these movie openings will send chills
down your spine
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
opening scenes in horror movies
for this list we’re looking at the most
scary and memorable scenes that take
place at the beginning of horror movies
number 10 above the line ghost ship we
can all remember how boring and
inescapable it felt to be the only child
in a gathering of adults
so in this American Australian horror
flick when we see a kid sitting so low
at the side of a dance floor while
ballroom music plays and everyone else
dances we all feel her pain in the
proscenium Savita when she quickly goes
from being the sole child to the sole
survivor however
we can’t help but also feel her horror
after she becomes surrounded by people
who have all just literally been cut in
half number nine first person first
victims Friday the 13th the violent end
these two camp counselors meet in the
First Friday the 13th is all the more
visceral because it’s juxtaposed with an
innocent and inspirational song as the
first of many people who pay the price
for an old death the fact that they did
absolutely nothing wrong
makes this opening all the more powerful
we weren’t doing anything we were just
mentioning taking a first-person point
of view director Sean s Cunningham
allowed us to see the action through the
eyes of the killer and have us recoil at
the unraveling murders while empathizing
with the victims in a brilliant twist
number eight peace no more Dawn of the
Dead there’s nothing more relaxing and
comforting than lying in bed with a
loved one I thought maybe you don’t know
what the girls are or something what
miss date night in the 2004 remake of
George a Romero’s 1978 classic
unsuspecting couples peace is disturbed
while they’re in the comfort of their
own home
and we’re sure they never would have
foreseen that one of them would soon be
dead and the other would be plunged into
a nightmarish
and shocking world updating and slightly
improving on the original done of the
deads opening
which showed chaos in a new station Zack
Snyder’s version instead lets us get a
bit personal with one of the main
characters and then takes us to the
action in the streets
number seven industry kills a Nightmare
on Elm Street at first we’re not quite
sure what’s happening at the beginning
of this supernatural slasher horror
there’s heavy breathing and we see
blades attached to a glove
and at that point we know we’ve been
plunged into a world of death and hatred
we’re not alone
there’s a woman clad in a nightgown
running down a corridor and a sheep what
we do know for sure is there’s a sense
of foreboding and those strange noises
followed by those blades is unlike
anything we’ve seen or heard before
number six fuzz out the ring I got a
better one me have you heard about this
videotape that kills you when you watch
it
serving the dual purpose of setting up
the concept of the film you’re about to
see and as soon as it’s over your phone
writes someone knows you’ve watched it
and what they say is you will die in 70
days while also revealing that the curse
is all too real what’s your problem
watch it the Rings opening moments also
don’t fail to bring the scares you’re
just trying to scare me never expressly
showing anything really you really use a
team
the flashes of a face drained of life
are more than enough to alarm viewers
into having to see what’s about to
unfold in front of them number five man
no more 28 weeks later are you going to
cook you favorite oakiness
most of us would like to think that when
our family is in peril we’d stand up for
them and put our own lives at risk
to ensure their safety however most of
us have never had to face that moment of
truth a man who never even appears to
consider looking out for anyone but
himself serves as our window into the
action in the opening moments of this
post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick suffice it
to say this scene leaves our hearts
pounding and our emotions raw
in short it’s got everything that horror
fans watch scary movies for
number four coming of age Carrie
this one combines two of the elements
that have come to be most associated
with the horror genre nudity and fear in
a completely different way seeing a
scared and vulnerable young woman mocked
and ostracized during such a universal
moment in her life is a typical of a
genre that’s usually male-dominated
startling and unforgettable there are
few scenes in film history that stick
with horror fans more than the first few
minutes of carry number three Family
Matters Halloween we are alone aren’t we
Michaels around someplace
making his way through the house and
stopping only in the kitchen to arm
himself with a butcher knife Michael
seems to know just where to go to find
his way to his ultimate prey yeah
stopping along the way to grab a toy
with an arm that seems all too small he
attacks a woman who seems to know him
to the surprise of moviegoers he’s
ultimately revealed to be the kid
brother of the newly dead victim Michael
this shocking revelation of the killer’s
identity sets us up to realize that
anything is possible in this horror
classic number 2 let’s play a game
screen hello yes this an opener based
around a game of horror related trivia
questions well I’m getting ready to
watch a video talk to some scary movie
like scary AHA screams first few minutes
are definitely for horror fans and were
brought to us by one of the biggest
horror fans and filmmakers in modern
cinema Wes Craven’s
did you call me early on in the scene
the deadly repercussions of an incorrect
answer are shown when a poolside victim
pays the ultimate price for a mistake
and at the scenes end most of us can’t
refrain from putting ourselves in the
shoes of her parents listening on the
phone to their daughter being ruthlessly
killed
and incapable of doing anything about it
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one skinny dip skinny dead jaws
Chrissy
where are we going swimming going to the
beach is a pilgrimage made by millions
every summer there seems to be a tenuous
agreement that if we stay close to land
then the ocean’s predators won’t bother
us but thanks to jaws which shows us a
helpless woman going from laughing to
utter terror in a matter of seconds a
generation of movie fans was terrified
of going in the water if that isn’t the
calling card of the most effective
horror movie opening of all time we
don’t know what is do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite horror movie
opening for more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
down your spine
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
opening scenes in horror movies
for this list we’re looking at the most
scary and memorable scenes that take
place at the beginning of horror movies
number 10 above the line ghost ship we
can all remember how boring and
inescapable it felt to be the only child
in a gathering of adults
so in this American Australian horror
flick when we see a kid sitting so low
at the side of a dance floor while
ballroom music plays and everyone else
dances we all feel her pain in the
proscenium Savita when she quickly goes
from being the sole child to the sole
survivor however
we can’t help but also feel her horror
after she becomes surrounded by people
who have all just literally been cut in
half number nine first person first
victims Friday the 13th the violent end
these two camp counselors meet in the
First Friday the 13th is all the more
visceral because it’s juxtaposed with an
innocent and inspirational song as the
first of many people who pay the price
for an old death the fact that they did
absolutely nothing wrong
makes this opening all the more powerful
we weren’t doing anything we were just
mentioning taking a first-person point
of view director Sean s Cunningham
allowed us to see the action through the
eyes of the killer and have us recoil at
the unraveling murders while empathizing
with the victims in a brilliant twist
number eight peace no more Dawn of the
Dead there’s nothing more relaxing and
comforting than lying in bed with a
loved one I thought maybe you don’t know
what the girls are or something what
miss date night in the 2004 remake of
George a Romero’s 1978 classic
unsuspecting couples peace is disturbed
while they’re in the comfort of their
own home
and we’re sure they never would have
foreseen that one of them would soon be
dead and the other would be plunged into
a nightmarish
and shocking world updating and slightly
improving on the original done of the
deads opening
which showed chaos in a new station Zack
Snyder’s version instead lets us get a
bit personal with one of the main
characters and then takes us to the
action in the streets
number seven industry kills a Nightmare
on Elm Street at first we’re not quite
sure what’s happening at the beginning
of this supernatural slasher horror
there’s heavy breathing and we see
blades attached to a glove
and at that point we know we’ve been
plunged into a world of death and hatred
we’re not alone
there’s a woman clad in a nightgown
running down a corridor and a sheep what
we do know for sure is there’s a sense
of foreboding and those strange noises
followed by those blades is unlike
anything we’ve seen or heard before
number six fuzz out the ring I got a
better one me have you heard about this
videotape that kills you when you watch
it
serving the dual purpose of setting up
the concept of the film you’re about to
see and as soon as it’s over your phone
writes someone knows you’ve watched it
and what they say is you will die in 70
days while also revealing that the curse
is all too real what’s your problem
watch it the Rings opening moments also
don’t fail to bring the scares you’re
just trying to scare me never expressly
showing anything really you really use a
team
the flashes of a face drained of life
are more than enough to alarm viewers
into having to see what’s about to
unfold in front of them number five man
no more 28 weeks later are you going to
cook you favorite oakiness
most of us would like to think that when
our family is in peril we’d stand up for
them and put our own lives at risk
to ensure their safety however most of
us have never had to face that moment of
truth a man who never even appears to
consider looking out for anyone but
himself serves as our window into the
action in the opening moments of this
post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick suffice it
to say this scene leaves our hearts
pounding and our emotions raw
in short it’s got everything that horror
fans watch scary movies for
number four coming of age Carrie
this one combines two of the elements
that have come to be most associated
with the horror genre nudity and fear in
a completely different way seeing a
scared and vulnerable young woman mocked
and ostracized during such a universal
moment in her life is a typical of a
genre that’s usually male-dominated
startling and unforgettable there are
few scenes in film history that stick
with horror fans more than the first few
minutes of carry number three Family
Matters Halloween we are alone aren’t we
Michaels around someplace
making his way through the house and
stopping only in the kitchen to arm
himself with a butcher knife Michael
seems to know just where to go to find
his way to his ultimate prey yeah
stopping along the way to grab a toy
with an arm that seems all too small he
attacks a woman who seems to know him
to the surprise of moviegoers he’s
ultimately revealed to be the kid
brother of the newly dead victim Michael
this shocking revelation of the killer’s
identity sets us up to realize that
anything is possible in this horror
classic number 2 let’s play a game
screen hello yes this an opener based
around a game of horror related trivia
questions well I’m getting ready to
watch a video talk to some scary movie
like scary AHA screams first few minutes
are definitely for horror fans and were
brought to us by one of the biggest
horror fans and filmmakers in modern
cinema Wes Craven’s
did you call me early on in the scene
the deadly repercussions of an incorrect
answer are shown when a poolside victim
pays the ultimate price for a mistake
and at the scenes end most of us can’t
refrain from putting ourselves in the
shoes of her parents listening on the
phone to their daughter being ruthlessly
killed
and incapable of doing anything about it
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one skinny dip skinny dead jaws
Chrissy
where are we going swimming going to the
beach is a pilgrimage made by millions
every summer there seems to be a tenuous
agreement that if we stay close to land
then the ocean’s predators won’t bother
us but thanks to jaws which shows us a
helpless woman going from laughing to
utter terror in a matter of seconds a
generation of movie fans was terrified
of going in the water if that isn’t the
calling card of the most effective
horror movie opening of all time we
don’t know what is do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite horror movie
opening for more entertaining top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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