10 Best Horror Movie Opening Scenes Of The 2000s

10. Final Destination 2 (2003)

The Final Destination series is known for its bombastic opening sequences, where Death comes for large numbers of people and a small select group escapes their fate (for the time being), and David R. Ellis’ Final Destination 2 is no different. 

Each Final Destination features a terrifying event, from a mid-air plane crash to a suspension bridge collapsing, but FD2 packs possibly the most sickeningly unforgettable opening scene of the franchise.

To kick the film off, Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) drives a busy Route 23, while passengers of all kinds cycle around her in their cars, including children, cops, a motorcyclist, and a rampant coke sniffer. The cargo on a logging truck comes loose and giant tree trunks fly, careening down the road, penetrating windscreens, and causing an unholy pileup of metal, blood, and misery.

The scene is especially hideous and memorable for its realism, eschewing some of the sillier contrivances of other series entries for an all-too-lifelike occurrence. And we have to give particular attention to the log that goes right through the police cruiser and out the other side, all bloody and red, annihilating everything in its path.

We might never take the scenic route again.