Horror for the most part is built to have immediate impact, so you don’t have pages and pages to introduce people and explain their backstory. Most often you have paper thin characters with an audience expectation that they get naked, get dead, or both in a short period of time.
And some movies handle that responsibility better than others. So check out my list of the best opening scenes, and make sure to spit bullets on your favs below!
Sometimes you just have to bow down to a master. What’s amazing is that as well known as this opener is, it still carries enormous power. The juxtaposition of a vulnerable, naked girl getting the whatfor out in the ocean while her potential suitor passes out clueless on the beach is exactly the kind of twisted madness that makes audiences lose their shite. If I had an opportunity to pick one scene that I wish I could watch again for the first time, especially in a theater, this would be a strong contender for what I’d pick.
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I’m not sure there’s ever been this sort of mass flesh rending to open a horror flick. If I’m missing something then spit bullets on it below, because watching this little Titanic-like mise en scene turn into a death trap that includes a dance floor full of people getting cutting the f*ck in half is one helluva great start.
BLADE is one of my favorite movies. In fact I named one of my sons Deacon. Part of why the first one is so damn good is that it hits a relentless pace right from the start with a very sexy Traci Lords bringing fresh meat to a vampire party. The slightly stupid kid just looking for a good time gets a nice little bloodbath to drive home that he’s way out of his element, and then good ‘ole Blade comes along to show the nightclub full of bloodsuckers what’s what. I get happy chills just thinking about it.
A perfect slasher homage that manages to terrify while also giving tons of nods to warm the most cynical fanboy/girl’s heart. From the prank call, to the Jiffy Pop, to the slow reveal of just how serious this shite is that’s going down, Wes Craven had his cake and ate it too. Oh, and that Barrymore chick ain’t bad either.
Even if you don’t have kids, seeing a fetus perspective on a car accident is a stomach churning event. And if you do have kids, you’re probably going to throw up a little bit watching it. We know immediately nobody’s safe in this sucker, and the old rules do not apply. Plus the scene carries the added bonus that it becomes even more disturbing as the plot moves along and we get more context.
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No doubt one of the reasons for the NOES remake is that Freddy became more of a jokester than a scary fiend as the series went on. Despite that, the intro stalk of Tina that sets up the dream/reality blend for viewers and shows just how dangerous those dreams can be is a great example of how little knowledge and the right atmosphere can be as scary as all the gore and set pieces in the world.
IMO this is a remake that had much potential, but had too many problems in the last block to be great. Doesn’t matter at the start though, because we don’t know exactly what’s going on beyond a strong sense that this is one f*cked up video. In a matter of moments we’ve got one dead teen and another institutionalized. That’s a powerful kickoff.
Everybody’s got fears about their plane going down, and FD does a great job of playing on that archetypal dread by essentially making one character seem crazy, piss all his friends off, and then flips it by showing us that he was right. The plane explosion is great, and we’ll learn soon enough how that fortuitous premonition will play out in a not so fortunate way for the “survivors”.
A beautiful woman getting naked and swimming at Crystal Lake before she gets sliced and diced more or less sums up what the entire F13 series is about. And then comes the intro to what Freddy’s been up to in a manner that effectively gives us the skinny on how these two franchises are going to merge. No fan is going to be anything but happy after this opening.
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I’ve rarely seen a better horror movie than THE DESCENT, and it’s opening sets the tone for the whole movie. We start with the adventure of a white water rafting trip, but also present are the unspoken tensions that run throughout the piece. And then we get hit with a brutal and unexpected bit of violence that telegraphs what we have to look forward to for the rest of the flick. Good, good stuff.
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