10 Opening Horror Movie Scenes That Should've Been Cut

10. Rocky Gets Dragged - Don't Breathe

Don't Breathe is a terrifically suspenseful horror film that nevertheless takes the lazy, cynical approach of kicking things off in medias res - that is, in the middle of the story - with a tantalising tease of what's to come later on.

The movie's opening shot shows the Blind Man (Stephen Lang) dragging unconscious protagonist Rocky (Jane Levy) through the streets. An unnerving visual with which to kick the film off, for sure, albeit one that robs the third act of much of its suspense.

For one, it assures the audience that Rocky will be incapacitated and captured by the Blind Man when she attempts to escape his house much later on, and the fact that she's alone also implies that her fellow thieves, Alex (Dylan Minnette) and Money (Daniel Zovatto), are likely dead - which they are.

The teaser opening feels especially unnecessary considering that Don't Breathe is only 88 minutes long, and Rocky, Alex, and Money break into the Blind Man's home barely 10 minutes into the movie proper. As such, it was almost certainly mandated by a twitchy studio executive.