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28 Days Later Revisit: A Low-Budget Catalyst to the Zombie Genre

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  Copyright © Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Title : 28 Days Later Director : Danny Boyle Release Date : November 1, 2002     Not only do we have the Paddington movies, but we have something from way earlier. It had a cheap budget, but it astoundingly broke out with a good box office gross and reputation. Likewise, it's even getting an upcoming sequel in June. Today's movie that we are revisiting is 28 Days Later , the iconic 2000s flick that changed stories of zombies. Despite its $8 million budget, it gained a big gross of $84.6 million worldwide. Critic and audience reviews were so overwhelmingly positive that it even turned into a franchise. Because of its story and disturbance, we have to thank 28 Days Later for letting the chimps take the zombie genre to the next level. Summary    "A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research lab. When ...