28 Years Later: Embracing Zombies, Death, and the Gilmore Girls | BONUS EPISODE

About this episode

The episode discusses the sequel to '28 Days Later' and explores themes of society, love, and mortality in a post-apocalyptic setting.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit deathinthegarden.substack.com On this bonus episode of Death in The Garden with Alex Leff of Human Nature Odyssey , we talk about the strangely beautiful, gore-filled sequel to Danny Boyle’s genre-defining film, 28 Days Later — 28 Years Later . Set 28 years after the rapid spread of the “rage virus” across Britain, we follow a group of survivors who have managed to create a small, insular, and seemingly egalitarian society on an island off the coast of the mainland, protected from the zombies roaming the mainland. What follows is an incredibly earnest story of love, of growing up, and what it means to know you must die. While these movies are incredibly violent (and also hilariously bizarre), this series is one of our very favorites. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple comes out this Friday, so be sure to check that out as well! This full-length episode is only available for paid subscribers, so if you’d like to listen to the whole thing, consider upgrading your subscription. We are so grateful to our paid subscribers for helping us keep this project going. We hope you enjoy this conversation about 28 Years Later .

People in this episode

Hosts: Jake Marquez, Maren Morgan

Guest: Alex Leff

Topics covered

• zombies
• film analysis
• society
• survival
• death
• love

Keywords

• 28 Years Later
• zombies
• rage virus
• survivors
• film discussion
• post-apocalyptic
• Gilmore Girls

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Human Nature Odyssey

Books & works: 28 Days Later, 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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