While for some people, Halloween is all about costumes and candy, others embrace the holiday for the scares, and there’s no better way to do that than with a good ol’ scary movie.
A new survey by OnePoll on behalf of Tubi finds:
- Two in three Americans feel like they are currently living in a horror movie.
- 66% of folks think watching a horror movie will be a good escape from the horrors of 2020.
- 72% of parents with kids under 16 say they plan to watch Halloween movies with the family this year.
- 63% plan to introduce their children to Halloween classics.
- Among the most iconic Halloween movies of all time:
- “Halloween” (46%)
- “The Nightmare on Elm Street” (24%)
- “Scream” (22%)
- “The Exorcist” (21%)
- “Beetlejuice” (21%)
- “Friday the 13th” (15%)
- “Carrie” (13%)
- “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (10%)
- “Child’s Play” (9%)
- “The Shining” (7%)
- Along these lines, Freddy Krueger from “The Nightmare on Elm Street” was named the scariest horror movie villain of all time, followed by “Halloween’s” Michael Meyers and “Psycho’s” Norman Bates.
