Unit 2.5 - Comparison of Sequences

For this task, I decided to compare two horrors genre film openings. These films are 'Dog Soldiers' and '28 Days Later'. I chose these two films because they have similarities and differences in their opening sequence.
Firstly, both of the sequences are set in an isolated place which adds to the vulnerability of the horror with 'Dog Soldiers' being set in a Scottish forest with the couple being the only two in the forest and in '28 Days Later', the main character Jim wakes up in a deserted hospital and finds that the whole of London is deserted. This backs up the generic convention of Horror that an attack would take place in an isolated place. This is a major theme of the opening sequences of both films as they give a good setting and tone to start the film on. What also adds to the vulnerable theme in '28 Days Later' is that Jim wakes up in a hospital and is in some sort of medical trouble. This means he is not in full health and could be vulnerable to attack. This doesn't happen in 'Dog Soldiers' as the couple don't expose any vulnerablity other than that they are in a lonely forest at night.
'28 Days Later' goes straight into a very obvious plot. It is obvious that a supernatural antagonist is killing innocent people in 'Dog Soldiers' whereas it is hard to find what has happened in '28 Days Later'. This is not uncommon in horror as different films have different types of plot. What is similar is the setting as both films have common British setting which do not seem to be unusual. '28 Days Later' is set in Central London with all the typical London icons such as Big Ben and London buses and 'Dog Soldiers' is set in the Scottish Higlands where there are many forests.