28 Days Later (2003)

First things first: IT’S NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE!!!! The people known as “The Infected” aren’t dead...so how the hell can this movie be a zombie movie?!?!? Sure, there are some heavy elements of Romero in the later half of the picture, but I truly don’t believe 28 DAYS LATER is a zombie movie. The story follows Jim (Cillian Murphy), a bike messenger, who wakes up one morning in a hospital bed. Not knowing how he got there, he leaves the hospital (which is empty and lifeless, btw) and ventures out into the streets of London . . . . which are also completely barren. Turns out, a virus known as Rage has pretty much wiped all of London and possibly most of England out; people infected with it become deranged lunatics who puke blood. Jim meets Selena (played by the beautiful Naomie Harris) and a handful of other survivors; they set out to find a cure for the virus. This movie comes highly recommended. I’d say this is one of the scariest movies in the last couple years because it very well COULD happen. It’s followed by 2007’s 28 WEEKS LATER. The end is extremely fucking nigh! See it!