All someone needs to say is, Hiya Georgie!
and the scene flashes before their eyes.
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Is it the cast?
It sets the tone and prepares you for what scares you have ahead of you.
The late, great Wes Craven threw that idea out the window.
Every character inScreamis so self-aware that it borders on satire.
From Sydney Prescott to Randy Meeks, they are all horror aficionados of some form.
FOUR WORDS: Lets play a game.
The first time the phone rings, shes making JiffyPop popcorn.
Or at least thats what she thinks.
But the calls never stop and the tension grows every time the phone rings.
He taunts and teases her while she snubs him, hoping her boyfriend arrives soon.
Its only after we hear those words that we truly understand the seriousness of this call.
That opening scene is one of the longest in horror movies, standing at 12 minutes and 55 seconds.
With each of those minutes, the audience feels stress, anticipation, and terror.
The tone for the entire film is set, and phone calls will never be the same again.
Halloween (available on Shudder)
When does the introduction ofHalloweenbegin?
Is it the eerie opening titles where we hear the creepy score with the pumpkin on screen?
Or is when we finally see a house appear in where well soon learn is Haddonfield, Illinois?
Apart, they leave a sense of intrigue.
Hes just a small boy in the opening scene ofHalloween.
Things in the house seem normal.
There is no discernable motivation for the darkness that inhabits him.
In other horror movies, the killer has a sinister backstory that almost permits them to kill.
Theyre either neglected or abused.
But from what we can see in this opening scene, Michael is loved.
Its Halloween night, and his sister stayed home with him.
His parents at the end of the scene are visibly worried about him.
As a child, he just randomly decided to kill his sister.
His parents run to him with worry and unease when they see the blood on his hands.
They dont know what theyre about to see because they werent expecting it.
Unlike the parents, for a brief moment, we got to.
Why was he going to kill?
Starring Jessica Biel and R. Lee Ermey, this remake takes the carnage to a whole new level.
But its the narration by John Larroquette that creates the genuine feeling of horror that lasts throughout the film.
The intro isnt the hippie van full of people heading to a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert.
It is all the more tragic in that they were young.
For them, an idyllic summer afternoon became a nightmare.
For 30 years, the files collected dust in the cold-case division of the Travis County Police Department.
Over 1,300 pieces of evidence were collected from the crime scene at the Hewitt residence.
Yet none of the evidence was more compelling than the classified police footage of the crime-scene walk-through.
Opening scenes dont get much more visceral than those words we hear.
They evocatively tell us exactly whats about to happen, spoilers and all.
We are about to witness relentless death and horror.
The fact that this opening makes you think that crime scene footage is real only adds to that anguish.
Stress and anxiety are feelings that the audience needs to be feeling at all times throughout the film.
Thats what makes this film so terrifying and sometimes even harder to watch than other horror movies.
Weve all been there and we all fear it.
Tina Gray has the first nightmare in this film.
She acts in this film as a false protagonist.
Similar to Drew Barrymore inScream, her role isnt to live.
Its to show us just how scary and capable the killer is.
The killer in this film is Freddie Krueger.
Like all the other characters, Freddy haunted her dreams for days before finally killing her.
The disturbing reason behind why he waits is because he could.
He wants to haunt and toy with his victims before killing them.
When someone can control your dreams, theres no escaping them, and he knows that.
Her mother checks on her and points out the inexplicable slash marks in her nightgown.
It wasnt just a dream.
There have been several iterations ofItthroughout the years.
All someone needs to say is, Hiya Georgie!
and the scene flashes before their eyes.
Its a dark and rainy day.
Aside from the weather outside, there is no sense of danger.
As background music grows more menacing, the tide of water picks up speed and Georgie loses pace.
The boat goes where all rainwater goes: down the storm drain.
His stress is felt and he fears disappointing his older brother by losing the boat made for him.
So he goes to retrieve it.
Clowns are the most terrifying to children, and children are what Pennywise loves to kill most.
Nevertheless, Georgie goes to that ill-fated drain to retrieve the boat and meets his demise.
The clown has his boat and wont give it back to Georgie unless he reaches in to take it.
Georgie almost knows better, but in the end, refuses to disappoint his brother.
Sadly, Bill never sees Georgie alive again.
