Best Horror Movie for Fans

Six months after the rage virus has devastated the British Isles, the US Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and the reconstruction of the country can begin. However, this could not be further from the truth. As the first wave of refugees arrives, and a family is reunited, a terrible secret is revealed: the virus is not yet dead, and this time, it is more dangerous than ever.

28 Weeks Later, the follow-up to the hugely successful 28 Days Later, picks up in this aftermath. Directed by Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the film is an exercise in pure, unadulterated terror, a worthy sequel to its acclaimed predecessor.

Over six months have passed since the first film's apocalyptic vision of London overrun by infectious, plague-ridden zombies. Just when it seems the "rage virus" has been fully contained, and London is in the process of slowly recovering, an extremely unfortunate couple (Robert Carlyle and Catherine McCormack) is attacked by a small band of rampaging "ragers." The cowardly husband escapes while his wife is attacked and presumably infected.

Their surviving children (Imogen Poots and Mackintosh Muggerton) fall under the protection of a U.S. Army sharpshooter (Jeremy Renner), but nobody's safe for long as 28 Weeks Later goes into action-packed overdrive. Scene after blood-gushing scene of carnage and decimation unfolds, with the visuals following the established look of 28 Days Later, this time with bigger and better scenes of a nearly abandoned London on the brink of utter destruction.

The military subplot gets a bold assist from Harold Perrineau (as a daring helicopter pilot) and Idris Elba (in a too-brief role as the military commander), and their firepower - not to mention the efficient lethality of helicopter blades - turns 28 Weeks Later into a nonstop bloodbath that's way too intense for younger viewers and guaranteed to leave hardcore horror fans gruesomely satisfied.

While the film is almost plotless and dialogue is minimal throughout, it succeeds as a truly terrifying vision of survival amidst chaos, honoring its origins and qualifying as a solid double-feature with Children of Men. With the "chunnel" left open, the possibility of another sequel remains, leaving the door open for further exploration of this harrowing cinematic universe.

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