7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About 28 Days Later

Happy (almost) Halloween! 28 Days Later was a groundbreaking zombie thriller, and it's the perfect time of year to give it the TYDK treatment. Hit the thumbs up, if you want to see a part 2!

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[fanfaretloudest]

*"...right from the beginning you knew this was different. Because it was happening in small villages, market towns. And then it wasn't on the tv anymore. It was in the street outside. It was coming in through your windows."*

One of my favorite quotes from this movie.

[EmmL]

That church scene when some of the rage victims turn to look up at him when he calls out still makes my skin crawl.

[stinkybacon]

The thing that made 28 days later such a great movie is how realistic it was made to be

[kebapguy]

Still waiting for 28 months later.... :(

[BadMouseProductions]

Bonus thing. The Explosion that lasts less than 30 seconds in the film took up about 5-10% of the budget. Boom.

[UnboundChris]

Woo!! 28 Days Later is easily one of my favourite films in the world. Despite how many times I have watched it, I always feel like I notice something new, I just think it's been masterfully made.

[LittleJimmy]

Not really a bonus thing, so much as a quickly glossed over thing that I feel deserved it's own point:
28 Days later was so low budget it couldn't be filmed on 35mm and had to be shot digitally. And though most movies are shot digitally now days, remember this was 2002, so were not talking 4K RED cameras here, were talking _standard definition _*_360P_*_ digital tape camcorders_ baby! Probably about the same resolution as 2006 era Youtube. Literally the camera on your camera on your smartphone is probably 10 times the image quality. In other words, this movie was *filmed on a potato*.

Fortunately the potato look worked stylistically with the apocalyptic tone of the movie. The only scene shot on high quality 35mm was the ending where FOX gave them more money. This was done to give the ending a cleaner, more optimistic look.

[ajprine]

Danny Boyle was was heavily inspired by the album, F♯ A♯ ∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, in the making of 28 Days Later. He said in an interview, "I always try to have a soundtrack in my mind [when creating a film]. Like when we did Trainspotting, it was Underworld. For me, the soundtrack to 28 Days Later was Godspeed. The whole film was cut to Godspeed in my head." The song East Hastings is playing in the film when Cillian Murphy is wandering the empty streets of London.

[yudela]

Bonus fact: To save money and maintain order, the production would only close the streets of London for 45 minutes at a time to get the shots that they needed.
Bonus bonus fact: Because they only had 45 minutes to prepare each shot, the film was mostly shot on a Canon XL1 camcorder as opposed to a more complicated film camera.

[TheGoldSwordSquad]

sometimes i forget what a varied set of films Danny Boyle has directed

[AshtarteD]

I would love a second episode on 28 Days Later cause I already knew all of these. I watch the movie almost every year for Halloween in a double feature with The Thing (1982 version); the best horror movies ever put to celluloid.

[thatsnodildo]

This is definitely my favorite "zombie" movie. I don't mind there is only one big explosion. I also liked the no corpses route. Sure it's kinda odd given the circumstances and if you read the comic books but it realllly drove home this eerie creeo factor that's really well present to me at least. Like it's just creepy how a city filled with millions is suddenly a ghost town and that was a well made decision

[victorvondeathstroke]

Best zombie movie ever made... don't argue

[nneeerrrd]

*"Ok Jim. I've got some bad news"*

[jodidoherty]

The opening scene is wonderful, his standing on the bridge in an empty city screaming "HELLO!!". And the one thing that movie did that truly freaked people is the speed of the zombies, no lumbering corpses here!

[SunshineSML]

This is one of my favourite films and I only just realised thats Cillian Murphy

[TheCreepypro]

man I love this movie glad you finally covered it or accidentally covered it twice which ever I don't feel like checking any more than you do

[jdsgotninelives]

Two things stand out, for me, in this incredible movie. Firstly, I thought that the scenes around London, minus the bodies, gave it more emotional impact. It really drove home what it would feel like to NOT be one of the undead. Secondly, the image of Manchester in ruinous flame above the deserted highway underpinned the hopelessness of their situation. I have seen both versions of the movies ending ( the "What if..." sequence) and I know which one would have been more likely. One of the truly great directors. Oh Danny Boy!!

[fatsamurai]

For the past several years I’ve watched 28 Days Later for my Halloween tradition. Even with parties and trick or treating when I was younger I always made it happen. It’s really awesome seeing my favorite horror movie get listed

[MrFedoraFilm]

Please do a part 2 for 28 Days Later
-Also please do a "things you (probably) didn't know about" for 28 Weeks Later