10 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 21st Century

4. 28 Days Later (2002)

Danny Boyle has long since proven himself one of the most eclectic directors around, having made everything from drug-themed dramas (Trainspotting) to epic space adventures (Sunshine). Here he shows other horror directors how it should be done with this ferociously scary Brit horror that€™s set four weeks after a deadly virus has spread throughout the country. A handful of survivors, played by the likes of Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris, then try to make their way to a military safe zone they heard about over the radio. From the early sequence in which Murphy's unsuspecting hospital patient wakes up and walks around an eerily deserted London, it€™s clear that this is a truly special piece of horror filmmaking. There€™s a terrific verocity to the way Boyle directs it, helping give the scenes of the Rage-infected monsters (for all intents and purposes zombies) running full speed at their victims a sense of terrifying urgency.