10 Horror Movies That Should've Scrapped Their Opening Scene

10. 28 Days Later

28 Days Later's opening sequence may be unforgettable, but that doesn't mean we needed to see it. 

The post-apocalyptic horror film begins with a visceral scene which reveals how the Rage virus spread throughout the UK, as a group of animal rights activists break into a lab and "liberate" an infected chimp.

But of course, said chimp attacks one of the activists, causing the virus to infect the group, in turn leading to a fast-spreading epidemic which brings the country to its knees.

Yet does this information really add anything to the central story? Isn't it more unsettling if we just open on Jim (Cillian Murphy) waking up in hospital 28 days after the outbreak began, with neither he nor the audience aware of how it all happened?

28 Days Later is a great movie regardless of how it begins, but given that the how of the virus' spread ultimately isn't very important in the grand scope of the narrative, it almost feels like a redundant inclusion - perhaps even studio-mandated.