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Favorite Halloween Movie by State

Holiday Calendar surveyed 3,500 adults from Oct 1st - Oct 15th, 2024 to discover each state's favorite Halloween movie.

Favorite Halloween Movie by State, Holiday Calendar
Favorite Halloween Movie by State. Holiday Calendar, October 31, 2024. Free to republish with a link back.
National winner
The Nightmare Before Christmas
takes 15 of 50 states
The Nightmare Before Christmas 15
Coraline 14
Hocus Pocus 14
Corpse Bride 5
It 2

The top five in every state

Ranked first through fifth, 51 states and territories.

Alabama

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Alaska

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Arizona

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Corpse Bride
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

Arkansas

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

California

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Corpse Bride
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

Colorado

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4The Shining
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Connecticut

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Delaware

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Florida

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Georgia

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Hawaii

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Idaho

  1. 1Corpse Bride
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

Illinois

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Indiana

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Iowa

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Kansas

  1. 1Corpse Bride
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

Kentucky

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Louisiana

  1. 1Corpse Bride
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4The Nightmare Before Christmas
  5. 5It

Maine

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4The Shining
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Maryland

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Massachusetts

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Michigan

  1. 1Corpse Bride
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Coraline
  5. 5It

Minnesota

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Mississippi

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2Hocus Pocus
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Missouri

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Montana

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4The Shining
  5. 5It

Nebraska

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2Hocus Pocus
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Nevada

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Corpse Bride
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

New Hampshire

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4The Shining
  5. 5It

New Jersey

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

New Mexico

  1. 1Corpse Bride
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

New York

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

North Carolina

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

North Dakota

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Ohio

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Oklahoma

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Oregon

  1. 1Coraline
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Pennsylvania

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4The Conjuring
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Rhode Island

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

South Carolina

  1. 1It
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Coraline
  5. 5Corpse Bride

South Dakota

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4It
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Tennessee

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Texas

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Corpse Bride
  4. 4Hocus Pocus
  5. 5It

Utah

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Vermont

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4The Shining
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Virginia

  1. 1It
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4The Nightmare Before Christmas
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Washington

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3Hocus Pocus
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

West Virginia

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2The Nightmare Before Christmas
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It

Wisconsin

  1. 1Hocus Pocus
  2. 2Coraline
  3. 3The Nightmare Before Christmas
  4. 4The Shining
  5. 5Corpse Bride

Wyoming

  1. 1The Nightmare Before Christmas
  2. 2Hocus Pocus
  3. 3Coraline
  4. 4Corpse Bride
  5. 5It
Methodology

How we ran this poll

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To determine the most popular Halloween movie in each state, Holiday Calendar conducted an online survey of 3,500 American adults between October 1st and October 15th, 2024. Respondents were recruited through a nationally representative online panel and screened to include only adults aged 18 and older. The sample was distributed across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with demographic quotas for age, gender, and region to ensure broad representation. Respondents were presented with a curated list of 35 popular Halloween and horror films spanning multiple decades and subgenres—from family-friendly titles to classic slashers—and asked to select their single favorite film to watch during the Halloween season. An open-ended write-in option captured any unlisted titles. State-level winners were determined by plurality vote. The survey has an overall margin of error of ±1.7 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

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