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28 Years Later
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28 Years Later

2025 · R · 1h 55m

Time didn't heal anything.

Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

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Release & where to watch

In theaters
June 20, 2025
Home release
July 29, 2025
Streaming — with a subscription
Netflix — September 20, 2025

Curator Score

Based on 2 curator ratings · How we score

Built on gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

28 Years Later has 11 jump scares. Compare counts

Age suitability

28 Years Later is rated R. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 6.0/10 for fear and 7.0/10 for gore, and carries 3 content warnings: animal death, body fluids, and child endangerment.

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7.5Overall
Fear6.0
Gore7.0
Atmosphere6.8

Genres

science-fictiondramahorrorthriller

Tags

Subgenre

survivalfamilyzombieinfection

Tone

slow-burnbleakcharacter-drivengriefdreadtragic

Setting

rural

Region

britishinternational

Content Warnings

child-endangermentanimal-deathbody-fluids
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Details

Budget$60M
Box office$151.3M

Directed by

Danny Boyle

Written by

Alex Garland

Cinematography

Anthony Dod Mantle

Starring

Jodie Comer as Isla · Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Jamie · Alfie Williams as Spike · Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Ian Kelson · Jack O'Connell as Jimmy Crystal · Chi Lewis-Parry as Samson · Edvin Ryding as Erik Sundqvist · Christopher Fulford as Sam

Production

Columbia Pictures, Decibel Films, DNA Films, TSG Entertainment