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Since George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968), the zombie has cemented itself within the pantheon of popular monsters. While not as sexy as the vampire or the werewolf, the zombie has become a staple point in popular culture as the interchangeably devouring mass that feeds off different influences pertinent to its appearance in media. The zombie has been a thrall, a guardian, the result of a curse and a prophetic result of religious damnation among many other examples of this undead phenomenon appearing throughout history. This paper will be concerned with the 28 Days Later (2002–present) franchise and argue that it was one of the defining films of the new millennium of zombiism. In 2002, the first film appeared under the conditions of terror due to 9/11 and following several decades of fear around pandemic and disease. I will begin exploring the context of the film and analyze the key themes of consumerism, terror and pandemic.

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The Devouring Mass of the Twenty-First Century: The Rage Zombie in the Epoch of Consumerism, Terror and Pandemic in the 28 Days Later Franchise

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    2025年

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  • Jack McCormack-Clark

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Since George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968), the zombie has cemented itself within the pantheon of popular monsters. While not as sexy as the vampire or the werewolf, the zombie has become a staple point in popular culture as the interchangeably devouring mass that feeds off different influences pertinent to its appearance in media. The zombie has been a thrall, a guardian, the result of a curse and a prophetic result of religious damnation among many other examples of this undead phenomenon appearing throughout history. This paper will be concerned with the 28 Days Later (2002–present) franchise and argue that it was one of the defining films of the new millennium of zombiism. In 2002, the first film appeared under the conditions of terror due to 9/11 and following several decades of fear around pandemic and disease. I will begin exploring the context of the film and analyze the key themes of consumerism, terror and pandemic.