Scary movies # 13 - 28 Days Later

Year: 2002 Director: Danny Boyle

A Zombie movie that is not an actual Zombie movie - how does that work?

A young cycle courier is knocked off his bike and wakes 28 days later to find the streets of London deserted. But he is not all alone and he discovers people infected with a virus which keeps them in a constant state of murderous rage. He and a precious few survivors, must make a break from the city and avoid the infected.

For all intents and purposes 28 Days Later is a Zombie movie. The difference being that, unlike Zombies, the virus sufferers are not actually undead, in fact they are not even dead yet. The digital video look of the film is most striking which immediately heightens the realistic feel of the movie, allowing stunning shots of a desolate and deserted London. The plot is rather good too with some nice twists, and innovation turning this into a tremendously well crafted movie. The recent sequel 28 Weeks Later is also superb.

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For being our favourite "sort of" Zombie movie, we have placed 28 Days Later at number 13 in our interactive Haunted House of Horror list of our favourite scary movies.