How to Get Your Girlfriend to Start Watching Horror Movies

You don't actually have to tell your girlfriend that you're about to watch a horror film. Instead, you can entice her by describing a far more innocent, girl friendly film.

For instance, "an older film about an over-mothered shy boy growing into adulthood" could describe Psycho. "The story of a girl whose strange dreams lead her to a shocking discovery about her mother's past" could describe A Nightmare on Elm Street. "The story of a mother and how much she loves her mentally handicapped son" could be your description for Friday the 13th. Basically, take a story and make it about the mother, no matter how crazy it sounds.

Your absolute best chance to get your girlfriend to start watching horror films lay not in film, but television. See, there was once this show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer which perfectly married emotional drama with horror in a way most women can get behind. It's guaranteed to both make you cry your eyes out and scare the hell out of you.

Once you've plowed through all seven seasons and grown closer as a result, switch over to Supernatural. It's way bloodier, and, though lacking Buffy's soap opera romance, you're girlfriend will develop some serious hots for Sam and Dean. If you're comfortable with that.

You're girlfriend is always complaining that you never want to cuddle with her. What she doesn't understand is that by boycotting horror films, she's denying herself the one tried and true method for getting some cuddling action. This is what horror films were made for.

So explain it to her in a way she'll understand. Pop on the Zelda scene from Pet Cemetery and hold onto each other for dear life as the tears stream down your faces. Or go with Paranormal Activity, which makes even your bed scary.

The first thing people think of when they hear the words "Horror Film" is Freddy and Jason. But that's more an endgame than starting point. You've got to ease her into things.

Start with some horror films that are both respected and not typical slashers to get the ball rolling. Movies like Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, and Don't Look Now are great stepping stones to harder stuff down the line. When you can move from Silence of the Lambs to the gory magnificence of Hannibal, you're getting somewhere.