It’s just about Halloween in New Jersey and this time of year is when we discuss and enjoy all things scary (and pumpkin spice), but let’s stick with the scary for now. Of course, there are the frightening monster and ghoul costumes that get dusted off and worn for trick-or-treating and Halloween parties. The gasp-worthy, spine-chilling, and hair-raising decorations that we all display to terrify and petrify.
And then there are the sinister and eerie movie monsters that cause us to curl up in our seats as we watch in horror. Well, the fine folks at frontierbundles.com set out to find out which witches, monsters, and ghouls were most popular in each state across the United States.
Here’s the breakdown for each state, and before you scroll try to guess which one was found to be the most popular Google-searched horror movie villain in New Jersey. You’re probably not going to guess correctly…
Dracula
Kino. Dracula Jagt Frankenstein, Dracula Jagt Frankenstein, Dracula Jagt Frankenstein, Dracula Jagt Frankenstein, Szene Vampire, Werwoelfe und Pharaonenmumien werden von Frankenstein ihren Grabstaetten entrissen. Die blutruenstigen Monster fallen sich gegenseitig an. , 1968. (Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)
Dracula is the most terrifying to people in … Wyoming
Jack Torrance
American actor Jack Nicholson on the set of The Shining, based on the novel by Stephen King, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance character from ”The Shining” is the most terrifying to people in … Maine
Hannibal Lecter
NEWBURY PARK CA – MAY 1: Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter and the 3 Stooges In a warehouse in the industrial area of Newbury Park, The Hollywood Wax Museum auctioned all these figures May 4th 2009 one fetching $15000. Photographed at a warehouse May 1, 2009 Newbury Park, California (Photo by Paul Harris/Getty Images)
Hannibal Lecter is the most terrifying to people in … Alaska and North Dakota
Carrie
American actress Sissy Spacek lays waste to the Bates High School Senior Prom as the telekinetic protagonist of the horror film ‘Carrie’, 1976. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
Sissy Spacek’s Carrie is the most terrifying to people in … Washington DC and Michigan
Leatherface
SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND – APRIL 21: A visitor dressed as the character Leatherface from the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre poses during the Scarborough Sci-Fi event held at the seafront Spa Complex on April 21, 2018 in Scarborough, England. The North Yorkshire seaside town hosted the event for the fifth year and saw many areas of Sci-Fi fandom provided to entertain visitors including guest star appearances, gaming, cosplay, props, comic books and other merchandise stalls with many of those attending wearing costumes and outfits of their favourite Sci-Fi characters. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Leatherface is the most terrifying to people in … Kentucky, Oklahoma and Tennessee
Pennywise
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 19: Actor Michael Taeza dressed as Pennywise the Clown from “It” attends a Screamfest LA screening of “The Retaliators” at The Montalban on October 19, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
Pennywise is the most terrifying to people in … Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia
Norman Bates
View of actor Anthony Perkins standing beside the Bates Motel in a still from the film, ‘Psycho,’ directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1960. (Photo by Paramount Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images)
Norman Bates is the most terrifying to people in … Hawaii, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island and Virginia
The Alien
American actors Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Sherritt, British actors John Hurt and Ian Holm on the set of Alien, directed by Ridley Scott. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
The Alien is the most terrifying to people in … Colorado, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington
Chucky
Chucky near flames in a scene from the film ‘Child’s Play’, 1988. (Photo by United Artists/Getty Images)
Chucky is the most terrifying to people in … Alabama, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas
Ghostface
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 31: A person wears a Ghostface costume from the movie ‘Scream’ in Times Square on October 31, 2020 in New York City. Many Halloween events have been canceled or adjusted with additional safety measures due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Ghostface from the movie Scream is the most terrifying to people in … Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, South Dakota and Wisconsin
Frankenstein
Closeup of Boris Karloff as the monster in a scene from “Frankenstein”.
Frankenstein is the most terrifying to people in …. Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina
