’28 Years Later’ is Bringing New, Scarier Infected to the Party

Sony’s 28 Years Later isn’t just reintroducing audiences to the series’ devastating post-apocalypse, it’s also bringing some new horrors along for the ride. In an interview with IGN, director Danny Boyle teased the Infected have gained some new tricks since their last sighting in 28 Weeks Later. Along with the typical, fast-running ones that’ve been all over the marketing, some have “mutated” to survive in this new environment. Hence, the “Slow-lows,” so named because they “hang about low level” and don’t do running of any sort. Despite their lack of speed Boyle “[doesn’t] advise messing with them.” If you’ve played video games with zombies, you know it’s never just one variant lurking around. Along with the Slow-lows, 28 Years Later will introduce Beserker and Alpha types which are stronger than the regular Infected and might have some intelligence buried within their Rage Virus-addled minds. On a technical level, Boyle said the team generally shot the Infected “in a brittle, almost ... Read full article.