20 Best Opening Scenes From Recent Horror Movies
6. Bring Her Back
Danny and Michael Philippou's Bring Her Back - the follow-up to their superb debut Talk to Me - opens with a scene that won't initially make a whole lot of sense to the viewer, but the vibes are so thickly unnerving that it'll have you instantly hooked regardless.
The scene depicts a young woman standing inside a white circle as she's approached by a nude man, all while another woman is seen being hanged in the background, and unsubtitled Russian voices are heard saying... something. That's it.
Again it's confusing as hell, but entirely by design - we know something extremely wrong is happening here, but the particulars evade us.
In fact, it's almost a full hour before the context of this bizarre ritual is unveiled to the audience - that Laura (Sally Hawkins) wants to use it to revive her late daughter - but as a tone setter for the incredibly upsetting story to come, it's superbly done regardless.