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Originally posted by MrShape
Depends on how you're defining zombies. The only real difference between the ones in 28 Days Later and George Romero's or Dan O'Bannon's zombies are that the 28's never actually die. But 28 is still a zombie film any way you slice it. Boyle's insistance that "they're not zombies" sounds suspiciously like "it's not a horror film".
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Actually, I believe Boyle was reluctant to categorize 28 Days as a horror film, due to the stigma attached to the genre. I think he was trying to do more of a commentary on how unprepared we are for a possible epidemic, in response to things like the anthrax scare and SARS. But it is a horror film ... no denying that.