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The Outsider

2020HBOHorror

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Twenty seconds of smeared, doubled imagery — a face that will not resolve into one face, which is the entire mystery stated up front.

The Outsider opens with a main title sequence of 20 seconds.

At 20 seconds, it opens well under the 50-second median for horror sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on HBO in 2020, when Curb Your Enthusiasm, In Treatment and The Jinx were also on the network.

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The opening titles

Season 1

20s

The miniseries' only sequence.

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