28 Days Later vs The Lazarus Effect

28 Days Later has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.3/10 for The Lazarus Effect). The Lazarus Effect is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 53m. 28 Days Later is the older of the two (2002 against 2015). Both are horror, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

28 Days Later poster28 Days Later2002 VS The Lazarus Effect posterThe Lazarus Effect2015
28 Days LaterThe Lazarus Effect
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 5.3/10
Year20022015
Length1h 53m1h 23m
GenresHorror, Science Fiction, ThrillerHorror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorDanny BoyleDavid Gelb
Main castLeo Bill, Cillian Murphy, Ray Panthaki, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher EcclestonSarah Bolger, Donald Glover, James Earl, Evan Peters, Mark Duplass

Synopsis

28 Days Later

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

The Lazarus Effect

Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something…

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