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ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
TOPS LIST OF FAVORITE SCARY HALLOWEEN FLICKS
SCREENSAVERS.COM® Releases Top 10 List to Help
Halloween Fanatics Make Most of World’s Favorite
Fright Night
 New
York, NY – October 16, 2006 – It’s never too early
to start planning for
Halloween. According to search trends on
Screensavers.com Halloween related queries began
spiking as early as August. For those doubting the
growing popularity of the holiday, consider that in
the US alone, consumer spending on Halloween is
forecast to be nearly $5 billion this year, up over
$1.5 billion from a year ago (1). Among the fastest
growing Halloween traditions, is the scary movie. To
help viewers sort through their options,
Screensavers.com® (http://www.screensavers.com),
the world’s number one web site for screensavers, is
releasing its list of Top 10 Most Popular Scary
Movies based on tens of thousands of downloads from
the site, according to HitBox Analytics. Data was
collected from September 1st through October 13th.
Clearly having a familiar franchise
(Alien vs. Predator, Freddy vs. Jason), successful
sequels (Underworld Evolution, The Ring Two, Blade:
Trinity), or familiar adaptations (Silent Hill, Van
Helsing) is a key to grabbing a spot on the
Screensavers.com’s list. Perhaps unexpectedly, at
the other end of the spectrum are classics like
Frankenstein and Psycho, which ranked 49th and 59th
on Screensavers.com’s most downloaded scary movie
list, respectively, suggesting that the new
generation of fright film fans prefers to be scared
in color.
"We believe that people's taste in scary movies
changes every year. What is scary in the 90's is not
scary anymore. People need new thrills and this year
the battles of the Scary Movie icons are what’s
getting peoples’ attention,” said Rob Roe, General
Manager, Screensavers.com.
With more than 4 million U.S. unique
users visiting the site every month according to
comScore Media Metrix, Screensavers.com, which has
been dubbed the “pop culture pulse-taker” by The Los
Angeles Times, acts as an informal barometer of
“what’s in, online.” Screensavers offers a wide
variety of Halloween images, from favorite
frightening films to a 3D haunted house, for
personal computers.
Screensavers offers this unique insight into
consumers’ favorite scary movies, ranked in order of
popularity in downloads for 1st September to 13th
October:
Top 10 Scary
Movies
1. Alien vs. Predator
2. Freddy vs. Jason
3. Underworld Evolution
4. House of Wax
5. Silent Hill
6. The Ring Two
7. Van Helsing
8. Blade: Trinity
9. Pulse
10. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
About Screensavers
Screensavers® (http://www.screensavers.com)
is the world’s #1 web site for screensavers,
wallpapers and affinity items. Screensavers enables
consumers to personalize their computers and cell
phones. According to comScore, more than 4 million
unique users from the United States visit
Screensavers.com each month to select from thousands
of virus-free and spyware-free downloadable content
items. Recognized as the premier online destination
for affinity content, Screensavers.com reaches as
many consumers monthly as People Magazine.
(1) Media Post’s Marketing Daily, September 27, 2006 |
