10 Horror Movies Scenes Shot For Real
4. That Was The Real London Early On - 28 Days Later
One of the most iconic openings in horror history, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later had viewers utterly gripped within minutes.
Following on from seeing how the "rage virus" ultimately broke out into the world, we jump forward - you guessed it - 28 days after the outbreak and are introduced to Cillian Murphy's Jim, a bicycle courier who was knocked over and put in a coma just before the world got infected.
And it's those moments that see Jim wander around a largely abandoned city of London that have likely left many people assuming they were just watching some rather impressive CGI and green screen work. But this was anything but a digital creation, folks.
Boyle and co. had gotten up extra early and managed to shoot the biggest city in the United Kingdom at a time when it wasn't overflowing with tourists.
Murphy would later recall (via GQ at 3:52 in the video above) people being asked to stop walking and the set being swiftly dressed by the art department so they could get the all-important shots - like him walking across a deserted Westminster Bridge - in the can. Numerous small cameras were also used by the crew to ensure they had the footage needed.
And that was it. No, fake backgrounds or sets. Just a hard-working crew getting the job done in the early hours of the morning.