10 Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Broke All The Rules
6. 28 Days Later
Okay, so in the abstract "what if zombies, but quick?" doesn't sound like the most extraordinary sci fi horror innovation.
But Trainspotting director Danny Boyle's propulsive horror thriller 28 Days Later, based on a script by Ex Machine scribe Alex Garland, went on to redefine the design of the walking dead onscreen ever since its 2002 release.
The tense sci-fi horror reanimated (eh?) the zombie sub genre through the small but pivotal innovation of speeding up its infamously shambolic villains.
This zombie horror turned the walking dead into the running dead and tripled their potential for terror in the process, resulting in a string of later flicks ranging from the mega budget blockbuster World War Z to Zack Snyder's 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake repeating this nifty trick.