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28 Days of Fear:
How Society’s Anxieties are Demonstrated in 28 Days Later and Tremors
In traditional horror films, themes always included the role of women along with society’s fear of death. 28 Days Later is a modern horror film that addresses society’s fears while Tremors is reminiscent of the horror genre of the 1950s, a genre that challenges society’s fears. ... Social fear of nuclear war was legitimate, and extended to fear of the weapons used to wage nuclear war. This fear of the weaponry resulted in movies like Them, in which ants of the southwest mutated to monstrous size because of radiation released by weapons testing. ... That these diseases and others, such as a common cold and influenza, have developed antibiotic resistance sent a shock wave of fear throughout the medical community.
28 Days Later director Danny Boyle, intentionally or unintentionally, metaphorically compares “rage” to the outbreaks of all the modern diseases that humans have not yet controlled. ... Medical researchers fear these diseases will prove Darwin’s theory of natural selection and kill all people not adapted to the disease.
As seen, 1950s horror films gave vent to society’s nuclear fear, but they also provided an expression of social anxiety about women’s changing roles. ...
Not only does Tremors contain the underlying fear of unnatural death but also the depiction of women. ...
The one woman who appears in 28 Days Later is Selena, a very strong, emotionally stoic individual who, on numerous occasions saves Jim’s life. ... Underwood’s audience would most fear nuclear war and powerful aliens. “Feeding” off that fear, Underwood then created the graboids. Boyle’s audience, on the other hand, would most fear the unleashing of an epidemic that could spread throughout society.
Approximate Word count = 1397
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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