28DaysLater writer Alex Garland has weighed in on a long-running debate about the classic horror flick: is it a zombie movie?🤔 “It’s a zombie movie. Whatever technical discrepancies may or may not exist, they’re pretty much zombies.”
The zombie debate surrounding Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later has finally been settled by the film’s writer, Alex Garland. After its debut in 2002, 28 Days Later – which tells of an apocalyptic future in which most of humanity has been wiped out by a killer virus – found much acclaim and went on to become one of the most influential contemporary zombie films.
Garland first got his start as the best-selling author of The Beach, a suspense novel about a group of backpackers who find their way to a secret island in Thailand. The book was adapted by screenwriter John Hodge for Boyle and Garland's first collaboration, the 2000 film of the same name, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton.
“I’m aware for years and years there’s been debates about that, over whether or not it’s a zombie movie. It’s a zombie movie. Whatever technical discrepancies may or may not exist, they’re pretty much zombies.” Oddly enough, Boyle doesn’t the feel the same way. The Trainspotting director has retained a firm belief over the years that 28 Days Later does not fall in to the zombie genre. But considering that Garland wrote the film, it’s hard to argue with the idea that he would be the one who knows the story and its characters best.
It would be somewhat naive to think that Garland’s assertion will finally end the debate surrounding the undead in 28 Days Later. The beloved genre wasn’t created by Garland, after all, so any attempt on his part to modify or alter the formula that more or less began with George A. Romero won’t get far with zombie traditionalists. That being said, every genre evolves to a certain degree over time.
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