Women Twice as Likely as Men to Be Scared During a Horror Movie
It's that spooky time of year again, where ghouls and ghosts come out at night, so Casumo wanted to find out what gives people a fright! Casumo casino asked two thousand Brits their favourite Halloween horror movies and what are their horror movie habits.
Half of women (50%) look away during scary moments compared with only one in five men (22%). Nearly double the number of men (39%) than women (22%) have no reaction at all to scary horror movie moments.
People from Northern Ireland are officially the country's least scared region, with nearly half of people (48%) not reacting at all to scary moments during horror films. This contrasts with Wales where only 28% of people have no reaction and where nearly half of Welsh people (44%) have to look away during scary moments!
Northern Irish people were the most likely to vote for the Sixth Sense as their favourite horror film (17% of NI people voted for it from a list of 18 popular horror films) and The Sixth Sense also turns out to be the UK’s favourite horror movie overall. People from Northern Ireland were also the most likely to say that the “suspense” of a horror film was their favourite aspect, beating things like “being scared” and “twist endings”.
Londoners were found to be the most likely region in the UK to watch horror movies with friends, with a third of Londoners (32%) turning it into a more social occasion and watching scary movies with friends, with only 13% of people from Yorkshire doing the same. In contrast, London was the area where people are least likely to watch a scary movie with their partner.
Respondent’s Scary Stories
Spooky tales that had happened to people in their real lives were revealed in the survey. Some respondents to the questionnaire spoke about spine tingling events that had happened in their lives:
““After watching the horror film The Skull, I went to put some rubbish in the outside dustbin, as I lifted the lid off, my cat jumped out. Scared the living daylights out of me!”
“A group of us were chatting in a pathway near a churchyard, it was dark when all of a sudden we saw a image of a man walk from churchyard onto the pathway we were on. We all ran, then we stopped, all walked back and was no sign of the old man!”
“I used to work in a very big hotel which was very old and when the owners went on holiday during the closed season I had to move in to deal with administration work and general enquiries. The kitchen and dining room were down stairs in a big basement. It's strangely spooky when the hotel is empty. I was down there one night getting some food when I saw a pair of shadowy legs disappearing up the stairs - no body, just legs.”
“As a child in bed, I didn't know my brother had looped fishing wire around my things, the shelves holding books and soft toys, there was one on the handle of my wardrobe. He waited until I was asleep and pulled. I was petrified and screamed!”
Richard Gargan, spokesperson for Casumo.com who commissioned the study, said: “Great horror movies leave people unsettled, and it seems men are the least likely to be scared or are the least likely to admit it! Either way the most important aspect is the fun of the suspense and to enjoy a scary movie with your friends and family this Halloween.”
For full survey results please contact:
Richard Gargan +34 603 498 191
richard.gargan@casumo.com
