10 More Movie Openings That Totally Trolled Audiences

The Cabin in the Woods is a movie wholly concerned with subverting every expectation the audience has and basically f**king with them for 95 minutes.

And that mission statement is made clear from the very first scene, which rather than introduce us to the ill-fated characters heading to the cabin, takes place in a dull office setting as two engineers (Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford) share some mundane workplace chit-chat.

The pair eventually head into the wider, sprawling facility, where they learn vague details of a failed international operation, before the scene abruptly ends on a freeze-frame, complete with the movie's title splashed over the screen.

The scene then shifts to the opening audiences probably expected to see - a seemingly more typical introduction to the film's oh-so-beautiful young protagonists.

On the film's DVD commentary, co-writer Joss Whedon admitted that the opening scene in the lab was supposed to confuse audiences and make them think they sat down in the wrong screen at the cinema.

Moreover, Whedon had to convince Lionsgate that it wouldn't simply make people leave the screen altogether - which, thankfully, it didn't.