10 Horror Movie Openings That Surprised Us All

Released in 1992, Alien 3 had a famously painful road to the silver screen. Directors came and went, scripts were forever changed, and the picture even started filming without a set screenplay in place. As such, the final result was a much-maligned mish-mash of a movie.

For those franchise fans who flocked to see this third Alien offering, they were immediately slapped in the face mere minutes into the David Fincher-helmed film. That slap came in the shape of the deaths of fan favourite Aliens duo Newt (Carrie Henn) and Hicks (Michael Biehn).

Having survived the final act of Aliens alongside Ripley and Bishop, audiences presumed that Newt and Hicks would be a pivotal part of Alien 3. Instead, not only were the pair killed off, but those deaths essentially happen off-screen - with Newt and Hicks left dead after an escape pod carrying these four Aliens survivors crash-lands on Fiorina 161.

It wasn't just fans who were shocked by this opening act, Aliens director James Cameron publicly slammed the decision, Alien 3 director Fincher completely disowned the film, and Michael Biehn made sure he got a major payday for the use of his likeness when we see an archive picture of Hicks.