28 Days Later has finally been unleashed again in our homes after a few years of being unavailable to watch at home (unless you already had a physical copy).
Danny Boyle's celebrated horror movie has been unavailable to buy or rent digitally, or even to get a DVD of, following a rights issue after Disney bought 20th Century Fox (28 Days Later was a Fox Searchlight Pictures release in 2002).
Despite its sequel 28 Weeks Later being available digitally and also to stream on Disney+, 28 Days Later was nowhere to be found unless you wanted to buy a second-hand DVD or Blu-ray copy.
But that has now all changed as producer Andrew MacDonald regained the rights earlier this year and sold them to Sony, who will also release eagerly-awaited new movie 28 Years Later in 2025.
So if you want to rewatch 28 Days Later, here's how you can watch the movie right now.
How to watch 28 Days Later right now
28 Days Later is now available to buy or rent in the UK from Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft Store and other digital retailers after Sony released it on December 18.
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In the US, you can buy or rent 28 Days Later from Prime Video, iTunes and more.
28 Days Later is not currently available to watch on any streaming service despite its digital release, but perhaps a streaming release is just around the corner too.
In the US, Sony movies tend to stream on Netflix, while it's Sky Cinema in the UK for Sony releases. We're just speculating, but if 28 Days Later is to stream anywhere, it could be on those platforms.
As mentioned above, the sequel 28 Weeks Later is available to watch on Disney+ in the UK, while in the US, the movie is available to watch on Hulu and Paramount+.
28 Years Later is released in cinemas on June 20, 2025. The first trailer for the new movie holds the record for the most-watched horror trailer debut this year with 60.2 million views worldwide.
28 Days Later is now available to buy or rent from Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft Store and more in the UK.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
