28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

What earned the score

• Satanist Mockery of Christianity

  The Fingers, a gang of survivors led by Jimmy Crystal, are depicted as Satanists in tracksuits and blonde wigs who worship Crystal as the son of Old Nick, engaging in rituals that mock Christian faith through twisted theology and graphic torture including crucifying survivors.

• Nihilistic Rejection of Hope

  The narrative explores nihilism through overt religious dialogue questioning divine abandonment in the hellscape, implying a world without Christian hope where survival requires choosing lesser evils.

• Atheism Over Christian Faith

  Ian upholds atheist medical ethics as the story extinguishes each character's remaining beliefs, contrasting satanism and faith unfavorably against science and human depravity in a post-apocalyptic Western society.

Details

Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.

Starring

Ralph FiennesJack O'ConnellAlfie WilliamsErin KellymanChi Lewis-Parry

Director

Nia DaCosta

Writer

Alex Garland

Genre

HorrorThrillerScience Fiction

Release Date

Jan 16, 2026

Parents Guide

• Sex Severe

  Frequent obscured by merkin full frontal female and male full frontal prosthetic nudity.

  A womans skinned female breasts are visible during a scene.

  One brief scene of non-prosthetic male frontal nudity as a character undresses.

• Violence Severe

  Extended graphic prolonged sequences of torture, cannabalism and gory violence including impalements and stabbings.

  A person is stabbed in the femoral artery and bleeds very profusely.

  Strong gory violence.

  A zombie vomits blood to a man's face. The victim either blinks and/or accidentally swallows some of the blood and he transforms almost instantly by projectile vomiting blood.

  People who have been tied up and gagged are flayed alive using knives.

  A head is seen being ripped off, with the spinal cord visible as the neck severs.

  There is further strong violence in other scenes, including people being stabbed, impaled and set on fire.

  More moderate elements of violence include kicks, punches, repeated blows and the breaking of bones.

  Partially flayed characters are seen in the aftermath of torture, with the muscles under their skin exposed and visible.

  There are also strong gory images throughout, including severed limbs, heads and exposed brains.

• Profanity Severe

  12+ uses of "c**t".

  77 Uses of the F word.

  There is use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as more frequent strong language ('f**k'), alongside milder terms including 's**t', 'p**s', 'pr*ck', 'bellend', 'b**ch', 'b**tard' and 'b**locks'.

• Drugs Moderate

  Use of various medical drugs.

  An alpha is tranquilized repeatedly. It is later revealed that the tranquilizer contains morphine.

  A man licks morphine off the tranquilizer's wet cotton to get high then he goes unconscious.

  Opioids are seen being prepared for injection and being blown into the faces of individuals.

• Frightening Scenes Severe

  This is the most violent and brutal film in the franchise.

  People are tied up, gagged and threatened with torture, including with knives.

  There are also sustained sequences of threat and horror as humans are pursued by zombies, and other humans.

  Characters are shown grieving and crying over deaths and bereavement.

  Brief references are made to mental health issues.

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