The opening scenes to these legendary horror movies have become some of cinema’s most iconic moments. Horror has been an incredibly popular genre for entertainment for well over a century, with the ...

The opening scene of the 2000 comedy-horror film Scary Movie has taken social media by storm once again, with fans praising Carmen Electra’s unforgettable performance as Drew Decker. The sequence, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The opening scene of a movie is the filmmaker’s first and most important opportunity to grab the ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Naked contrast paints the opening frames of Claire Denis’ 1999 film. Despite opening on a brief ...

The hit horror film Final Destination Bloodlines opens with the terrifying Skyview scene, but that dizzying sequence wasn’t there when the film’s directors, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, started ...

Games are for playing. So why, then, are we often forced to sit through long cinematic sequences when we boot up our new acquisitions? Buzzing with excitement of impending immersion, we’re instead ...

Filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti on that surprising movie theater scene, and what really happened during the show's opening sequence: "Nobody has ever asked me that question and it ...

To be fair, those are some of the best to ever do it. So it’s no surprise that by comparison I always thought Daredevil’s hallway oner was just solid, and mostly appreciated it for the exhaustion ...