‘Bloody Jester’ seeks votes for Face of Halloween title
Halloween may have passed, but for an Owatonna man, the horror is just ramping up.
Allan Fredrickson, who calls himself the “Bloody Jester,” is competing to win the title of the Face of Halloween. It’s a national online tournament being dubbed as “a Halloween haunt from beyond the grave.”
The Face of Halloween contest is hunting for one ultimate fan brave enough to appear in Rue Morgue Magazine, meet horror legends, claim a terrifying $13,000 prize and join Kane Hodder on a real ghost hunt where the other side might answer back. Formerly known as the Face of Horror, the competition crowns a top horror enthusiast while raising money for charity. The event supports the Starlight Children’s Foundation, which delivers games and toys to seriously ill children
To help the Bloody Jester climb to the top of the ghoul list, voting takes place at www.faceofhalloween.org/2026/allan-fredrickson. Voters can cast one free vote every 24 hours or if you want to bypass the 24-hour limit, you can purchase additional votes by making a monetary donation to Starlight.
As of press time late Monday, the Bloody Jester was leading the contest. The current round of voting for the Top 10 ends Thursday at 8 p.m. However, there are several additional rounds, and voting doesn’t close until Dec. 17.
The Bloody Jester features a menacing clown costume filled with white checkers, a white mask, spiral nose, black-and-white cap. He usually carries a prop bat wrapped in barbed wire.
“I’m not scared of nothing for the fact is when it comes to Halloween, I love dressing up and I love scaring people,” said Fredrickson. “Halloween is my favorite,” he added.
Fredrickson said he developed his love for Halloween from his late mother. “She wasn’t scared of anything either,” he said of his mom. “She loved Halloween just as much as I did.
When she was healthy, we would talk about being in a real-life horror movie because she loved scary movies.”
On the recent Halloween weekend, Fredrickson dressed up as the Bloody Jester locally and found that people naturally kept their distance. “I wasn’t trying to scare them, but they still took off,” he said, chuckling at the fact that many people simply don’t like clowns.
Despite the spooky persona, Fredrickson stressed he’s not focused on scaring people but rather helping others. “I just want to bring much-needed smiles to hospitalized kids,” he said. “I’m not a crazy person, looney bin or whacko. I’m only doing this for the competition.”
HOW TO VOTE: FACE OF HALLOWEEN
To vote for the Bloody Jester, aka: Allan Fredrickson, go to www.faceofhalloween.org/2026/allan-fredrickson.