The Most Terrifying Opening Scenes In Horror Films

Usually, the best horror films earn their scares with gradually escalating tension. The following flicks, however, jump straight into the scares before the audience even gets settled in their seats. Many of them are among the scariest movies ever made, and every one of them boasts opening sequences that are certain to have the faint of heart nervously eyeing the exits. These are some of the most terrifying opening scenes in horror history.