10 Horror Movies That Never Got Better Than Their Opening Moments

Is there a single human being who actually remembers anything about 2002's supernatural horror film Ghost Ship beyond its brilliantly bloody opening set-piece?

The film kicks off in 1962 aboard the doomed Italian ocean liner the Antonia Graza, where passengers are dancing in the evening just as somebody's hand pulls a lever, causing the deck area to become surrounded by taut razor wire.

Moments later, the razor wire rips its way across the dance floor, and after a beat, we get to witness the dozens of passengers on the deck - including the captain - fall to pieces in front of a poor young girl (Emily Browning) who is mercifully too short to be cut by the wire.

There's no denying that the filmmakers put a ton of effort into executing this scene: over 20 years later it still holds up and gets the movie off to one hell of a start, even if nothing else Ghost Ship has to offer gets remotely close.