Reader Radar: The World Series of Scary Movies – National Association of Plan Advisors

This week we asked NAPA-Net readers to weigh in on the World Seriesand their scary movie picks

Well, the World Series is (currently) all tied up at one game apiecebut its not nearly that close among NAPA-Net readers. More than half (54%) are pulling for the Atlanta Braves, and the 24% that opted for neither even outnumbered the 16% rooting for the Houston Astros (the rest were cheering for the end of baseball season).

Its a toss up, began one respondent. I typically havent liked the Braves, but I have a good college friend who played there and now does game analysis for them. I have a best friend who is from Houston and I have kinda rooted for them for many years (and Bregman is an LSU guy) but I dont care for the garbage can debacle a few years back... makes me want to root against them. So, its a toss up for me.

Dislike both teams, commented another reader. Anybody but Houston, said another, while another stated that, the Astros will always be branded as cheaters. Actually, this came up a lot. Those rooting for Houston mostly seemed to be from there, at least by their identification. One reader went so far as to comment: Really, I am rootingagainstthe Cardinalsso, in reality, I have already won! Grrrr

There was, of course, some interesting rationales, such as the reader who caveated their response noting, Unless I have a good reason to root for the NL team (like it was the Cubs) or against the AL team (like its the Yankees) then I root for the AL team because my team is an AL team (and last won the series in 1984). Another noted, Lifelong NL guy... unless it is the Dodgers or Giants.

All that said, things tightened significantly when asked which team they thought would actually win. Here the Astros enjoyed a (slight) advantagewith 39% picking them to prevail in the Fall Classic, compared with (just) 34% for the Braves. Another 18% hadnt a clue, and the remainder couldnt care less.

Those that commented seemed primarily impressed by the Astros uniformsand their creative use of garbage can lids

New Scary Stuff

Turning out attention to Halloween, we noted that a lot of new scary movies had emerged in recent monthsand asked readers which one(s) they had seen. Well, two-thirds of this weeks respondents hadnt (yet) seenanyof them. But among those who had, the most viewed were:

Fear Street Part One

A Quiet Place Part II

The Resort

Fear Street Part Two: 1978

Fear Street Part Three: 1666

Halloween Kills

Army of the Dead

The Beach House

Well, lets face it, COVID has put movie makingand movie attendingunder some strains. So, we asked readers which of the more traditional set of scary movies they had seen, and more than half had seen:

74% - Silence of the Lambs

74% - Jaws

71% - The Shining (the 1980 version)

68% - Psycho (1960)

66% - The Exorcist (1973)

66% - Friday the 13th

63% - The Sixth Sense

63% - Scream

63% - Alien

61% - Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

61% - Carrie (the 1976 version)

58% - Halloween (1978)

58% - Misery

55% - Aliens

52% - Poltergeist (1982)

50% - The Blair Witch Project (launching a whole generation of found shaky camera footage)

Some we missed (thanks to those who shared), Jeepers Creepers (anawesomecreepy movie I cant believe I missed), Amityville Horror, Jacobs Ladder (creepy, but I think it requires a couple of viewings to appreciate), Trick R Treat, Blue Velvet, They Live (a John Carpenter classic), ReAnimator (man, but its hard to watch), and Ghost Story. One reader commented, Jaws is not a scary movie. Must not live close to the ocean

Favorite Scary Movie(s)

So we next asked readers which was their favorite scary movie. And while it may not have been scary (or perhaps because of that), the most-cited movie wasJaws(and while only about 13%, that was twice as many as #2Halloween (1978). The rest of the top 10:

6% - Silence of the Lambs

6% - The Sixth Sense

6% - Saw

6% - The Exorcist (1973)

6% - The Haunting of Hill House

3% - The Blair Witch Project

3% - Rosemarys Baby

3% - Poltergeist (1982)

The Scariest Movie(s)?

But thenwe asked readers which of the scary movies they thought was the scariest. While there was a great deal of diversity here, there was a cluster that drew the support of 4% (each) of respondents:

The Blair Witch Project

The Omen (1978)

Seven

Poltergeist (1982)

Silence of the Lambs

Jaws

Carrie (the 1976 version)

The Nun

Midsommar

Salems Lot

Drag Me to Hell

Alien

The Thing

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The Haunting of Bly Manor

Misery

Rosemarys Baby

But more scary that that bunch (according to NAPA-Net readers was:

7% - Halloween (1978)

7% - Paranormal Activity

The second-most scary movie wasThe Shining (1980), cited by 11%.

That said, NAPA-Net readers, once again, rankedthisas the scariest movie!

Thanks to everyone who participated in this weeks NAPA-Net Reader RadarHappy Halloween!

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