SCOTS have voted for their scariest movies of all time – and say serial killers, creepy dolls and the Devil are the most likely to keep them up all night.
The Shining, Dracula and the Exorcist were voted the top three scariest movies, and the eighties were dubbed the most terrifying movie decade.
Over half of Scots’ top 10 scariest movies were made in the decade of shoulder pads and pastel leg warmers, including Friday the 13th (1980) and Poltergeist (1982).
A new survey by Atomik Research for Universal Parks and Resorts Halloween Horror Nights showed cannibals, zombies and clowns were also in Scots’ top 10 movie horrors.
A third (33%) of Scots believe their irrational fears come from childhood events, another third (32%) put it down to scary and a quarter (23%) blame scary TV programmes.
Just over a third 38% of Scottish horror fans say they are brave enough to sit through a scary movie by themselves – with two-thirds needing somebody else to share the fear.
Research for Universal Parks and Resorts Halloween Horror Nights, which feature haunted houses and scare zones themed around Stranger Things, Revenge of Chucky, Trick ‘r Treat, Scream, shows that Scots’ scariest films of all time are:
- The Shining (1980)
- Dracula (1958)
- The Exorcist (1974)
- Psycho (1960)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- The Mummy (1999)
- Chucky (First appearance – 1988)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Saw (2004)
While watching horror films, Scots are most scared by:
- Serial killers (33%)
- Creepy dolls (31%)
- The Devil (27%)
- Cannibals (25%)
- Zombies (25%)
- Clowns (19%)
- Spiders (19%)
- Vampires (19%)
- Aliens (17%)
- Ghosts (17%)
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