I initially missed the trailer for this one back in December, but seeing as there wasn't a thread, I figured why not make one.

Releasing on the 20th of June this year, 28 Years Later follows on from 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, with Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland returning from those movies.

Anyone else looking forward to this one?

Very much so - the first one is probably my second favourite film to-date. And with Danny Boyle directing I have fairly high expectations (less so for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple). The use of that Boots poem recording in the trailer was excellent; creates a really intense and creepy atmosphere.

Not looking forward to it but using Boots like that is genius. Whoever read it did an incredible job. Very powerful.

Ill check it out, but Im not like super excited for it. I prefer "zombie" movies when we see the outbreak. When civilization has already fallen, it becomes a bit boring some times. Just people walking around scrounging and trying to survive.

I like the second movie better than first. I'm not very optimistic that I'll enjoy this as much.

Zombie films are bit too much stuck in the people turning on each other trope. World War Z isn't the best or most exciting one of the genre, but it had some fresh angle.

I'm very much looking forward to this. 28 days later is one of the best horror movies ever made.

Absolutely looking forward to this one.

Probably my second favourite film franchise in the zombie genre next to Romero's.

I wonder if it is going to be anything like Day of the Dead? That was Romero's first film deep into the Zombie Apocalypse, and it was easily his most terrifying - and IMO, one of the best "Watch on cannabis" films.

Not trying to discount your opinion in any way, just saying that I'm on the other side of the fence. But that's mainly because I'm a big fan of apocalyptic books and films that focus on the human conditions - how society breaks down, how it drives people to insanity and selfish urges, sacrificing their morality. This is what really drew me to the Romero trilogy of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (not the Snyder remake, which is more of a "turn your brain off" action film), and Day of the Dead. Exploring how people behave, and the strife it causes in human society, and watching how everything can collapse as a result. It adds layers to conflict on top of coping with the existence of a wildly dangerous element that is destroying society. A bleak outlook of a crumbling world, with that dwindling ray of hope.

Rising chaos, where there aren't god or bad guys, just sane and insane. Dawn of the dead explain the apocalypse wasn't because the zombies were an insurmountable threat against a unified humanity, but because humanity couldn't unify because of differing political beliefs. The pandemic ran rampant through the world, and civilization dwindles. The story largely follows a group of survivors that flees the government run zones to take over a mall. Over the next few months they build a society there, clearing out the zombies and using the supplies in the mall to survive. At the same time, they watch society collapsing on TV. Slowly broadcasts become bleaker and bleaker, and less and less frequent. it's like society's response to the coronavirus pandemic on steroids.

Note: Dawn of the Dead is a defacto public domain film because no one technically owns the rights to it due to disputes in ownership. Also note: very strong language including racial slurs and extreme violence with lots of gore:

And as a note, the original Night of the Living Dead, which is a similar film, although focusing more on a microcosm of society, is officially public domain, if you ever want to watch it. And you can get a high quality version of the film usually for very cheap. There is a remake from 1990 that is mostly true to the original, but missing certain elements of the original - it stars Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman, but I don't recommend it over the original because it's missing the radio element, which IMO was a major reason why the film was so interesting. The radio in the original gave an ear on the rest of the world to hear the reactions toward the rising apocalypse.