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I don't want to go into spoilers, but as soon as they showed the setting for the final scene, I got really excited.

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Same here. Can't wait for the next one now.

Enjoyed this quite a bit. RT ratings were sky high. I'd say 8/10, with emphasis on Ralph Fiennes performance.

Just saw it.

Entertaining, but I definitely didn't like it as much as the first.

Set up for #3 makes me very hopeful though

Fair warning, this is a VERY gory film!!
I liked the fast pace as well... never a dull moment. I was a little surprised at gear shift from the first movie as it leaned into the "Jimmys" and the relationship between Samson & the Doc instead of the family dynamic of the first one.

The Iron Maiden Old Nick scene was freaking awesome. Had a discussion with my son about how the band wasn't actually Satanic, it was just for shock value (Similar to Alice Cooper) I bet Maiden & Duran Duran have a bit of a Spotify jump after this show.

Bone Temple much better than the predecessor, which wasnt bad. Just an enjoyable film. Ending was great. Soundtrack great. Acting was great.

First movie of 2026, and if there are ten better movies over the next eleven months it's going to be a hell of a year. 28 Years Later was my third favorite of 2025, and this one is somehow just as good. Holy hell.

The only thing that sucks is that The Bone Temple is way underperforming at the box office, to the point where the next one is looking increasingly less likely to happen. But maybe with some actually star power in Cillian Murphy it'll get the green light?

Even if not, these two movies honestly feel like one relatively complete story, and I could not be more satisfied with the story they told.

The last two 28 YEARS LATER films have been some of my favorite horror films of the last several years. It also features some of Alex Garland’s best work in a long time. The ending to THE BONE TEMPLE promised a really satisfying conclusion. We better get it. https://t.co/yoGNvuO4kV

— Dan Marcus (@Danimalish) February 18, 2026

The Bone Temple is now out on digital, btw.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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It's their own fault, they did seemingly zero marketing for it.

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Yep, zero marketing, horrible time of the year to get people into the theaters...it's like they really didn't give a **** if people saw it in the theaters and had already resigned themselves to it tanking before they released it.