Top 10 Best Horror Movie Openings
Who doesn't love a scarily good opening to their horror film? A sequence that succinctly sets the tone for the macabre horrors guaranteed to follow. That manages to transport the viewer to the edge of their seat within an impressive handful of minutes. That gives us just a tantalizing taste of what's in store for our horror-cherishing hearts. In this day and age of ADD-afflicted audiences, it's difficult to keep them engrossed in a story for anywhere from an hour and a half to two hours or longer, so coming up with an introductory scene that raises their pulses and gets their heartbeats thumping straight away is paramount to a successful cinematic experience. However, there are plenty of horror films that opt to commence slowly and calmly, lulling their audience into a false sense of security via operating at a patient pace and priming them for the untold horrors ahead without assaulting their senses with bucketloads of graphic gore or in-your-face, jump-out-of-your-seat-an...