Take a moment to think back to the last time you went out to watch a horror film, or visited a haunted house. Did you brave it alone? Or did you make it a group experience? Horror movies are somewhat of a right of passage when it comes to dating - and for good reason. Research suggests horror movies can make the perfect setting for a date. Designed to elicit an arousal response, horror films can cause us to experience a mixture of physiological responses that we can confuse for something more positive - often leading us to confuse our physiological response of fear with that of attraction or arousal.