10 Best First Kills From Horror Movies

10. Tree Gelbman - Happy Death Day

In isolation, the death of Theresa "Tree" Gelbman at the beginning of 2017's Happy Death Day isn't all that special.

She's walking down a dark tunnel, where she is approached by a person wearing a mascot costume, and gets stabbed after a brief chase. So far, so formulaic.

However, things get interesting when Tree wakes up as if nothing happened.

As it turns out, Tree is trapped in a time loop. At the end of every day, she encounters the same murderer, only to wake up back in bed each time she gets bumped off.

Think Groundhog Day if Bill Murray was a bratty sorority girl.

To break the loop, Tree must work out who her killer is and stop them. Unfortunately, she dies a lot of times trying to figure this out. 11 times in fact - and those are just the ones we saw.

Whilst some horror movies have killed off their "lead" character in the opening act, few have the audacity to bring them back to life as many times as Happy Death Day does.

Tree's first murder isn't much to look at, but it serves as part of a far more innovative narrative.