Show Notes
This week, we're revisiting 28 Days Later (2002), the movie that helped reinvent the zombie genre and made running zombies everyone's worst nightmare. Why does this movie look like it was filmed on a flip phone? Could the entire outbreak have been prevented if the scientist hadn't called the virus "rage"? And is this one of the scariest opening sequences in horror history? We're breaking down the terrifying moments, questionable decisions, bizarre filmmaking choices, and whether this low-budget horror classic still holds up over 20 years later.
•0:00:00 - Introductions
•0:02:30 - Memories of first viewing
•0:05:30 - Pertinent movie details
•0:15:00 - Critical and fan reviews
•0:16:00 - Scene by scene breakdown
•1:26:00 - Modern day ratings
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