20 Greatest Opening Scenes In Horror Movie History

The Movie: 28 Weeks Later shouldn't have been a great movie, at least not by the laws of genre movie sequels. For one, its predecessor, Danny Boyle's masterful 2002 hit 28 Days Later, won over critics worldwide on its way to ranking as one of the best zombie (or "infected") movies ever made. Thus, a follow-up, on the surface, seemed like a frustrating cash grab. 

Imagine horror fans' overwhelming surprise once director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo proved the naysayers wrong and created a film every bit as visceral and provocative as the original.

The Opening Scene: A couple (Robert Carlyle and Catherine McCormack) who have formed a fortress to blockade the infected in their idyllic farmhouse, take pity on a child, but open the floodgates and an attack ensues.

Ultimately, the man decides to let his wife die and runs to save himself. It brings up a lot of emotional response in the viewer as well as asking a lot of questions for the future. The imagery of the infected chasing him to river is haunting and a nice parallel to his selfish decisions coming back to bite him later. Literally.