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Do you like your Halloween movies scary, funny or sweet?

Are you a fan of haunted houses? Do you like scares that make your hair stand on end, or do you prefer a much tamer form of entertainment?

Were you one of the first to see “It” or the latest version of “Halloween,” or do you look forward to watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” each year?

Since October is the spookiest month of the year, we asked readers about their favorite Halloween classic movies.

According to the movie rental company Redbox, “The Exorcist,” which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is still ranked as the scariest movie ever seen by a survey of 1,200 members of the Redbox Customer Panel.

The favorite family friendly movie? That would be “Hocus Pocus,” which is actually celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Rounding out the top five family friendly movies are “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “Beetlejuice,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Hotel Transylvania.”

Rounding out the top five scariest movies ever seen are “The Silence of the Lambs,” “The Ring,” “The Shining” and “Saw.”

We asked readers on our Facebook page what their favorite Halloween movies are. Here’s what they had to say:

• Lewis Clark: “All three of the ‘Jeepers Creepers.’”

• John Malmos: “I love the Peanuts’ Halloween special, ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.’”

• Bruce Rex: “Carnival of Souls”

• Ruth Helmer: “Texas Chain Saw Massacre”

• Debbie Moyer: “It”

• Tonia Minnich Bartholomew: “My all time favorites, “Friday the 13th,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and last but not least, “Hellraiser.”

• David Bird: “The Omen” or “The Exorcist”

• Cindi Clauser Reitz: “Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later”

• Tina Mertz: Nope. I won’t watch a horror movie never ever.

• Brett Heckman: “Halloween series. My wife and I love Michael Myers.”

• Larry Acker: “The Exorcist”

• John Hazel: “‘The Thing From Another World’ with James Arness is one of my favorites.”

Scary movie fans, this is your time of year. Scan this photo to watch the official trailer for “The Exorcist,” which is considered the scariest movie ever seen. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS
ABOVE: This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jamie Lee Curtis in a scene from “Halloween.” RYAN GREEN/UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIA APLEFT: In this 2010 file photo, Linda Blair, who in 1973 starred in the original version of “The Exorcist,” holds DVD and Blu-ray copies of the remastered film. AP PHOTO/STARPIX, DAVE ALLOCCA