28 hours later sound like an ideal prequel, given how fast things went to shit in 28 weeks

A really neat aspect of 28 Days Later is that the monster clips were played at a 1.25 speed compared to the recording, giving them that frantic and terrifying movement. In the 3rd act, they did the same trick to many of Jims clips, making him appear very zombie like

Personally I like how grainy and unpolished the film looks. It gives this amateur, grungy almost documentary-style filmmaking and it prevents the movie from looking too sterile and “Hollywood”. It really feels like some ordinary person was stuck in that world to document the journey of those trying to survive. And the ending being shot on film, clear and crisp, feels subtly hopeful just like the characters after going through the hell they experienced the entire movie.

The "dont wake up" letter ruins me every time i watch 28 Days Later

I would like a 28 hours later movie, showing how the world looked one day after the infection started

Thank you for making me realize I need to sell my copy of 28 Days Later on Blu-ray

When this film came out, my mom was so scared she refused to go to the bathroom by herself for about 6 months even though she was like 40 at the time, it is a terrifying film would definitely recommend

The opening scene to 28 Weeks later is one of the most iconic in horror media... and then the rest of the film is just pretty okay in comparison.

I will never get tired of zombie media.

You didn’t talk about the airplane Jim saw when he was lying on his back outside the wall. That’s a short but HUUUUUGE part of the movie showing that even though Britain and its surviving inhabitants are going through hell, the rest of the world keeps going on with life.

We also saw the wake up in a hospital scene to discover the world has changed around them in resident evil apocalypse

I wholeheartedly agree that 28 days later really put zombies back in the spotlight. Even if the "infected" aren't "zombies". Not to nitpick, but mark wasn't bitten, he got cut and was covered in blood of the infected.

A lot of OG zombie fans hated this film when it came out, and for a long time I couldn't figure out why. After all, the concept of the disease in the film, aside from some physics limitations (there's no way for a virus to course through anyone that quickly simply because The thermal energies involved would make you explode instead according to a biologist friend of mine anyway), it's us really good look at what a modified version of rabies would be if it caused humans to rage out and commit senseless acts of self-destructive violence like it does in other animals. It was at that point that I realized that one of the things that the old-school fan of zombie films enjoyed was the whole planning for a zombie apocalypse thing. This sense that it was some thing that if you were really smart and capable and daring, you'd come out ahead in a drastically depopulated world, and you'd suddenly be a much more important person simply because you survived. But of course, 28 days later leaves no room for such fantasies. The protagonists survive through sheer luck and a couple very desperate moments of heroism. But even then, they can't stop most of the people we see from getting killed, like that kids's parents who took them in for example. There is such desperation and helplessness and a realism to 28 days later that suddenly you can't enjoy the zombie apocalypse anymore, and I think that's what those OG fans of zombie movies were really pissed about. It's an important film because it shows much more accurately what the real fear amongst world leaders and military planners is. I believe that's why they try so desperately to quash any uprisings of protest, because they understand that when millions of people start moving as one, there is no force on earth that can stop them.

That line about 28 weeks being an american movie trying to be british was so spot on.

The only soldier i felt sorry for in the third act was the wimpy little cook. I mean he was going down the hall, screaming like ninny, and was so easily picked on by the others before the whole thing happened.

honestly i could see 28 seconds later being a prequel for literally how it started and how the virus got to the chimps by scientists experimenting with them

I feel like your humor is shining through in a lot of your more recent uploads and im all for it, the pirate bit in the intro made me chuckle

most people don't know but there is 2 comics books about 28 days later franchise, one is called 28 days later the aftermath, and tells the backstory to why and who created the rage virus, and the other comic is called 28 days later, and is a sequel to the first movie, selena is in it, and the story connect itself with the second movie and happens at the same time with the second movie. both comics are pretty good. you can read online.

Thomas Shelby was Rick Grimes in England

Would love to see your thoughts on BBC's "In The Flesh", which is set after a cure for their zombie virus is invented, and shows a medicated zombie returning to his family in the town where resistance originated!

Train to Busan analysis would be great

After Andy is bitten/saliva'd on by his father, he becomes infectious, like his mother was, even if they were both "immune" (meaning they didn't get crazy violent). My interpretation of the ending scene is that Andy infected his sister and she infected the helo guy after they landed in France.

This two movies are on the few ones to really use the zombie/infected genre in a creative way. It's impressive how a genre can be saturated and have wasted potential at the same time, 90% of zombie movies are just regurgitation of the Romero's formula.

28 million years later would be great

28 Days is undoubtedly the better film overall, but the opening to 28 Weeks is one of the best openings I’ve seen to a horror film.

In the 3rd act, I think it was done in a way to put a question in the mind of the viewing audience: "is Jim infected?". All the way up until the moment he stated: "that was longer than a heartbeat"!

28 Day Later has an unshakeable position in my all-time Top 10 ... I still remember being so psyched to see this and being absolutely floored in the cinema by it. Since then I must have watched it at least another 50 times and it never gets old.

28 weeks later was one of my favorite movies as a kid, thats where my love of zombies started!

7:52 to me that moment that moment always felt like a "Dad to son" moment, with Jim knowing nothing about booze in general and Frank comes in like "Here son don't take that crappy stuff, if you take anything take the good stuff !"

28 lightyears away will be a movie about another alien race, not even a zombie movie. Then we have 28 million years ago about whatever happened then. And finally, 28 million years, which is a movie about the zombies being so far in the future, they become sentient and go back in time and start the events of 28 days later

Just want you to know that I really love your vids. Showed you to my brother the other day. So glad that you're gaining traction. Keep kicking ass. He heard me listening to one of your vids and asked, I went, "Oh, it's a smaller channel that goes over movies and stuff," then immediately realized that you're no longer a smaller channel.

As a Londoner, when this movie dropped, it was Dope!! Seeing London Bridge and Central London Absolutely Abandoned and silent you could hear a 50p coin drop was eerie to say the least. The ONLY time I've Ever seen London Bridge look That empty was the 1st couple of weeks of the infamous lockdowns (I used to take a night bus there to smoke a couple zoots and drink some rum and enjoy the peace and quiet). Plus, the grainy cinematography made it seem camcorder/Blair witch footage, which raised the thriller/horror stakes.

What's interesting is the aspect that London has fallen, and most of the UK, but not the rest of the world. NATO kept the borders in check and closed everything off. For me at least, the idea that the rest of the world has not gone to shit and knowing that escaping could mean survival is even better.

28 Seconds Later does exist in a comic called 28 Days Later: The Aftermath. It's interesting really worth it imo.

28 days later: 1st movie 28 weeks later: 2nd movie (sequel) 28 months later: maybe 3rd movie? 28 years later: 4th movie 28 hours later: 5th movie, 1st prequal 28 minutes later: 6th (short) movie, 2nd prequal 28 seconds later: prequel trailer for everything

I never thought zombies were scary growing up, until I saw 28 days, when the two zombies look at the main character in the church, that was always a chilling scene they look so uncanny, like could you imagine shining a light into a basement or room and those two turn and look at you? My soul would leave my body,.

Naomie Harris needs to be cast in more films. "28 Days Later", "Trauma", the Bond films, she's an action bad ass.

personally the quality of the film and the editing are what make the 1st film extra unique, i absolutely love how it looks and feels

In The house in a heartbeat remix for kickass does that mean kickass is a zombie film

A pretty curious aspect of this scene (7:39) is how strangely relevant is the fact that the green apples look fine after a month. Since the movie is about the consequences of experimenting in biology, is curious how they show transgenics, a benefit of experiments, in the context of a biochem leak

The Day of the Triffids is the earliest example I remember of the waking up in the hospital, being there saving the main character

Weird that they call it "28 Years Later" instead of the one that makes more sense, 28 Months Later. What are they gonna show? The aftermath when everything is back to normal and people are living their best lives? Will we get Grandpa Rogers telling war stories about the Isle of Man? 😭😭

There’s a lot of screenings popping up for 28 Days Later and I’m so excited to see it in cinemas. I was too young to see it in theatres when it came out but it still scared the shit out of me on VHS.

Watching this film, fairly recently, I absolutely loved it. It feels so grand for its low budget parts. Not to mention the emotional beats of the film still hit. Cillian is also a welcome surprise with him giving a solid performance at the start of his career. Overall, I love the way it builds the world and tension. That opening sequence is iconic and the showdown at the end is still pretty creative for a zombie flick. I love that the whole film you see Jim as the naive and uniformed, yet moments peak through to show a rage filled man. For him to go feral at the end, but not because he is evil or cause he is infected. Rather to fight for what he has grown to love and not take for granted

My fav zombie movies. Just the way Days looks alone scares tf outta me. That final scene in Weeks is one of the more effective uses of shaky cam, but the context is key. We think the infection is over, then it cuts to a random video of people being chased in Paris.

The craziest part about the opening to me was him looking at the memorial, with all of the photos and letters posted. Makes me think about when they were written/the initial shock of everything. Small detail but that was my favorite part.

i recently discovered you and have been watching loads of your content, and i LOVE 28 days later and just could not be more thrilled to watch this!!! :)

these are one of my favorite zombie movies, thank you for making a good essay about it, onetime I just randomly found one of your videos and I must say im quite hooked, keep up the good work :}

Ok but hear me out: 28 Decades Later sounds genuinely *ballin'.* I don't think there's ever been a big-budget zombie horror narrative in a cyberpunk setting, and they can hit on some of the same ideas as Shaun Of The Dead & the later Romero films, where the infected persist as like a barely-controlled labor force, just waiting for some Jurassic Park-style chaos to upend the system.

In an interview, Kirkman actually said that the similarity of rick and Jim waking up after the apocalypse started in a hospital was a "stolen idea coincidence" but he may have been blowing smoke lmao. It is believable though as he had plans for twd comics for a while well before the first issue release, but kept getting shot down, then the time it takes to release a "perfected" pilot issue.

28 days later is definitely my number 1 for favorite zombie movies, I like how it’s one of the few zombie movies that show how the outbreak started but also gives a happy ending even though there was a sequel which I also enjoyed. I do like the theme music in the first one more though because it’s slightly slowed down and sounds creepier whereas the one in 28 weeks later sounds very action packed and intense

Good thing I have the DVDs of both films in a box set... 😊

i cant lie, the poor quality makes this movie so much better.

Congratulations on 150,000!🎉

Been waiting for this video! Thank you!!

It's criminal that you don't have more subscribers. Your videos are very well done, and I love your humor. Keep up the great work, dude! 🎉

What a great analysis, and your humor shining through makes the video even better! Love your videos, keep going!

That tunnel scene, with the rats running from the infected and the manic shadows coupled with the screaming of the infected is such an incredible scene.

I am British and I can speak for everyone in the UK that the characters are pretty spot on to how we live and act 😂🤘🏻 great video as always 👌🏻

This was fantastic and funny as usual. Thank YOU for all you do! Let’s get you up to a million subscribers! You’re only getting better and better! It’s coming!

if you want 28 days and 28 weeks later on bluray then amazon Japan is your friend

Thanks for sailing across the ocean in that old ass boat just to make a video for us!

Hey man! I highly recommend ''Dead Set''. its a British zombie mini series not many people know about. Would love to hear your take on it, its very good.

This movie completely blew me away when I saw it in the theater. Thanks for shining a spotlight on it!

Its so awesome, I watched the movie back when it was released. I think it was my 15th birthday... And it kicked off the zombie craze together with the best ten years off my life

Truly the most terrifying outbreak, if it ever happened in real life.

yoo, this video was dope. keep it up man!!

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I love this film cause of how bloody terrifying it is as they run and its set in England

i love your videos! and i enjoy your commentary. and the way you explore these themes and topics. i adore 28 days later and zombie media. i really wish more zombie media could capture what this movie brings. another wish i have is for more apocalyptic media to show the actual decline of society and destruction

Great video, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Not to be that guy but one important detail of these movies that sets them apart from other zombie media is that these aren't your typical zombies, they're just sick people. That being said you're right about this movie's influence on the genre being very influential and I'd say we're lucky to have them. 🙂

My friend and I were bored one day in the summer of '03, so we booted up Kazaa (early internet file sharing software) and ended up finding this movie. We sat and watched it on his family computer, set up next to the kitchen table, on a little 10 inch monitor, and it blew our minds. Discovered one of my favorite movies that day and I'll never forget it.

I actually think the piece of music you're referencing was also used in "The Walling Dead" , the episode where Daryl, rick, TDog and Glenn came back for Merle and only found his hand still attached to the pipe via the handcuffs. That piece of music plays as Daryl cries "NO.... NO!... NAAAHO!" ETC.

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A test I use for 'is a film good for non-regular film watchers' is if my Dad can stay awake throughout. If he stays awake it means the film has kept his attention, regardless of genre. More often than not he's out within 20 minutes but some keep him awake. A few examples - Joker, Vice, Ringu, Audition, The Irishman (took two sittings but he did it) are a few off the top of my head. I showed him 28 Days later over twenty years ago now but it still surprises me how enthralled with was with that film. This is a guy that doesn't like over the top violence in films and often likes a snooze to good old black white film from the 50's. It's a testament to the writing and direction that it's not just a great horror film, it's a great film altogether. Plus we're British so seeing London depicted as it was was incredible at the time.

As someone who loves everything about Zombies, my dad is a horror nerd i grew up watching the og dawn of the dead trilogies and the spin offs, then as a kid i watch my older brother 100% resident evil games, and Zack Snyders remake is still one of the best outbreaks put to screen, but as a teen....28 days later was all i could think about. Danny Boyle is still one of my fav directors to this day. yes i know, they arent actual zombies but cmon.

You should read the comic which serves as a direct sequel to 28 days later. It also brings a bleak ending to Jim's character where he gets executed via firing squad due to getting apprehended/rescued by the military.

Love the amount of your personality you’re including in your videos!!!

Thanks for this video! This movie absolutely blew my hair back at the time, it was so good & scary! Being from Britain, and having been to London a few times, I loved that scene in the beginning, where Jim goes over the deserted bridge - to film that, they had to close the bridge early in the morning, and in summer, as it's normally so busy and noisy all the time! I'm also a big Walking Dead fan too 😀🧟‍♂️❤️

I JUST watched this movie for the first time tonight, crazy timing.

The first major film to be fully shot digitally and I couldn’t have loved it more! It redefined the zombie genre for sure. It felt genuine, real. Very authentic and realistic. Such a beautiful film

I was afraid of sleeping at my friends house cause of this movie. I had to sleep on a couch next to a sliding glass door. fuck that noise

1:48 in and I already know this channel is gonna be a new regular!

It feels like it's been 28 years since I have watched either of them. I really should give em a rewatch

If this happened today, the lack of newspapers floating around the streets might add to how disorientated he would be coming out of hospital.

I have been looking for this film. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one struggling to find it.

Your magnum opus. I've never seen this movie but I was so entertained. Especially the ideas ending.

The intro of 28 weeks later, is legitimately one of the best horror intros EVER, but the rest of the movie is 5/10

Any youtuber that admits to sailing the high seas🏴‍☠️ gets an instant sub from me. Keep up the great work 🙏

Seeing those prices at the beginning makes me happy I bought this movie on dvd when it came out

I'm personally looking forward to the inevitable, critically acclaimed 28 Millennia Later. P.s love your work, Thrifty!

the way you beat a pre-emptively dead horse at the end made me actually laugh out loud.

Excellent video Thrift!!

Been watching for around 2 years now. I really love the dead of the night zombies music intro. And I’ve never seen anyone else point it out yet

28 Fortnite later had me laughing so hard. Thanks for that 😂

I hope one day you make a video about Savageland, definitely one of the most underrated movies of the genre.

I already loved yer vids, but that you would agree, "The Pirate's life's for meeee!" Makes me love ya.

Fun fact, many London streets were closed down to film this (if you couldn’t already tell). All the trash and tipped cars and shit is all real. Part of the reason why this movie feels so real and raw. Almost everything there is actually there throughout the whole movie.

All right so first I had to kick myself in the junk and bang my head against the wall every time you referred to infection movies as zombie movies but then I slowly accepted your premise and understood your point and do agree in a lot of ways with you. I like being a purest but you have a lot of really good points so I'm going to be a little bit more lenient on what's classified as zombie in the genre. You made me realize I need to be more flexible.

I got this one and 28 Weeks on dvd about 2 years ago simply because I love this movie and couldn't find it anywhere steaming