28 Years Later Archives

The Best Horror Movie Of The Year Already Has A Sequel Trailer

Sony Pictures Entertainment 28 Years Later may have arrived 18 years after the trilogy’s last movie, but that delay’s not something Sony is looking to repeat. The long-awaited sequel was actually filmed back-to-back with the next film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta rather than franchise steward Danny Boyle. The Bone […]

Alpha Infected? The Craziest Part Of ’28 Years Later’ Is More Important Than We Thought

28 Years Later surprised viewers in a number of ways: It’s an emotional post-apocalyptic story that expands the world of Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later in truly fascinating ways — and it looks gnarly as hell. But some of the most surprising moments were the elements leading into 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the […]

Why The Wildest Apocalyptic Horror Movie Of the Year Looks Like Nothing Else in Hollywood

Sony Pictures Times have drastically changed in the two decades since Danny Boyle and Alex Garland delivered the most gripping apocalyptic horror thriller ever made, and changed the zombie genre forever. When 28 Days Later was released, the zombies had only ever been slow, camcorders were the cutting edge of technology, and the idea of […]

Hulu Just Quietly Added The Most Underrated Zombie Sequel

Fox Atomic It’s disappointing, but unsurprising, that director Danny Boyle has been somewhat inconsistent on whether his new film 28 Years Later is solely a direct follow-up to his 2002 zombie classic 28 Days Later or will acknowledge the events of 2007’s 28 Weeks Later. Even his recent assurances sound a bit dismissive. Maybe director […]

’28 Years Later’ Review: The Iconic Apocalyptic Horror Movie Gets A Wildly Fun Sequel

Ask 12 people the purpose of science fiction and you’ll get 13 different answers, but two likely agreed-upon definitions are ever-present in 28 Years Later. The first is to reflect contemporary anxieties — which a story of a deadly virus is sure to do just five years removed from the COVID-19 breakout. The second is […]

18 Years Later, A Controversial Apocalypse Sequel Is Finally Confirmed To Be Canon

20th Century Studios Originally, the 28 Days Later franchise had ended on an alarmingly bleak note. In the sequel helmed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the Rage Virus — which had been previously contained to the U.K., with all the Infected slowly dying of starvation — a new strain manages to activate, spreading beyond the London […]

Danny Boyle’s Failed Sci-Fi Experiment Almost Inspired A Trilogy

20th Century Fox 28 Years Later marks a surprising first for Danny Boyle and Alex Garland. Not only are the director and writer reuniting after a decade apart, but they’re doing so with a sequel. Apart from T2, Boyle’s 2017 sequel to Trainspotting, neither he nor Garland has attempted to build franchises out of their […]