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Metro
32 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
9 skin-crawling zombie films to watch after 28 Years Later
Twenty-three years after we first saw the devastating effects of the Rage Virus, 28 Years Later has finally hit cinema screens. Rumours of a sequel to smash hit zombie films 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later have been rumbling following the release of the latter in 2007. And horror fans' prayers were answered when director Danny Boyle officially announced a third film was on the way with original writer Alex Garland returning. Not only that, 28 Years Later is part of a trilogy of films, so there's even more terrifying running undead moments to haunt our nightmares on the way. Released today in cinemas, 28 Years Later is set almost 30 years after the events of the first film (as the title would suggest), in which a group of survivors have found ways to live among the infected. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, and Jodie Comer, it is undoubtedly one of the biggest horror films hitting the big screen in 2025. But before you check it out in cinemas, you can get in the mood for some brain-eating action with these nine zombie films streaming right now. Where to watch: StudioCanal+ via Prime Video You probably don't expect to end a zombie film in floods of tears, but we can promise that is likely to happen if you decide to watch Train to Busan. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, the 2016 horror film mostly takes place on a KTX train from Seoul to Busan when a zombie apocalypse breaks out in the city. Two of the passengers on the train are Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) and his daughter Su-an (Kim Su-an), travelling to see Seok-woo's estranged wife and Su-an's mum, Na-young. Where to watch: Prime Video The opening scene of 28 Days Later is incredibly eerie, with Cillian Murphy's Jim waking up to find the world ravaged by the Rage Virus. 2018 film The Night Eats The World begins much the same, with musician Sam (Anders Danielsen Lie) waking to find himself the lone survivor in a city hit by a zombie apocalypse. Trapped in an apartment, he barricades himself in and begins formulating a way to survive. Where to watch: Available to rent via Prime Video, Apple TV+, and the Sky Store Following in the footsteps of the 28 Days franchise, The Girl With All the Gifts is a refreshing and bleak take on the zombie film that questions the state of humanity. The film begins on a military base where children, who harbour a disease caused by a parasitic fungus, are held in the hope of obtaining the cure that turns humans into mindless zombies called 'hungries.' When the base is attacked, one child, Melanie (Sennia Nanua), escapes with teacher Helen Justineau (Gemma Arterton), Sergeant Eddie Parks (Paddy Considine), Dr. Caroline Caldwell (Glenn Close), and soldier Gallagher (Fisayo Akinade). Where to watch: Shudder via Prime Video Released last year, MadS quickly became one of the highest-rated horror films of 2024 according to Rotten Tomatoes, and it's easy to see why. Directed by David Moreau and told all in one, long take, it follows the story of French club kid Romain (Milton Riche), who wakes up from another night of partying to do it all over again. While driving, he encounters an escaped patient from a local medical facility who appears to be injured, drastically changing the course of his evening. Where to watch: Arrow via Prime Video Found footage films immerse us in the events onscreen, which is absolutely terrifying when you consider the events of REC. The 2007 film stars Manuela Velasco as reporter Ángela Vidal, who, along with her cameraman Pablo (Pablo Rosso), accompanies a group of firefighters to an emergency call at an apartment building. Once inside, she discovers an infection is spreading among the residents, and all occupants must follow a strict quarantine, with the events of the night being captured in full, horrifying detail by Pablo's camera. Where to watch: JustWatch TV and FOUND for free Another chilling found footage zombie film is Savageland, which unfolds in one of the most unique ways of any pick on this list. The mockumentary explores the massacre of a small border town separating Arizona and Mexico, with suspicion falling on the lone survivor. However, the photographic evidence captured by the man shows the chilling details of what really happened. Where to watch: Available to rent via Prime Video and Apple TV+ The adage 'til death do us part' is proven very, very false in the 2014 horror comedy Life After Beth. Loosely based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Life After Beth follows Zach (Dane DeHaan), who is grieving the loss of his girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza). However, when she is reanimated as a zombie, he is now tasked with preventing her deterioration while giving their relationship another shot at happiness. Where to watch: Prime Video Many films on this list take place in limited locations with protagonists defending themselves against flesh-hungry zombies in a contained space. And 2008 psychological thriller Pontypool, based on the novel Pontypool Changes Everything, is no different. The film follows radio announcer Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie), who finds himself trapped at his radio station during a live broadcast as a zombie outbreak begins, with Mazzy and the crew inside forced to fight for survival. Where to watch: Available to rent via Prime Video, Apple TV+, and the Sky Store More Trending Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in a zombie film, and what's more, it will absolutely devastate you to your core. It is unique in that it is set after the zombie apocalypse, but society has not completely fallen; rather, it is coming to terms with the devastating effects it has had on society. In the Midwest United States, Wade (Schwarzenegger) is enjoying his final weeks with his daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin) after she was bitten by a zombie and is slowly turning into one of them. 28 Years Later is in cinemas now. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Incredible films that were shot on an iPhone including 28 Years Later and Netflix hit MORE: James Gunn confirms controversial scene from Superman trailer isn't in the final cut MORE: Jurassic World Rebirth embraces hardcore horror: 'I waited for the studio to say no'
Mint
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
What to watch this week: ‘28 Years Later', ‘The Phoenician Scheme' and more
With 28 Days Later (2002) and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later (2007), director Danny Boyle introduced a simple but telling innovation: fast zombies. The cast of the new film includes Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, and Jack O'Connell. (In theatres) A still from 'Elio'. Pixar will be hoping to make a splash with Elio, the story of a young boy who's beamed up into space and become Earth's emissary to other worlds. Directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina. (In theatres) A still from 'The Phoenician Scheme'. Wes Anderson's latest is set in the 1950s and revolves around arms dealer Zsa-Zsa Korda (Benicio Del Toro), who's trying to get in the good graces of his estranged daughter, Sister Liesl (Mia Threapleton). The cast is eclectic: Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch. (In theatres) A still from 'Twin Peaks'.
Perth Now
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Danny Boyle had a 'nightmare' filming naked zombies for 28 Years Later
Danny Boyle has admitted it was a "nightmare" filming naked zombies for new horror movie 28 Years Later. The moviemaker has stepped back into the director's chair to helm the new horror - written by Alex Garland - 23 years after the pair's first film 28 Days Later hit cinemas and Danny has revealed they needed to take extra care not to have "naked" actors on the set because they had strict rules in place to protect the film's child star Alfie Williams. Speaking to PEOPLE, Danny explained: "I mean, if you're recently infected [with the zombie virus], you'd have some clothes, but if you've been infected for a long time, the clothes would just disintegrate with the way that you behave. "We never knew that [about rules governing nudity on set when there's a child present] going in, it was a nightmare." Danny went on to explain the work-around they came up with, adding: "Interestingly, because there was a 12-year-old boy on set, you're not allowed for anybody to be naked, not really naked, so they look naked, but it's all prosthetics ... "So it's like: 'Oh my God,' so we had to make everybody prosthetic genitals'." Danny revealed he was keen to push boundaries with the elements of nudity and gore in the film and he's glad studio bosses were supportive of his plans. He told Variety: "I think one of the wonderful things about horror is that you're expected to maximize the impact of your story. Everybody wants to do that with a drama, with the romance, whatever. "But with horror, it's obviously gonna be brutal, some of it. What we loved was setting it against an innocence that's represented by the various children in it, and also the landscape, the beauty of the landscape, the nature. "Having those two forces stretches your story as far as you can go, if you maximize them. That was our principle and the studio was supportive of that, of course they were." 28 Years Later is out this month and a fourth film in the series 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - directed by Nia DaCosta with Danny as a producer - has already been shot ahead of a planned January 2026 launch date. However, the 'Trainspotting' moviemaker hopes to be back in the directing chair if the final movie is given the green light. The series was created by Alex Garland - who wrote the screenplays for all the films except for second instalment 28 Weeks Later - and started with Cillian Murphy's character Jim, who awakes from a coma to discover Britain has been plagued by a terrible pandemic known as the Rage Virus, which turns those affected turn into murderous zombies. Cillian makes a brief appearance in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and is due to be given a bigger role in the untitled follow-up, but Alex Garland has revealed there's still no script for the next month. He told Variety: "The script isn't written. It's strange: There's a story, there's a plan, there's a structure ... So short answer: I've got the idea, I've got the plan, but there's not a script. I'm waiting to see what happens, I suppose."
Euronews
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Film of the Week: '28 Years Later' - Bold, brilliant and Brexity
When we left the 28 (pick your time span) Later franchise in 2007, the protocol-breaching actions of two misguided siblings led to the carpetbombing of London's no-longer-safe zone. Kids... What can you do? 28 Weeks Later, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's surprisingly effective follow up to director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland's 2002 zombie genre revitalizing horror experience, ended with a devilish final stinger that had audiences saying 'Et, merde' at the sight of the Rage Virus-infected emerging from a Paris Métro. 18 years later (in the real world) and 28 years later (in the Rage-infested world), Boyle and Garland are back, and they're not keen to simply rest on their laurels. We quickly learn that the terrifying pandemic has been beaten back from mainland Europe (the French presumably shrugged off the infestation and dusted off the guillotines) and that Rage is contained to Blighty. They really can't catch a break... And in many ways, that's the point. While the infected are still out and about, there exists a safe space – an island within an island. Its name is Lindisfarne, aka: Holy Island, and it's in this isolationist community, only connected to the UK mainland via a causeway crossable at low tide, where we meet 12-year-old Spike (newcomer Alfie Williams). His scavenger father Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is keen to make a man out of him and so decides to embark on a coming-of-age ritual of sorts: take him inland for the first time in search of his first kill. As Spike's bedbound and mysteriously sick mother Isla (Jodie Comer) foretells in a fit of expletives, it's a really dumb idea... 28 Years Later doesn't look or feel like 28 Days Later. Or 28 Weeks Later, for that matter. So those wanting more of the same may end up disappointed. Ditching the lo-fi, punk rawness of the first brush with sprinting nightmare fuel and the equally lean-and-mean feel of the second, 28 Years Later is crisper and more expensive-looking. While that may frustrate some audiences, what's clear is that Boyle and Garland didn't come back to simply cash in and play it safe. It couldn't be any other way. 28 Days Later breathed new life into a horror mainstay by having the sprinting Rage-infected replacing traditional reanimated corpses. More than two decades later, zombies have invaded the screens and become ubiquitous – to the point of exhaustion. From the big screen offerings of the Rec franchise, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland and Planet Terror (to mention only the high points) to the zeitgeist-capturing small screen hits The Walking Dead and The Last Of Us, civilisation-threatening outbreaks featuring ravenous walkers, crawlers and biters have become mainstream. The only way was forward. And a lot has happened since 2007's 28 Weeks Later – namely Brexit and a worldwide pandemic. Both of these resonate in 28 Years Later, especially the self-inflicted isolationist wound. The nationalist and seclusionist subtext becomes text: Saint George's Cross flying above the community; the banner reading 'Fail we may but go we must'; the sea patrol keeping the infection contained to the UK; the 'us' and 'them'-ness of looking backwards to a past of the England that once was... It all makes for a simple but effective Brexit analogy. It's not particularly subtle; but then again, no allegory-infused zombie movie ever was. And neither was Brexit. The obviousness of certain thematical strands is countered by some far more surprising choices, like the teasing-and-ditching of The Wicker Man motifs and the Summerisle setting in favour of exploring the evolution of the infected. Of course, the introduction of various kinds of berserkers ('slow-lows' or the terrifying 'Alphas' with Predator penchants for spine-yanking) will lead to inescapable comparisons with The Last Of Us. But the script does enough to explore the potential of its ideas without toppling into déjà vu – particularly when one initially grating yet radical element is introduced... Then there are unpredictably profound moments in the second half of the film, culminating in the Memento Mori / Memento Amori dichotomy, which is brilliantly delivered by the show's last act MVP Dr. Kelson, played to perfection by Ralph Fiennes. His scenes with Spike have an emotional resonance that elevates the material and make it hard to fathom how Alfie Williams is so accomplished for a first-time actor. We'll hopefully be seeing both Boy Meets World and the iodine-covered Colonel Kurtz again soon, as 28 Years Later was filmed back-to-back with the first sequel in a planned new trilogy, titled 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, which is slated to hit theaters in January 2026. Let's pray Young Fathers return too, as their terrific soundtrack is not worth ignoring. From the Teletubbies opening to a heroically bizarre finale which scoffers will likely liken to The Village, via a three-act structure that makes a young hero's odyssey evolve from a father-son adventure to a mother-son rescue mission to a young father figure spreading his wings, 28 Years Later's strange verve is exhilarating. While there are some pacing issues, as well as surplus to requirement CGI moments involving swarms of birds and deer, Boyle and Garland have truly outdone themselves. Without skimping on the edge-of-your-seat tension and gruesome viscera that made the first two instalments so pant-browningly effective, their belated sequel is a radical revival that eschews the obvious at every turn. It may not satisfy everyone, but give us daring over safe any day / week / year of the Rage pandemic. 28 Years Later is out in cinemas now. "Wake up, wake up" is the chorus of the Felix Flavour music that Jeny BSG choreographed for the Dance4Refugees campaign on Instagram and at the Bozar arts venue in Brussels. It's also the call to action for people everywhere to speak out and show their support for refugees. "Everyone needs to wake up. It's time to talk about it, it's time to help, it's time to react. We can't stay silent, we have to speak out for the oppressed and that's what I'm doing," she told Euronews. Jenybsg (@jenybsg)'in paylaştığı bir gönderi The social media campaign challenges people to post their versions of the choreography on Instagram and donate funds. It is aimed primarily at young people, who Jeny works with at her dance school and when she travels abroad. 'I try to reach out to the younger generation because for me they are the change, they can make a difference in this world. Dance was, for me, a great way to bring attention and change the narrative, to celebrate the strength, potential and resilience of refugees,' Jeny said. The dancer and choreographer was born in Belgium, where her family sought refuge from the decades-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A background that left its mark on the artist and led her to activism in collaboration with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). "My family fled violence in the 1990s. My elder brothers spent time in a refugee camp. My mother and my father have experienced displacement, violence, fear, struggle", she recalls. More than 6.9 million people are internally displaced across the DRC, with an additional one million refugees and asylum-seekers in neighbouring countries, according to the UNHCR. This 'legacy' brought additional self-imposed responsibilities for Jeny, who set herself the task of 'not failing' and being a voice for the Congolese diaspora: 'Today I am living proof that the origin of refugees does not define the limits of refugees, but rather their strengths.' Jeny uses her platform to promote marginalized voices, having founded the AfroHouseBelgium, a Brussels-based dance school. She's also been working with the UNHCR since last year to amplify the stories of those forced to flee. "Dance is universal and the refugee cause today is also universal. We know that refugees come from all around the world: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, DRC and other countries. But they are not only statistics or numbers. Their lives matter, and they are like us", she says. The UN says there are currently 123 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, twice more than a decade ago. Almost 37 million of them are refugees. The organisation warns that recent drastic cuts in humanitarian aid funding are putting their lives at risk. Funding for the agency is now roughly at the same level as a decade ago, said Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, at the launch of the annual Global Trends Report on 12 June. 'We are living in a time of intense volatility in international relations, with modern warfare creating a fragile, harrowing landscape marked by acute human suffering", Grandi highlighted. The report found that, contrary to widespread perceptions in wealthier regions, 67 per cent of refugees stay in neighbouring countries, with low and middle-income countries hosting 73 per cent of the world's refugees.
Indian Express
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
28 Years Later Movie Review: Danny Boyle's legacy sequel leaves you hungry for what comes next
28 Years Later Movie Review: There are three distinct parts of 28 Years Later that could well be three different films. They shift tonally, the past hardly informing the present. It may not be storytelling at its best, but you may not care, so stunning is 28 Years Later in how it looks and sounds. Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, who won an Oscar for another Danny Boyle film, Slumdog Millionaire, pulls you into this apocalyptic world. Death is beautiful here, but so is pulsating life, even of some the zombies, or 'the infected' as Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland call them. And, above all, is nature, which has risen pristine in this new, quiet world. Then there is the inspired use of Rudyard Kipling's 1903 poem Boots, about wars and soldiers marching zombie-like into it. The spoken-word recording of it by actor Taylor Holmes in 1915 is used for its psychological effect in US military training. Once you have heard it in 28 Years Later, you will know exactly why. A thematic if not actual sequel to Boyle-Garland's excellent 2002 film 28 Days Later – there was also 28 Weeks Later in the middle – this one finds us 28 years after a rage virus laid London to waste and, then, spread out. Now, the infected have been confined to the British mainland, with the uninfected having built for themselves a safe haven on an island dangerously close. A causeway over the sea waters connects the two, and while impregnable during high tide, it is used during low tide by the islanders to go across and forage for food, fuel and to hunt. A gate (big, sure) and a watchtower (manned, sure) are the only things preventing the infected from making the trip in reverse. Watch 28 Years Later Movie trailer here: On the island, the uninfected lead a presumably idyllic, pastoral, pre-modern life – farming, raising animals, praying and sharing meagre resources. One link, though, exists to their previous lives: a Queen Elizabeth portrait. It's here that we are introduced to Spike (Williams), a 12-year-old, who is being taken for his first trip to the mainland by father Jamie (Taylor-Johnson). His mother Isla (Comer) objects, but she is too laid down by a mystery illness to put up much of a resistance. Plus, Spike is too pumped as the entire island cheers him on. What follows is a rude growing-up for Spike, in the vastness and enticing mystery of the world yonder, in keeping one's nerves, in fear, and especially – to his disappointment – in the lying ways of adults. In their trip to the mainland, the father and son meet the Slow Lows, the infected who are essentially giant hippos crawling on all fours and eating worms, as well as the scrawny spike-like figures who chase them in droves. They also meet the 'Alphas', the super beings among the infected, in whom the rage virus has acted like a steroid, leaving them towering and immune to arrows like the ones wielded by Spike and Jamie. A stunning scene of an Alpha standing in wait beside a solitary tree on the horizon, for the father and son who are hiding in a house that soon crumbles, will haunt you. As well as another when the same Alpha chases them down the causeway as they make their mad scramble for safety. The sky is bathed in stars, and beautiful colours, the sea waves are rippling but deceptively calm, and here are three people running across the waters. What follows doesn't really make much sense logically. Spike's motivation in going across almost immediately, dragging Isla along, in search of an illusory Dr Kelson (Fiennes) to cure her, is contrived at best. It's a trip down Heart of Darkness territory, at the end of which may lie a Kurtz-like figure. More contrivances follow, including an interlude with a Swedish navy guy who gives Spike an introduction to what is going on in the rest of the world (mobiles!, Amazon!, online!). There is gentle humour here though, leading right up to the meeting with Dr Kelson and his Memento Mori, or monument to death, a product of the kind of insanity and genius that results from the isolation and cruelty the doctor has lived with. In lesser hands, it would be impossible to take Kelson seriously, especially given his brief screen time. Fiennes moulds him into the film's emotional core, reflecting both the cold practically of his new life and the gentleness and warmth of his old. Death is routine and thoughtless here, but can still be noble. A character makes a cameo, a baby is ludicrously delivered, and Boyle and Garland give you glimpses of what is to follow in what is imagined as a trilogy. Comer is the most harshly dealt with, more clueless than lost in depicting a woman slipping in and out of lucidity, with flashbacks that don't add to any understanding of her. The ending is rushed and, a lot of it, an appendage. However, entertained you are – and anticipating what comes next. As the refrain of Boots goes, 'There is no discharge in the war!'. Not in this one. 28 Years Later Movie director: Danny Boyle 28 Years Later Movie cast: Alfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes 28 Years Later Movie rating: 3.5 stars
