10 Scariest Opening Horror Movie Scenes Ever
2. The Stepfather
Bringing an eerie calmness to mass destruction and death, The Stepfather's opening is one that will send shivers down your spine - building up as Terry O'Quinn goes about his daily routine with a remarkable ease considering what's waiting for him downstairs.
After seeing his face covered in blood, we watch as he changes and takes a shower, altering his appearance in the process by cutting his beard and hair. Dressing smartly and cleaning up the corridors as he travels around the house, it isn't until he descends the stairs that we truly see the extent of the man's actions: a room littered with the remains of his family and a home destroyed in the struggle.
The Stepfather's narrative then goes on to reveal a man that repeatedly makes a whole new identity for himself, remarries, settles into a family, and then brutally murders them; leaving it up to one particularly spunky stepdaughter to spot the man's violent tendencies before it's too late. Brings a whole new meaning to family man, really.