The document provides summaries of the openings scenes of three classic horror films: The Shining, The Exorcist, and The Purge: Anarchy. It describes the genre, release date, cast, director, producer, and synopsis for each film. For the opening scenes, it notes elements like the music, visuals, and whether or not the scene progresses the narrative for The Shining and The Exorcist.

1. Horror

2. The Shining
• Genre: Psychological horror
• Release date: May 23rd 1980
• Cast: Jack Nicolson, Shelly Duvall, Danny Lloyd,
Scatman Crothers…
• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• Produced by: Stanley Kubrick
• Synopsis:
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter
where an evil and spiritual presence influences the
father into violence, while his psychic son sees
horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Opening Scene: Integrated
• Dramatic. intense music
• Aerial/establishing shots of panoramic landscape
• Daytime (sun)
• Forests
https://www.youtube.com/wat • Progresses the narrative only slightly
ch?v=TgCejsyS0t8

3. The Exorcist
• Genre: Horror
• Release date: June 19th 1973
• Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb,
Kitty Winn…
• Director: William Friedkin
• Produced by: William Peter Blatty
• Synopsis:
When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious
entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to
save her daughter.
Opening sequence: Individual
• Creepy, eerie soundtrack
• Does not progress the narrative
• Black screen
• Red font
• More stylised font
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=Qpw-GbEpjR4

4. The Purge: Anarchy
• Genre: Psychological horror
• Release date: May 23rd 1980
• Cast: Jack Nicolson, Shelly Duvall, Danny Lloyd,
Scatman Crothers…
• Director: Stanley Kubrick
• Produced by: Stanley Kubrick
• Synopsis:
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter
where an evil and spiritual presence influences the
father into violence, while his psychic son sees
horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Opening Scene: Integrated
• Dramatic. intense music
• Aerial/establishing shots of panoramic landscape
• Daytime (sun)
• Forests
https://www.youtube.com/wat • Progresses the narrative only slightly
ch?v=TgCejsyS0t8