It’s when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life.

2002
Shot primarily on low-resolution digital video, 28 Days Later carries a striking visual rawness that enhances its atmosphere of disorientation and decay. The grainy handheld aesthetic makes the apocalypse feel unavoidable, as if we’re watching found footage from a catastrophe already in motion. That visual texture brings us uncomfortably close to the chaos, stripping away the cinematic polish we’re used to and immersing us in a world where normalcy has completely unraveled.
The infected, in all their fury, are tragic…