28 Days Later (2002)

After animal rights activists break into a laboratory to free the animals, they are infected by a monkey with the rage virus. The virus quickly spreads through England turning people into zombies, aka the Infected, and desimating the population.

28 days later, Jim wakes from a coma in a London hospital to find the building and the city deserted. Being unaware of what has taken place, Jim roams the streets desperate to find human contact. After escaping from the Infected, Jim learns what has happened from two other survivors.

Eventually Jim and three others pick up an automated radio signal from the military and decides to head toward their destination in the hope that someone else is still alive. But the results of their quest are not what they had hoped for and they soon discover there are things even worse than fighting off the Infected.

The film was not what I expected. I had heard how scary it was, but instead found it more filled with tension than horror, (although I suppose the two can overlap). The idea of fighting to get to safety and then finding out that what you've sought out is worse than what you had before is very disturbing.