Is 28 Years Later scary?

Moderately so — 28 Years Later mixes scares with other modes. As a survival film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 6.8/10 for atmosphere, and 7.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 2 ratings.

How many jump scares are in 28 Years Later?

28 Years Later has 11 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like 28 Years Later?

Films similar to 28 Years Later on Watch Darkly include Bring Her Back (2025), Train to Busan (2016), Shaun of the Dead (2004) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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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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Curator Score

7.5

Overall

Based on 2 curator ratings

Built on gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

28 Years Later has 11 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.5Overall

Fear6.0

Gore7.0