The horror genre is all about suspense and thrills, and every filmmaker searches for the best way to hook viewers right from the very start. The most surefire way to do that? A catchy opening. Or, a bloody opening, in this case. One of the most endearing and classic tropes in the horror genre is that of the opening kill sequence. It’s as simple as it sounds, really—the movie begins with a death or a major scare, right before the cut to the title card, acting as a spark for the story to unfold. It’s a classic device in slashers, specifically rising to prominence in the 1980s with films such as Friday the 13th, and later perfected in the 1990s with Scream.
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