28 Years Later The Bone Temple: Plot, Cast, Where to Stream the Horror Movie Sequel

One boy’s journey through an unforgiving postapocalyptic world — riddled by murderous virus infectees and the ruthless survivors who live among them — lands him in grave danger when he’s taken in by a devil worshipper and his blonde-wig-wearing followers. Directed by Nia DaCosta (Hedda, Candyman) and written by Alex Garland (Civil War), the horror follow-up 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the second installment of a trilogy from Garland and Danny Boyle, the creative team behind 28 Days Later. To read more about The Bone Temple’s predecessor, 28 Years Later, check out this guide. Forget what happens in 28 Years Later? Find out all the answers to your burning questions here, then read on below to explore The Bone Temple.

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When will 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple be released?

The film was released in theaters in January 2026. You can stream it on Netflix now.

Who’s in the cast of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple?

Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) as Dr. Ian Kelson
Jack O’Connell (Sinners) as Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal, the leader of the Fingers
Alfie Williams as Spike
Chi Lewis-Parry (Gladiator II) as Samson, one of the infected

The members of the Fingers include:

Erin Kellyman (Eleanor the Great) as Jimmy Ink
Emma Laird (Mayor of Kingstown) as Jimmima
Sam Locke as Jimmy Fox
Robert Rhodes (Silent Witness) as Jimmy Jimmy
Ghazi Al Ruffai (Lockerbie: A Search for Truth) as Jimmy Snake
Maura Bird (Fallen) as Jimmy Jones
Connor Newall (Mint) as Jimmy Shite

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What happens in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple?

After a run-in with the infected, Spike (Williams) is saved by Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal (O’Connell) and his crew. However, his tracksuit-wearing saviors turn out to be anything but. The Fingers, as they’re called — each of them adopting the name Jimmy or a variation of it — are Satanists, roving the countryside recruiting people by threat of death while torturing and killing others as sacrifices. Spike, who’s been coerced into joining the Fingers and taking on the name Jimmy, has no choice but to travel alongside them, for fear of his life. As the group continues their reign of terror, Spike forms an uneasy kinship with Jimmy Ink (Kellyman).

Meanwhile, still living among his temple of bones, Dr. Ian Kelson (Fiennes), whom we last saw in the previous film euthanizing Spike’s terminally ill mother, Isla (Jodie Comer), has somewhat befriended an infected named Samson (Lewis-Parry). An Alpha, Samson is one of the most jacked and brutal infected, ripping people’s heads and vertebrae off their bodies with the ease of popping a grape from its vine. Kelson manages to avoid this fate, however, as he’s found a way to temporarily subdue Samson — at first, with tranquilizer darts — and is studying him as he makes attempts at a scientific breakthrough.