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Dominique Hines

Lights, camera… iPhone?! 28 Years Later to Stormzy’s Big Man - the incredible films shot entirely on phones

28 Year's Later and Stormzy's Big Man were filmed on smartphones - (Courtesy of Jason Nocito)

Why spend £80,000 on a cinema-grade camera when the most talked-about horror film of 2025 was shot on… an iPhone?

Yes, really. Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later, a $75 million sequel to his iconic zombie flick 28 Days Later, was filmed almost entirely using an adapted iPhone 15 - and not even the latest model.

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