You know, I’m gone for a whole week, I come back, check my email and I have somewhere up to a hundred emails in my Inbox. The sucker is almost maxed out on space. Guess how many of those emails I actually wanted to read?

Keep guessing…

That’s right, a whole ONE. 1 ONE 1! What kind of bullshit is that? If I ever move or something I’m probably going to need a new email account. Look out for that in the future. SPAM is ruining my life.

And now for my 28 Days Later review:

——28 Days Later——

Man, was it nice to see this after seeing such a crappy movie as Tomb Raider. [To see how much I hated that, scroll down below for my rant of a review] A lot of people have talked about the third act and how they didn’t think it worked. I loved it. A lot of people have talked bad about the digital video. I, again, loved it.

I think the horror genre, more than any other, definitely benefits from grainy film stock. All of the older horror movies used it (mostly because of budget) and I don’t think it hurt those movies at all. It enhances them I think. Watching grainy footage reminds you of watching home videos (back then Super 8, now VHS and digital camcorders). And since it reminds you of home movies it makes the films that much scarier, since because of this it makes the film seem more real and pulls you in more. Grainy picture makes things a little harder to see, and thus lets your imagination do some of the work for them. I thought the DV was used amazingly in 28 Days. Shots were framed perfectly and the movie was just that much more creepy because of it.

I also loved the ending because it was probably one of the most intense things I’ve seen in a very long time. I was on the edge of my seat, mouth wide open, and creeped the fuck out. Those zombies are intense man, but not nearly as intense as something else in the ending that I’m not going to ruin for those of you who haven’t seen it. I will say, however, that it was hard-fucking-core.

I’ve seen a lot of zombie movies recently, and this ranks at the very top of the list for me. These are some of the scariest zombies out there, there is plenty of blood to go around, and the story, although it won’t win any awards, does its job extremely effectively and is better than 99% of all horror movies. The characters are real, the situation feels real, and everything is handled well.

The movie was also extremely scary. I’d put it right after Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the short list of movies that actually succeeded in creeping me out. I loved this movie. I’m going to recommend it to everyone. Best movie of the summer I think. I give this movie an enthusiastic A.

I had one problem with it though. Not with the actual movie, but with the bonus ending after the credits. It blows. The whole thing is a “What if?” that goes nowhere. It shows the what if? part and then goes nowhere with it…the end. That’s it. What the hell? I stayed through the credits for THAT? It’s nothing and not worth staying for if you were considering it.