Yeon Sang-ho, the director known for the 2016 zombie hit Train to Busan, has a new entry in the subgenre: COLONY. The film, which Rue Morgue previewed via an exclusive clip supplied by distributor Well Go USA Entertainment, is scheduled to premiere only in theaters on August 28.
Premise and key players
COLONY centers on Kwon Se-jeong, an idealistic biotech professor played by Gianna Jun, who finds herself trapped when a rapidly evolving virus is unleashed during a biotech conference. The outbreak spawns mutating infected linked by a hive mind. A small group of survivors must navigate the chaos and attempt to stay alive against a foe that shares collective behavior and extraordinary sensory abilities.
- Director: Yeon Sang-ho
- Lead: Gianna Jun as Kwon Se-jeong
- Co-stars: Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-been, Kim Shin-rock, GO Soo
- Distributor (clip provider): Well Go USA Entertainment
- Theatrical premiere: August 28
What the clip shows
The exclusive clip shared with Rue Morgue focuses on the survivors’ efforts to evade the infected, who use an unsettling, heightened sense of smell to track prey. The sequence underlines the film’s twist on familiar zombie mechanics — emphasizing collective movement, rapid mutation and a loss of individual autonomy among the infected.
Rue Morgue’s write-up frames COLONY as an original, standalone story rather than a sequel to Train to Busan, and notes the film explores themes of collective behavior and the erosion of individuality.
For readers tracking contemporary zombie cinema, COLONY represents Yeon’s return to the subgenre with a scientifically inflected, hive-mind angle — and the new clip offers an early glimpse of the film’s tone and threat.
Source: Rue Morgue — EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Horror Master Yeon Sang-ho Returns With “COLONY”