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

Let's be honest - most remakes are terrible, especially when they're horror. Even though The Ring was hyped beyond measure, a lot of people worried it would tone down the scares of the original for Western audiences.

But the beginning of The Ring proves it knows how to set up a chilling premise. Instead of showing us the footage contained on the video, or anyone being killed, the intro focuses on two teenagers, Katie and Becca, discussing the cursed tape, like it's a ghost story.

But when Katie admits she watched the video, we realise things are about to go south fast. Even though an inferior film would show Katie suffer an over-the-top death with unconvincing CGI, the scene keeps everything grounded with simple imagery. Katie sees her fridge door open by itself. Then she spots a puddle of icy water on the floor. She then notices the knob of her bedroom door is dripping. After she opens it, she sees the cursed video is playing on her TV, before the scene cuts to black.

Even though this scene is a whopping seven minutes long and has no blatant scary visuals, it keeps you gripped from beginning-to-end, simply by using subtle camera work, and a focus on atmosphere.