Jamie Lee Curtismight be known as the “Scream Queen,” but she doesn’t have any plans to celebrateHalloweenthis year.

While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles 2024 Gala on Saturday, Oct. 5, Curtis — known forstarring as Laurie Strodefor more than four decades in theHalloweenmovies— insisted she “no longer” feels the “pressure to go all out” on Oct. 31 despite her iconic role.

“I have retired my pumpkins. I have hung up my butcher knives. I have stepped away from the vehicle. I am bowing gently to others who are taking up the mantle,” Curtis, 65, said.

Jamie Lee Curtis at the 2024 CHLA Gala.Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty

Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty

TheFreaky Fridaystar isn’t even planning on decorating her house for the holiday this year.

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The actress first appeared on screens as Laurie in the originalHalloweenflick back in 1978. She made her final appearance in 2022’sHalloween Ends.

TheJohn Carpenter classicfamously introduced horror fans to Michael Myers (a.k.a. “The Shape”), with the original movie spawning 12 additional films; many of which Curtis starred in. The franchise has made more than $1 billion through the years and counting.

“You call me the Scream Queen. I don’t call myself that, but I get it. Not the queen part. The scream part. But what you may not know about me is that I scare easily — and often,” she insisted at the time.

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“Well, you know, endings are a bitch, and endings are very difficult to do in a very satisfying way,” she said.

While discussing wrapping the project earlier that year, the star said at the time, “The last shot [filmed] was [part of] a night shoot and I was in a car — it was a close-up of me in the car. And when we got out of the car, it was 4:30 in the morning and there was the picture of my face on the screen.”

“I realized that was the last image of Laurie Strode after 44 years of portraying her,” Curtis added. “Isn’t that amazing? And it felt very satisfying.”

source: people.com