28 Days Later

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• Another aspect of rendering the zombie movie more contemporary was the idea that the virus didn't necessarily affect people physically (it doesn't kill them as in traditional zombie movies), but psychologically. Both Alex Garland and Danny Boyle felt that the idea that the virus renders people zombie-like due to uncontrollable rage was a good metaphor for the contemporary phenomenon of social rage (such as road rage, air rage, hospital rage etc). They liked the idea that the virus simply amplifies something already in each and every man and woman, rather than turning them into something entirely Other, as is the traditional route in zombie movies.
• Movie Goof (crew or equipment visible): SPOILER: When Frank has been shot and the soldiers are approaching his body, you can see a cameraman lying down at the right of the screen in front of a concrete block. He's clearly visible for about three seconds.
• The angelic song that plays in the background, particularly during the car trip, is called "In Paradisum" by Gabriel Fauré.
• Movie Goof (errors in geography): On the radio broadcast about the location of the blockade, it says it is on the M602, north-east of Manchester. But the M602 only runs of Manchester.