10 Exact Moments Recent Horror Movies Won Us Over
5. The Opening Credits - Army Of The Dead
Featuring an ensemble cast, Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead is a heist movie with a twist. The 2021 offering is set in Las Vegas, during the middle of a zombie outbreak that has decimated Sin City.
Army of the Dead's curtain draw is a visual spectacle, foreshadowing the carnage to come and shot in the director's uniquely dynamic, slo-mo-heavy style.
Cleverly introducing the cast through interwoven snippets, the doomsday visuals are brilliantly juxtaposed against the tones of Richard Cheese's Viva Las Vegas, with Allison Crowe's tender refrain ultimately cultivating a surprisingly emotional aura for the film's subject matter.
Zombiefied strippers chase their johns, infected humans are summarily executed and jets roar overhead as the horizon explodes under a hail of missile fire. It's chaos exemplified - and does a textbook job of setting up the movie's universe.