Can The Girl with All the Gifts revive the tired zombie genre?

Matilda meets 28 Days in this tale of a special child zombie who holds the key to saving the world

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Post apocalyptic zombie-drama The Girl with All the Gifts opens in UK cinemas tomorrow and while some are calling it the "best zombie apocalypse in years", others claim it is jumping on a tired undead bandwagon.

Directed by Colm McCarthy (Peaky Blinders, series two) The Girl with All the Gifts was adapted for the screen by Mike Carey, who wrote the original novel of the same name. It stars Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine and newcomer Sennia Nanua as The Girl.

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