The Train to Busan Director Is Back with Colony

By The Backlot

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A large group of bloodied infected people stand in a modern Seoul shopping mall looking upward in unison, their reflections visible in the glass storefront behind them, from Colony

Yeon Sang-ho made Train to Busan in 2016 and redefined what horror could do. Colony is a new zombie film, not a sequel, and it is playing at NYAFF this week.

Se-jeong is a biotech professor played by Gianna Jun. She is at a conference in Seoul when a mutating virus breaks loose in the building. The infected transform fast. No one is getting out. Koo Kyo-hwan and Ji Chang-wook are also in it.

The film had its North American premiere at NYAFF on July 10 and screens again July 15 at the Korean Cultural Center in New York.

If Train to Busan changed how you think about zombie movies, Colony is the next thing to see.

Before this: Train to Busan.

Quick Facts

The Train to Busan Director Is Back with Colony

DirectorYeon Sang-ho

CastGianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-been, Go Soo

GenreAction, Thriller, Horror

Release2026-05-21

Runtime123 min

Rated7.2/10

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Colony is playing at NYAFF this week. Yeon Sang-ho is back in the zombie genre and Gianna Jun leads the way out of a building no one is leaving clean. #Horror #Backlot

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Colony is at NYAFF this week. Yeon Sang-ho's new zombie film is not a sequel. Gianna Jun, a mutating virus, and a building no one gets out of clean.