Marvel is basically pulling out all of the stops with this one. Spider-Man is proven decapitating enemies, lifeless Avengers return as the primary villains, and Blade slices by means of Ghost with Khonshu at his facet. With a score of TV-MA, Marvel Zombies is trying to be an epic (and bloody) miniseries from this nook of the comedian e book world. With teasers, trailers, and official clips already launched by Disney on YouTube and the like, followers get a peek at how far this “What-If” sequence actually goes. Surprisingly, one of many previews not solely divulges a number of the present’s most anticipated fights but additionally contains an homage to a different zombie hit proper off the bat.
Let’s rewind to the very starting of the second trailer. With town crumbling and zombies continually rising, the contaminated begin to drop from the sky — many falling off the rooftop and thru the home windows of a close-by constructing. Shang-Chi and Katy are in the midst of all of it, helpless. Whereas the scene comes and goes within the blink of a watch, all these zombies in your face directly — whether or not for the characters within the sequence or for you watching it — is pure nightmare gasoline. The influence is one thing else. With that being mentioned, Marvel Zombies has taken a chew of inspiration from 2016’s Prepare to Busan.
‘Prepare to Busan’ Takes the Zombie Horde To a New Excessive
This Yeon Sang-ho-directed horror movie completely conveys an awesome sense of suspense whereas additionally compressing the zombie apocalypse narrative right into a confined surroundings. Virtually each member on board this fast-moving practice has a narrative that’s price telling. Whereas not all of them may be named right here, actor Gong Yoo performs the primary character, Seok-woo, an worker of an funding agency who tries to guard his daughter in any respect prices. Jung Yu-mi co-stars as Seong-kyeong, the pregnant spouse of Sang-hwa (performed by Ma Dong-seok). Initially attempting to outlive alongside the various others aboard the practice, these two handle to carry their very own all the way in which to the movie’s climax.
As a lot as Marvel Zombies and Prepare to Busan are far aside in model, one factor is bound: the zombies are hungry, and they’re going to unknowingly maintain huge injury to get to their subsequent meal. Whereas the South Korean movie focuses on bizarre folks and never superheroes, the undead mentality stays the identical. Much like the Marvel Zombies trailer, the place dozens of zombies fall face-first onto the pavement, this identical horror schematic seems in Prepare to Busan greater than as soon as, delivering the identical impact to audiences. This kind of sequence is much more terrifying in reside motion.
They Each Make the Highly effective Powerless
That is first seen in a information report that comes on early within the movie. A information flash displayed on a tv inside the practice reveals zombies actually dropping from helicopters onto unsuspecting skate boarders and pedestrians. This blink-and-you’ll-miss-it impending doom second was an inspiration for Marvel that got here from all the way in which throughout the globe. Regardless of how badly these fiends are injured in Prepare to Busan, they rise up — even all distorted like — and are as soon as once more able to devour people.
Merely put, this has turn out to be a well-established trope on this horror subgenre. Hordes of zombies could make rather more of an influence than one or two. Everyone knows that. Simply take a look at Brad Pitt’s World Battle Z (2016) — the large wall wasn’t even tall sufficient in Jerusalem. The Horde, a French horror movie launched in 2009, had so many zombie arms reaching out for one man that it was in contrast to something audiences had seen earlier than. However what Marvel Zombies and Prepare to Busan do this brings them collectively is identical factor that units them other than the others. That is another excuse why Prepare to Busan could possibly be an inspiration behind the brand new Disney+ miniseries.
Each displays characteristic characters who had been as soon as sturdy in their very own proper, however now that presumed energy and status are gone. Those operating away within the Marvel Zombies trailer are Shang-Chi and Katy from the 2021 MCU film, and the primary character in Prepare to Busan was a hedge fund supervisor. Neither cash nor martial arts means a factor when you will have lots of — if not 1000’s — of insatiable zombies in your again.
Sure, Marvel Zombies just isn’t canon, so it gained’t have an effect on the primary MCU timeline, and Seok-woo’s job is just referenced briefly in cellphone calls — however the parallel nonetheless holds. Hero or not, all of them thought they had been on the prime of their sport, however the zombies all the time carry every part again to actuality. If you wish to take a look at both of the titles highlighted on this piece, Prepare to Busan may be watched anytime on Netflix, and Marvel Zombies is accessible to stream on Disney+ from September 24.
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September 24, 2025
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Bryan Andrews
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Marvel Cinematic Universe