WALES’ SCREEN HORROR NIGHTMARES UNVEILED

WALES’ SCREEN HORROR NIGHTMARES UNVEILED

The Welsh have voted for their scariest movies and TV shows of all time

– and say creepy dolls, serial killers and spiders are most likely to keep them up all night.

Dracula, The Walking Dead and Psycho were voted the top three scariest movies or TV shows and the seventies were dubbed the most terrifying movie decade.

Two of Wales’ top 10 scariest movies were made in the 70s, including The Exorcist (1974) and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974).

A new survey by Atomik Research for Universal Parks and Resorts Halloween Horror Nights showed cannibals, zombies and clowns were also in Wales’ top 10 movie horrors.

A third (35%) of Welsh people surveyed believe their irrational fears come from movies, a quarter (25%) put it down to TV shows and 24% blame childhood events.

Two in five (40%) of Welsh horror fans say they are brave enough to sit through a scary movie by themselves – with the rest 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 Wales’ scariest films and TV shows of all time are:

* Dracula (1958)

* The Walking Dead (2010)

* Psycho (1960)

* The Exorcist (1974)

* The Mummy (1999)

* The Shining (1980)

* An American Werewolf in London (1981)

* Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

* American Horror Story (2011)

* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

While watching horror films and TV shows, the Welsh are most scared by:

* Creepy dolls (38%)

* Serial killers (37%)

* Spiders (29%)

* Cannibals (28%)

* Zombies (26%)

* Clowns (25%)

* The Devil (18%)

* Snakes (17%)

* Puppets

* Werewolves (17%)