Halloween is almost here. While the grown ups in the room might be busy watching super scary horror movies on Netflix or binge watching a spooky show, there are some kid friendly options out there, too. Once trick-or-treating is wrapped for the night on Thursday (October 31), grab some of that candy and pop a Halloween-themed movies on for your kids.
Thanks to Frontier, we know what the most popular spooky kids movies are in every state. If you're unsure where to start when it comes to picking a spooky Halloween movie that won't give them nightmares, this list is for you. Frontier combed Google search data from the past year on children’s Halloween movies rated PG or below and selected the top 18. Then they ran the search volume of these 18 movies in every state and reported only the movie with the highest volume. Here's what they found:
Your State’s Top-Searched Scary Movie for Kids:
Alabama: Beetlejuice
Alaska: FrankenWeenie
Arizona: The Nightmare before Christmas
Arkansas: Scooby-Doo
California: Coco
Colorado: Beetlejuice
Connecticut: Ghostbusters
Delaware: Monster House
District of Columbia: Hocus Pocus
Florida: The Haunted Mansion
Georgia: ET
Hawaii: Hotel Transylvania
Idaho: Coco
Illinois: Coco
Indiana: The Nightmare before Christmas
Iowa: Scooby-Doo
Kansas: Ghostbusters
Kentucky: The Nightmare before Christmas
Louisiana: The Haunted Mansion
Maine: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Maryland: ET
Massachusetts: ET
Michigan: Ghostbusters
Minnesota: Ghostbusters
Mississippi: Scooby-Doo
Missouri: The Nightmare before Christmas
Montana: Scooby-Doo
Nebraska: Coco
Nevada: Frankenweenie
New Hampshire: Beetlejuice
New Jersey: Ghostbusters
New Mexico: Coraline
New York: Ghostbusters
North Carolina: Scooby-Doo
North Dakota: Ghostbusters
Ohio: Coco
Oklahoma: Coco
Oregon: HalloweenTown
Pennsylvania: Ghostbusters
Rhode Island: The Haunted Mansion
South Carolina: ET
South Dakota: Monster House
Tennessee: Scooby-Doo
Texas: Hotel Transylvania
Utah: The Nightmare before Christmas
Vermont:Ghostbusters
VirginiaHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Washington: Coco
West Virginia: Hocus Pocus
Wisconsin: Ghostbusters
Wyoming: Casper
Which movie will you be watching with your kids this Halloween?
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