28 Days Later

British filmmaker Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later nearly raised the dead at the box office, reviving the zombie movie genre that last saw its heyday in the early '80s. Fox's DVD is looking to do the same with a host of special features that inform, entertain--and frighten. Extra footage that did not survive the editing process abounds with six lengthy deleted scenes, two alternate endings (including the one that was attached to more than 1,200 prints and issued in an unprecedented theatrical release) and one "Radical Alternative Ending," for which filmmakers use storyboards and narration to show a completely different climactic concept. The made-for-UK-TV documentary Pure Rage: The Making of 28 Days Later by Toby James gives a chilling report on not only how certain aspects of the film were accomplished, but also a real-world view from professors and scholars in the medical field on the likelihood that the film's subject virus could be a reality. The audio commentary by Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland is informative and entertaining and answers everyone's question as to how London's bustling streets were made to look completely deserted. "People always asked me, 'How did you get Ewan McGregor to come out of the toilet in Trainspotting,'" says Boyle. "Now they ask me, 'How did you shoot the London scenes?'" --Jamie Clark