Good old Jacob's Ladder. Yeah, that one works. Sets the tone for the rest of the movie. And yeah, Cube, although most horror movies do tend to start off with a bang like that - I guess what sticks in my head about Scream and The Ring is the short-story aspect, where it's an actual narrative. (By that measure, I guess Hitchcock's Psycho fits this bill, by changing tracks suddenly mid-movie, although that doesn't count so much as an opening.
The Thing, I'd say, is a great opening, but not a standalone. It's more of a setup piece, like the opening to, oh, Dawn of the Dead (classic). Twelve Monkeys has the added bonus of being told as a flashback-voiceover, so maybe-maybe, but I don't think so. Setup for a mystery. Striking, but not a story by itself.
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Date: 2006-01-15 10:36 am (UTC)The Thing, I'd say, is a great opening, but not a standalone. It's more of a setup piece, like the opening to, oh, Dawn of the Dead (classic). Twelve Monkeys has the added bonus of being told as a flashback-voiceover, so maybe-maybe, but I don't think so. Setup for a mystery. Striking, but not a story by itself.