Alien vs. Predator Tops List of Favorite Scary Halloween Flicks.

SCREENSAVERS.COM([R] )Releases Top 10 List to Help Halloween Fanatics Make Most of World's Favorite Fright Night

NEW YORK -- 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([R]) (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 people's 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

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About Screensavers

Screensavers([R]) (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