Boyle is currently working ona long-overdue sequel to28 Days Latercalled28 Years Later.

It seems as though28 Years Laters infected will do some wild things so why wont Boyle call them zombies?

The only difference betweenNight of the Living Deadand28 Days Lateris the origins of the zombie apocalypse.

Cillian Murphy as Jim runs from a zombie on fire in 28 Days Later.

InNight of the Living Dead, dead bodies mysteriously rise from their graves to feast on the living.

In28 Days Later, a rage virus is released from a laboratory.

But it seemsridiculous to claim that that minor difference puts28 Days Laterin a whole different genre category.

Unconventional zombie movies

28 Days Later is a horror movie about the zombie apocalypse directed by Danny Boyle. After Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma in a deserted hospital in London, he discovers that the city is overrun by the undead, so he joins forces with other survivors to try and make it out alive.

28 Years Laterwill be released on June 20, 2025.

Being dead isnt the only thing that makes a zombie a zombie.

28 Days Laters zombies have all that stuff; theyre just not dead.

Zombie in 28 Days Later attacks in a courtyard covered in dirty cloths.

Theyre technically not dead; theyve had their bodies and minds taken over by an aggressive fungus.

When they bite unsuspecting survivors, the fungus is simply expanding its reach.

Butthe people in there arent coming back.

Zombies in 28 Days Later

28 Days Later didnt invent fast zombies.

But28 Days Laterdidnt invent fast zombies.

The movies star,Cillian Murphy, agrees with Boyle.

Cillian Murphy as Jim walking near the Houses of Parliament in 28 Days Later.

He never watched Romeros zombie films and didnt realize how hallowed they were.

The movies writer,Alex Garland, has a different opinion.

He disagrees with Boyle and Murphy and believes that it is, indeed, a zombie movie.

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28 Days Later is a horror movie about the zombie apocalypse directed by Danny Boyle. After Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma in a deserted hospital in London, he discovers that the city is overrun by the undead, so he joins forces with other survivors to try and make it out alive.

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