30 Perfect Horror Scenes Of The 2020s
29. The Hunt - Opening Scene
Amazing bits of cinema can come from absolutely anywhere - they can even be found within an otherwise disappointing picture. Just ask The Hunt, which has one of the best openings for a bad movie not only of recent years, but maybe even ever.
This is still probably the most disappointing horror film of the 2020s so far, although it wasn't meant to be a movie of this decade originally. It was to be released in 2019, but controversy over its content led to it being delayed for months. This, combined with the irresistible premise, made it an eagerly-anticipated work but alas, once it arrived it turned out to be a tame and shallow affair.
Nevertheless, that opening scene was a thing of absolute beauty.
The audience is introduced to a group of characters, some of whom are played by well-known faces like Emma Roberts and Ike Barinholtz. They will, not unreasonably, assume that these guys are the main characters... and then they all get wiped out in a gloriously unhinged bloodbath that's as shocking as it is darkly hilarious. It's a devilish opening plot twist, and the only thing in the movie that's worth remembering.