Scare Yourself Skinny, Horror Movies Help Burn Calories

You are going to be so skinny by Saturday. Scary movies help burn calories.

I'm never opposed to taking a break from the gym, so when I found out that you can actually take a break from the gym, lay around and watch scary movies and still burn calories, I thought, "where do I sign up?"

According to a study by researchers at the University of Westminster, watching a good horror flick can help you burn the caloric equivalent of a small chocolate bar. Those who watched a 90-minute film were likely to burn up to 113 calories.

Lets do some quick math. If you were to eat five Snickers bars this weekend, that's 850 calories (well that's not depressing); divide that by 113 calories and you roughly get 7.5. That's quite a few movies.

Here's a list of the top ten energy-burning movies to help you burn off those Snickers.