Dundead: 28 Days Later

Catch a rare chance to see Danny Boyle’s modern zombie classic 28 Days Later, ahead of the eagerly anticipated release of the new instalment 28 Years Later. Boyle’s film brought the zombie film crashing into the 21st century with his tale of a ‘rage’ virus outbreak coursing through the UK. Gone are the typically slow-moving, shambling scores of the undead, Boyle and co-writer Alex Garland dared to suggest these zombies could run.

22 years before his Oscar-winning turn in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as Jim, who wakes up in hospital to find himself in an eerily deserted early morning London. These opening scenes of 28 Days Later have made their way into the annals of horror history and their production is well-documented. Along his journey through a decimated version of the UK, he meets allies played by Naomie Harris and Brendan Gleeson. 

Relentlessly edited and shot on digital video, Boyle gave us an aggressive, disturbing zombie film for a modern age.