28 YEARS LATER – New Trailer

While 28 Years Later’s trailer looks great, the long-awaited sequel to 28 Days Later faces a challenge that the franchise’s earlier movies didn’t have to contend with due to its genre shift. There are many horror sub-genres and these often fall in and out of favor with the moviegoing public with each passing year. Sometimes slashers are in vogue, while other eras see ghost stories and possession movies dominating the horror box office. 28 Days Later’s upcoming sequel 28 Years Later is betting big on zombie movies making a comeback, but this hope comes with one major addendum.

28 Days Later told the story of Jim, a coma patient who woke up to find himself alone in a mostly empty London. Cillian Murphy’s protagonist soon learned London had been overrun by victims of the Rage virus who infected or killed everyone they encountered. The sequel 28 Weeks Later ended by revealing that the virus had escaped Britain and made its way to France, setting up a more apocalyptic follow-up. Now, the story of 28 Years Later looks set to pay off this promise, judging by the events depicted in its first trailer. This could be a problem.