In the decades since 28 Days Later was unleashed upon the world and gave birth to one of the great horror franchises of our time, Danny Boyle’s lo-fi, ingenious, and utterly terrifying thriller is often remembered for one particular scene. The London sequence where we first meet Cillian Murphy’s Jim is the stuff of wonder thanks to its eerily empty city streets, intensity, and that iconic Godspeed You! Black Emperor track. I do think this is an all-time great sequence, but there’s another that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough.
With 28 Days Later now streaming for anyone with a Netflix subscription (along with its 2025 sequel, 28 Years Later), I rewatched the terrifying zombie movie and quickly remembered just how much I love one underrated scene that features no infected and no tension, but a whole lot of good, clean fun.
