At first glance, you would be forgiven for interpreting #Alive, the latest Korean zombie flick to hit Netflix, to be the first Covid-19 film of its nature.

After all, you have a lone man trapped in his room like a quarantined patient. Lots of people rushing on the streets as if they were ‘hoarding’ stuff before an epidemic. And utter chaos as authority figures try to curb the panic that’s going on.