28 Days Later kickstarted the zombie revival. It's back for another bite

28 Days Later kickstarted the zombie revival. It's back for another bite


"The film was the first one out of the blocks that touched — not directly, but aesthetically and morally — some of the residue of what 9/11 had done to us," he said in 2018. Many commentators point to the critical and commercial success of 28 Days Later as one of the catalysts for the zombie revival of the 2000s and early 2010s. Following a different family caught up in the devastation, the film tracks the slow attempt at rebuilding and sinks deeper into the political ramifications of an apocalypse.

Author: Velvet Winter


Published at: 2025-06-21 20:00:00

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