28 Days Later

"This is what I've seen in the four weeks since infection. People killing people. Which is much what I saw in the four weeks before infection, and the four weeks before that, and before that, and as far back as I care to remember. People killing people. Which to my mind, puts us in a state of normality right now."

- Major Henry West

28 Days Later is a 2002 British horror film directed by Danny Boyle. It was released theatrically in the UK on November 1st, 2002 and in the United States on January, 2003 where it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Filmed entirely on digital video, the film depicts a post-apocalyptic setting in which England is virtually destroyed following the effects of a virus that turns humans into violent, blood-crazed maniacs. A man named Jim awakens in a London hospital after having been in a coma, only to discover that the world he once knew is now gone. Searching the city, he eventually comes upon other survivors who embark upon a journey to Manchester, where they hope to find a military instillation free of contamination and the zombie-like presence of the infected.

Notes & Trivia

 * 28 Days Later is sometimes misconstrued as a zombie movie when in fact the infected are living, breathing human beings who bear moderate behaviorial and physical characteristics common to classic film zombies.


 * Fox Atomic Comics, in association with HarperCollins, published a 28 Days Later graphic novel. The setting of the graphic novel took place following the events of 28 Days Later, but was set prior to 28 Weeks Later. A subsequent 28 Days Later comic book limited series began publication in 2009 by Fox Atomic Comics and Boom! Studios.