DALLAS, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- If your family prefers just a touch of spooky in your Halloween, a recent survey on Blockbuster's (NYSE: BBI) web site, blockbuster.com, can help you pick the movies that are full of fun, but light on scary.

"Ghostbusters," "Hocus Pocus" and "Beetlejuice" top the list for family favorites. The scariest family movie characters chosen by survey respondents were the monsters in "Gremlins," followed by The Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz," "Dracula" (Bela Lugosi's portrayal from 1931) and the flying monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz." For more Halloween titles, including the scariest and the best picks for the youngest sprites in your house, visit the Halloween page at www.blockbuster.com.

RESULTS OF HALLOWEEN SURVEY BY BLOCKBUSTER

What is your favorite family Halloween movie?

1) "Ghostbusters" (1984-PG)

2) "Hocus Pocus" (1993-PG)

3) "Beetlejuice" (1988-PG)

4) "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (1966-Not rated)

5) "Gremlins" (1984-PG)

6) "Scooby Doo on Zombie Island" (1998-Not rated)

7) "The Mummy" (1932-Not rated)

8) "Dracula" (1931-Not rated)

9) "Little Monsters" (1989-PG)

10) "Casper Meets Wendy" (1998-Not rated)

11) "Ghost Dad" (1990-PG)

12) "Frankenweenie" (1984-PG)

Who is the scariest family Halloween movie character?

1) The Gremlin monsters -- "Gremlins" (1984-PG)

2) The Wicked Witch of the West -- "The Wizard of Oz" (1939-G)

3) "Dracula" (1931-Not rated)

4) The flying monkeys - "The Wizard of Oz"

5) Cruella De Vil - "101 Dalmatians" (1996-G)

6) Beetlejuice - "Beetlejuice" (1988-PG)

7) Maleficent - "Sleeping Beauty" (1959-G)

8) The wicked queen - "Snow White" (1937-G)

9) The werewolf (portrayed by Lon Chaney Jr.) - "The Wolf Man" (1941-Not

rated)

10) Godzilla

Blockbuster Inc. is a publicly traded subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) and is the nation's leading renter of videos and video games with approximately 6,900 stores in the United States, its territories and 25 other countries. The company may be accessed internationally at www.blockbuster.com. Viacom Inc. is one of the world's largest entertainment companies and a leading force in nearly every segment of the international media marketplace.

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10/25/1999 10:30 EDT http://www.prnewswire.com