Vintage scary photos from N.J.

The year was 1976.

Four rough, tough teenage boys decide to take in the new Brian DePalma movie, "Carrie" at the Cumberland Mall in Vineland.

These macho men reveled in showing their ruffian nature; they'd been tossed out of "Earthquake" for laughing too loud. And, the same held true for this film; they hooted and howled at the "horror" on the screen.

But when the film was ending, and a young lady walked to a gravesite with flowers ... and a hand suddenly thrust out of the grave to grab her ...

Admit it - YOU jumped too.

... four "tough" teenage boys screamed; they were scared out of their wits. I was one of them.

It seems that most of us like to be scared; the popularity of horror movies since the silent era bears this out.

And, some of us enjoy scary still photos, too. The internet is full of photos of ghosts, entities and oddities that we love to look at and share.

MORE: Vintage photos around New Jersey

Here's a gallery of vintage photos from New Jersey that, for a variety of reasons, can send a shiver down our spines. Be sure to have captions enabled to read all about these classic photos.

Can't get enough? Click here for last year's gallery.

Still want more? Click here for one from the year before that.

Greg Hatala may be reached at ghatala@starledger.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregHatala. Find The Star-Ledger on Facebook.

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