A Scary, Shocking Celluloid Experience

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2008)

There are horror movies that really scare and there are horror movies that really shock. For me, this one does both. As a die-hard horror fan, I would have to say that this is probably the best horror movie ever made and is better than the original. This film grips from start to finish. The scare factor is rife throughout the film. It succeeds in unsettling and scaring viewers when required. The part which gave a real fright was when one of the survivors looks through a gap in a boarded-up window looking out for her boyfriend only to be confronted by the infected. Realism is key here. The film makes you believe that you are witnessing real fear and panic and the reality that calm can so easily turn to anarchy in a second. The gore, the likes of which has never been seen before in mainstream British cinema, is great and the pace is almost breakneck. The most unsettling thing about this celluloid experience is the realism that you do not know what they are cooking up in science labs. This is the movie which could more terrifyingly close to reality than the producers think.