YouTube Reveals Top 10 Halloween Movies, Costumes, Songs For Party Playlists

Halloween is just around the corner and people are looking up scary movies for Halloween, as well as costumes, music and cooking videos on YouTube for their parties.

To see what people are most interested this Halloween, YouTube revealed the new trends this season and which costumes are most popular in different parts of the country.

Halloween Movie Trends

YouTube ranked the most popular horror movie trailers based on global views this month. The list reveals which scary movies people are most interested in this Halloween. The top trailer was “IT,” followed by the 2013 film “The Conjuring,” as well as two sequels that are currently in theaters: “Jigsaw” and “Cult of Chucky.” Movies like Saw, which came out in 2004 and the first Chucky movie “Child’s Play,” which came out in 1988, were also on the top 10 list. The movies’ popularity could be due to the sequels that came out this year.

Here are the most-popular scary movies, according to YouTube:

1. It (2017)

2. The Conjuring (2013)

3. Jigsaw (2017)

4. Cult of Chucky (2017)

5. Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017)

6. mother! (2017)

7. Saw (2004)

8. Final Destination (2000)

9. Jeepers Creepers (2001)

10. Child's Play (1988)

Halloween Music Trends

Halloween parties have already kicked off, which means people have created playlists through apps like YouTube. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Rihanna’s “Disturbia” were among the 10 songs most-frequently added to playlists with “Halloween” in the title.

These are the top 10 songs for Halloween party playlists:

1. Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me"

2. Rob Zombie - "Dragula"

3. Rihanna - "Disturbia"

4. Rob Zombie - "Living Dead Girl"

5. Ray Parker Jr. - "Ghostbusters"

6. Michael Jackson - "Thriller"

7. twenty one pilots - "Heathens"

8. Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"

9. The Cranberries - "Zombie"

10. Panic! At The Disco - "It's Almost Halloween"

Besides music and movies, people also turn to YouTube for costume and Halloween makeup ideas. Some of the costumes coincided with popular movies this year, like “Despicable Me 3,” “Cult of Chucky,” “It,” and “Descendants 2,” as well as the “Master Chief” (Halo) video game and the TV show The “Walking Dead.”

Here are this Halloween’s trending costumes:

1. "Descendants" / Evie (e.g., Disney Descendants 2 Evie Cotillion Makeup & Costume Tutorial

2. "It" (e.g., Pennywise Halloween Makeup Tutorial | V. °155 )

3. Cruella de Vil (e.g., Cruella De Vil and Dalmatian Puppy Makeup Costume Tutorial )

4. Moana (e.g., DISNEY'S MOANA & MAUI!!! )

5. Minions / Despicable Me (e.g., Yellow and Purple Minion Halloween Make-up Tutorial )

6. Merida (e.g., MERIDA'S BRAVE WITCH SPELL MAKEUP TUTORIAL! )

7. Coraline (e.g., CORALINE HALLOWEEN MAKEUP TUTORIAL | Clothes Painted On! )

8. "Master Chief "/ Halo (e.g., Master Chief Ultra Prestige Costume Unboxing & Review )

9. Chucky (e.g., CHUCKY HALLOWEEN COSTUME MAKEUP TUTORIAL W/ RAWBEAUTYKRISTI )

10. "The Walking Dead" (e.g., GROUP HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS | Walking Dead, Riverdale + more! )

YouTube also revealed a U.S. map that points out what costume is more popular by state. The map shows people in the South are more into bride costumes, and various other states are looking up Halo costumes. Texas and California are into calavera costumes and makeup, while New Yorkers are interested in Sesame Street’s Elmo.