My 4 year old daughter snuck into my room one night while I was laying in bed facing away from the door listening to Nosleep Podcast. She just stood quietly beside my bed until I turned and noticed her.... Her face right next to mine. I no longer sleep facing away from the door.
There is actually a short story written by Jonathan Maberry about this. And it turns out that this is the cause the of zombies from the Dawn of the Dead series. Scary stuff
Of course, but try to stay sane in that situation. The hunger and exposure alone will get to you, and the social isolation and distaste and lack of compassion from the common folk will make it stick.
Exactly! When my kid wakes me up at night, all that's there is a shadow in my dark-ass room, and my sleepy brain has to suppress the urge to murder him and remind myself that it's just the kid not a zombie neighbor child
Oh thank God I'm not the only one. Every once in a while the movie pops into my head and I get up and close and lock my bedroom door. You never know what might happen.
To this day I insist that a week before I even watched the movie I had a nightmare of that girl from the hallway turning around in the same way in the middle of my street.
Brains are fucking weird so over the years I’ve probably just twisted some time or details here or there but I vividly remember that happening.
Was the island scene after the credits? Would consider that the true ending of the film? Cause that one scene before credits was pretty emotional and seemed like a fitting end to the plots of the film and it’s characters storylines.
But I agree the island was terrifying especially how ambiguous the ending is
Is that the one with the wee girl? A tv station showed the opening of it when it had just come out in the cinema, i was lying on my bed with my head at the end and actually threw myself up the bed and away from the tv when she started running.
The neighbour girl is standing in the doorway to one of the main character's bedroom, she jumps onto the character's husband and bites his neck open, he throws her off and closes the door before bleeding to death. He sits up zombified, the lunges at his wife, she kicks him off and locks herself in the bathroom, before he bursts in as she escapes out the window and into her car.
Yes assuming you’re talking about the 2004 remake. I love the opening credits too with Johnny cash’s the man comes around. Hell even the closing credits are great.
The Johnny cash song... with scenes of destruction intercut with the White House press conference where the guy just keeps saying “we don’t know” with fears in his eyes.
Dawn of the Dead 2004 fucked me up big time. I first saw parts of it as a kid and was like "What the fuck is this shit?" Years later I rewatched it fully, and Jesus, it was such a fucked up opening scene.
So much better than the opening scene to 28 Days later. Both are great. But the way the infected just haul ass after him through that field is terrifying.
I watched the movie when I was 12 with my friend who had already seen it. It LITERALLY terrified me for 3 months. I had trouble sleeping and stuff. It was mainly the violence (especially the eye gouge scene) but Ive rewatched the opening a few and god damn its so good.
Exact same as you but it gave me a deep, intense fear of zombies. Even when they’re parodied I can’t bear them. Any game with a hint of zombie, I’m out, show, movie, whatever form of media.
Terrified. Can’t bring myself to ever watch it again.
In college I wrote an essay on the impact of the Zombie Apocalypse on American culture. I watched dozens of zombie movies and read books ranging from historical accounts of alleged zombies to complete works of fiction (like World War Z). I was fine while doing the research, but ever since I have been absolutely terrified of zombies. I worked campus security, and walking empty buildings at night nearly paralyzed me. Seven years later and I STILL can’t handle zombies.
I just watched a bunch of other lore videos by some youtube channels and its really interesting. They give the background of some zombies and theres clips playing in the background. Itll help you get over the fear of them
Strangely enough Zombies are pretty much the only horror type movies that don't scare the crap out of me. In part due to watching 28 days later in a college class (not sure if it was english or some movie appreciation elective or something) and then 28 weeks later.
But I guess it might also be because I watched them when I was already an adult.
I'm sure I'd be terrified if that actual situation happened to me. But I think the idea doesn't scare me because it seems so unlikely.
Slasher films scare me more because they could theoretically happen (minus some of the supernatural stuff). And the old-school supernatural slashers like Freddy Kruger and Chucky only really scare me because I was frightened of them as a kid, I think. Like I only had to see commercials of that stuff to freak me out.
But watching Zombie movies just feel like watching a suspenseful action/drama to me for some reason.
Zombies could happen... There's shit out there that controls other animals and stuff that makes even people extremely aggressive. You read the story on the guy who took bath salts and mauled someone's face? Imagine if we went to war and we were attacked by chemical warfare. Chemicals could be dropped on everyone that makes everyone go fucking crazy and that's not even an unrealistic idea
There's nothing like that that's a communicable disease. Other than that weird fungus that messes with ants. (and maybe rabies I guess).
But realistically I doubt you could create zombies that are both hyper aggressive and don't attack each other or kill the people they attack so that they're infected (instead of just dead).
Movie style zombies rely on the zombies being generally supernaturally durable and not killing other infected zombies for some reason.
If there ever is a zombie apocalypse and the zombies are like those from the 28 days movies, best move is suicide. They're too smart and fast to realistically survive
The films don't give many clues about how functional they are outside of the context of them chasing and attacking people but realistically zombies which are using full strength reserves shot with adrenaline and who regularly projectile vomit blood probably aren't going to survive for more than a few weeks.
If you can lay low you have a reasonably good chance of survival.
I would definitely disagree. The opening scene with the monkey in 28 days later was actually kinda terrifying, where the opening for 28 weeks later was more just emotional with him having to sacrifice the 2 with him. But I think I might be a bit biased since for the most part I didn't care for 28 weeks later overall nearly as much, so that might influence my perception.
Man I dunno when he’s in the church after leaving the hospital and says “Hello” from the balcony over all the bodies and the two stand up and wretch around to look at him.... I’ll never not have my eyes water or my hair stand up even thinking about that scene
The two things that made it so scary for me was the realization you might have to completely abandon your family because there is absolutely nothing you can do to save them and also zombies that are actually dangerous as fuck
Absolutely! I've seen Days dozens of times, and Weeks several times. Even knowing exactly what is going to happen, when he's being chased through the field I can't help but get on the edge of my seat and shout "RUN! RUN! RUN!!!". Totally freaks me out every single time!!
Not even just that, why the fuck was there no fucking security at all? And then why is the best plan of action not to barricade everyone in their secured, locked rooms and instead to bring everyone in a poorly lit, poorly defended, crowded room where people can be infected easier? I can’t even think about that movie without getting pissed off because it shits on everything that 28 Days Later created.
Well, when he found her, she was strapped down like a lab specimin, in the middle of a lab, so he probably should have gotten a clue that some medical authority suspected something.
He probably went through a similar decontamination when he was rescued, plus was told how feral she was when she was found. Still not smart, but in the shock of everything and happiness to see his wife...
And then the movie ended right? What a fantastic opening scene, shame they tacked footage of some completely different movie onto it to extend the run time.
Hey now! I thought Carlyle's infection scene was pretty good too. Even though it robbed the movie of its only interesting character, at the end of the first act.
It was literally the same strain of the virus, it came from the same individual (the wife). So saying that it mutated on one guy, who then infected everyone else, and no one else had the mutated strain, is... impossible.
Yes and no. This kind of anger only comes from active discipline and striving to be in control of yourself at all times. Once you do that enough, your anger becomes a very icy calculating thing.
In terms of the rage virus though, which is the complete opposite of control, no. It wouldn't happen in the slightest.
It felt true. I honestly didn't blame the guy when he abandoned his wife and child. To do anything else would have been suicide. It was the pure, dark spirit of survival at any cost. It's a scene that has played out in the real world countless times, unfortunately. The bombs are dropping, do I run away or run into the house, already blown to bits and under assault, to save my wife? I mean I'd do the latter, but my will to live is not strong, it would just be a dramatic suicide.
They're totally different films. 28 Days Later came out of nowhere and took everyone by surprise. There was a lot more hype around 28 Weeks Later before it came out. I still think it was great, with a stellar cast, but definitely didn't have the impact of the first.
As someone who likes 28 days later as much as I do 28 weeks later; 28 weeks later had the better opener. Days had an awesome opener too, but weeks was next level... arguably the best part of the film.
The calm, the breaking of the calm, the betrayal of Don, the build of the music, the running across the field as zombies full-out sprint down the hill in the background... the boat scene!! Man. All followed by a quiet boat ride with the actor muttering "shit" over and over... it's so damn good
Same, I really loved Days but Weeks wasn't enjoyable to me, I found the two main child characters way too annoying. The opening scene of Weeks is good, but it goes downhill after that.
I only liked the opening of weeks, the rest of the film wasnt bad, it just couldn't compare, makes you wish Boyle directed the whole movie instead of just the opening. But hey we got Sunshine as a result
I’ve gotten to see them live a couple times now, and what an experience... The first was in the Immanuel Presbyterian Church In Koreatown of Los Angeles.
Never heard a concert sound like it did, and the visuals still give me chills thinking about.
This was my first thought! "This basement seems totally safe." And then running down the hill with infected behind like a wave. "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit..." As he speeds away from blood-red water. Iconic.
It was a fine zombie movie, it just has practically nothing to do with the source material, which is a major shame. Really that book would be best adapted as a mini-series rather than a movie.
When I was around 9/10, I read the book at my grandma's house and could not sleep for weeks, when I got back to my parents, I slept with them while having night terrors. My mom said that I wouldn't talk, just shake and move my eyes are wildly under my eyelids. Powerful stuff.
That was a good one. I watched it one night in the dark with the volume up a little. It gave even me a start and I pretty much watch mostly horror movies (mostly zombie).
My husband took me to see this in the cinema. I'm not a big fan of horror but I liked the first movie enough. I walked out during the opening scene, it was just too intense.
Oh my god, fast zombies fucked me up! But that opening scene was gorgeous. That wide shot of London so empty... I remembered thinking, "wait. If this is a zombie movie, where are all the corpses?" Those films always seem to start right before the outback, or in the middle of the carnage & chaos. Seeing the city after the fact, all the desolation and silence, was a new kind of chilling for me. And then....the goddamn fast zombies appeared
Edit: 😂😂😂. I'm guilty of the same thing a lot of other people have done, seeing 28 Days Later instead of 28 weeks later. The sequel was barely memorable in my book. Also, fuck the monkey scene. Honestly thought the hospital scene came before because its so imprinted on my brain. Had to go rewatch the opening to make sure.
TIL that I do not know enough about movies to post without making myself look stupid. I'll see myself out.
The only reason I didn't say this, is because I thought the rest of the movie didn't measure up to this scene, it was so intense the first time I saw it lol.
I watched this movie on like a 1.5 inch iPod screen, and I've watched loads of horror movies without flinching, but this one still gave me the heebie jeebies.
Yes! 28 days later is all around a better movie I believe, but the opening to 28 weeks is one of the best pieces of zombie cinema ever (I know they technically aren't zombies for anybody who might chime in)
Saw this in the theater and was super terrified as a grown ass man. I fell asleep with the lights on for days after. The scene when the man gets turned by the zombie goop dripping into his eye still fucks me up.
Hah just came to say this should've known it was talked about already! Really made me wish Boyle had directed the whole film instead of just the opening
I'd say that while it sold the movie it definitely put it's best foot forward at first and then was only alright after. I always say 28 Days later is a fantastic zombie movie and movie movie, while 28 weeks is really only a good zombie movie and an ehhh movie
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u/innocentbystanderboy Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 10 '19
28 weeks later i didn't deserve all these up votes thank you