10 Horror Movies You Knew Would Be Good After The First 10 Minutes

8. Cube

The Host
Trimark Pictures

In Cube's, a man called Alderson awakens inside a bizarre cube-shaped room. Each wall is adorned with a hatch-activated door, as is the floor and ceiling. Upon opening any of these doors, Alderson sees it joins onto an identical looking room.

But after he takes one step in the next room, Alderson stops dead (figuratively and literally) as we hear an alarming whooshing sound sweep around him. After a few seconds, a grid-shaped pattern shaded in red forms across Alderson's clothes. Before the viewer has a chance to comprehend what just happened, blood begins oozing from lined streaks across Alderson's face, while chunks of his limbs start breaking off.

Suddenly, Alderson's body splits into two, causing his whole body to crumble in cube-shaped blocks. The camera then holds on the culprit - a razor-sharp grating, before cutting to the film's title.

We know absolutely nothing about this character, nor is he mentioned again. He never interacts with the ensemble, nor does he speak. And yet, we are so curious about what we just saw, it's impossible not to get completely invested in the story.

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