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Ok, one more tonight. The rest tomorrow.

5. Dexter - Player_0
https://youtu.be/QhGMGjs3DSs

Unique: 9.25
Story: 8.75
Music: 8
Animation: N/A
Personal: 8.25
Average: 8.5625

As far as Im aware, there is no other intro remotely like this. The sequence makes you feel youre watching a series of brutal and at times grotesque killings when the reality is youre watching close-up shots filmed from an unusual perspective of things that are perfectly ordinary like shaving and making breakfast. And that is what makes this intro so special, its ability to take the mundane and make it seem unsettling, if not downright horrifying. The fact that I found myself getting squeamish just watching him cut the flesh of an orange is something no other intro can do.

Theres a strong sense of story here to the way we see everything from Dexters point of view, from the perspective of a killer. And I like the nice little touch at the end of how he just casually grins at the camera like hes an ordinary guy. Without spelling anything out for the viewer, the intro tells us everything we need to know about his character.

The music mostly blends into the background, but it does a fantastic job of setting the tone. Its simultaneously got a feel of being playful and sinister. And for whatever reason, Im getting vibes of Hans Zimmers score to the Sherlock Holmes movies, which just makes me like it more.

Quite simply, this is a brazenly unnerving intro that doesnt pull any punches, and is difficult to forget long after youve seen it.