Lindsey Wallace

Lindsey Wallace is a main character who first appears in John Carpenter's original Halloween (1978). The film expanded into the Halloween franchise.

She is introduced as an 8-year-old child, being babysat by Annie Brackett in Haddonfield, Illinois. In David Gordon Green's Blumhouse Trilogy (2018—2022), which serves as a direct sequel to the original film, Lindsey is re-introduced in her late 40s. She appears in two parts—a minor role In Act II, Halloween Kills (2021), and a planned upcoming tritagonist role—in Act III, Halloween Ends (2022).

In the original 1978 film, her babysitter Annie is stalked and later murdered by escaped Smith's Grove patient, Michael Myers on Halloween night, 1978. Annie's best friend, Laurie Strode becomes her adult supervisor, ahortly before Annie's murder. She and Tommy Doyle are urged to go down to the Mackenzies, where she stays until further notice.

The role is primarily portrayed by Kyle Richards, who makes three actor appearances in the franchise. Including her Remake Counterpart, Lindsey makes 5 physical appearances out of all 13 films.

Although the franchise has multiple timelines (Rob Zombie's remake is also set in a separate universe), Lindsey only makes filmic appearances in the canonical timeline (1978, 2018—2022), with the exception of a cameo in Part I of the Thorn Trilogy, Halloween 4: Return of Michael Myers (1988). This makes Lindsey's character history less convoluted than other characters.

Early life
Lindsey Wallace was born sometime around 1970.

The Night He Came Home (1978)
On Halloween 1978, Lindsey is being babysat by Annie Brackett while her parents go to a Halloween party. Throughout the night, she sits and watches The Thing from Another World (1951) while Annie prepares to meet her boyfriend Paul.

At first, she is going to take Lindsey with her to pick up Paul, but Lindsey wants to watch the movie so Annie decides to drop her off with her friend Laurie, who is babysitting Tommy Doyle at his house. Before leaving to pick up her boyfriend, Annie is killed by Michael Myers. Later, Tommy tries to scare Lindsey but, while he is trying to hide, he sees the "boogeyman" (Michael) and screams that he sees him, scaring Lindsey. Laurie does not believe him, but Lindsey does.

Later that night, Lindsey is seen asleep while Laurie goes to check on Annie, Paul and their friends, Lynda and Bob. Tommy later opens the door for Laurie as she is being chased back into the house by Michael. Laurie goes to get them after she believes she had killed the madman but once Tommy sees Michael, Laurie gets Tommy and Lindsey into the bathroom and to lock the door. After she is attacked again and she thinks he is finally dead, Laurie gets them out of the bathroom and tells them to go to the McKenzie household.

Aftermath (Blumhouse Trilogy)
Lindsey and Tommy raise the alarm which cause the Haddonfield Police to start a manhunt for Michael, who was later apprehended following his attack.

Lindsey and Tommy remain close after going through a shared, traumatic experience. Explained by Lindsey during the 2018 massacre, their friendship group used to spook each other with the task of entering inside the Myers house, though no-one actually did. Lindsey believed for a long time that Lonnie Elam did, but he admits to lying.

Halloween Kills (Blumhouse Trilogy, Part II)
On Halloween 2018, Lindsey, Marion, Lonnie, and Tommy go to a bar, loudly clicking their glasses together and annoying the couple in front of them, Marcus and Vanessa Wilson. Marcus asks the four if they could quiet down, citing that he and his wife are trying to watch the talent show, and the group complies and apologizes. Tommy goes up on stage and references Lindsey when he mentions that "there was a babysitter and a young boy, and a young girl, and they were brutally attacked by this stalker who had a power beyond any mortal man." Marion puts her arm around Lindsey right before Tommy introduces Lindsey and explains her role in the 1978 Halloween murder spree. After Tommy finishes his remarks, Lindsey then raises her glass for the absent Laurie and the group is approached by Marcus, who tells Tommy that he had no idea about Michael and offers to buy the group drinks. Lindsey apologizes again for the earlier disruption, who tells her that it is fine.

The group talks to the bar owner, Brian, who mentions that he started the bar with his grandfather and Lindsey raises her glass in honor of him. Lonnie rushes past the group to tell them that his son Cameron is in trouble and Lindsey joins the others in watching a news report about the murders earlier that night and the escape of two inmates from a transport bus crash. As Marcus and Vanessa leave, Lindsey questions what is happening and Vanessa runs from her car after noticing someone in the backseat who she believes is Michael. Vanessa returns to the bar and tells the group that Michael is in the car, Lindsey questioning Tommy on what he's doing after he grabs the bar owner's baseball bat. Lindsey follows Tommy outside as he goes to confront the car and moves out of the way when it drives off, Lindsey coming up to the car after it crashes and warning Tommy as he looks inside and finds no one inside.Tommy and Lonnie begin planning to hunt down Michael, and Lindsey, Marion, Vanessa, and Marcus drive up to the duo, Lindsey remarking that they couldn't let the two have all the fun. Lindsey drives away with Mario, Vanessa, and Marcus and notices some children playing on a swing set. Lindsey instructs Marion to give her the flashlight and tells the others to stay inside the car. Lindsey goes up to the children asks what they are doing out there, furthering that it is not safe and asks them if they are alone and where they're parents are. One of the children responds that there is a creepy man in a white mask trying to play hide-and-seek with them and Lindsey asks where they saw him. Lindsey turns to see Michael, who one of the children notes as holding the mask of one of their friends. and Lindsey screams for the two to run before they are all killed by Michael, who begins attacking Marion, Vanessa, and Marcus. Lindsey grabs one of the children's candy bag and begins stuffing it. After Michael kills the three, Lindsey confronts Michael by slamming him with the stuffed bag twice before Michael grabs her by the neck.

Halloween 4
In Part One of the Cult of Thorn Trilogy, a separate continuity which was later retconned by the H20 timeline and finally once again, the Blumhouse timeline, Lindsey can be seen at age 18.

She is friendly with Rachel Carruthers. On Halloween 1988, Lindsey picks up Rachel and her younger foster sister, Jamie Lloyd from school, who happens to be the daughter of the deceased Laurie Lloyd (née Strode), who died eleven months prior. The two girls discuss what Rachel should do about her boyfriend Brady, and Lindsey suggests that she should drop them off at Vincent Drug Store since Brady works there.

She does not make any subsequent appearances in the Thorn Trilogy, and does not appear in either of the two H20timeline films either.