News This Is Not a Test This Is Not a Test Trailer Nails “The Breakfast Club Meets 28 Days Later” Vibe The movie is an adaptation of Courtney Summers’ novel of the same name By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on January 14, 2026 Credit: IFC Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: IFC When we first heard the news a year ago that Courtney Summers’ 2012 young adult novel was getting an adaptation, the film was introduced as “The Breakfast Club meets 28 Weeks Later.” Today, we have a trailer for the movie, and for this trailer at least, that description stands true. The clip starts with a bunch of teenagers drinking in a high school gym and playing “Never Have I Ever.” It’s the standard stuff at first: Who has cheated on a test? Who had sex in the boys’ bathroom? And then… needle scratch (just in my brain, not in the trailer); one kid says, “Never have I ever survived a zombie invasion.” Here’s the official synopsis, which gives those who haven’t read Summers’ novel some more context: Sloane and a small group of her classmates take cover in their high school to escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of people who actually want to live and takes matters into her own hands. We only have today’s trailer to go on, but the film adapted by writer-director Adam MacDonald (Pyewacket, Out Come the Wolves) looks like a decent addition to the zombie movie genre. For book fans, there will also be a special edition of Summers’ This Is Not a Test hitting bookshelves for your reading enjoyment. The movie premieres in theaters on February 20, 2026, and stars Olivia Holt (Heart Eyes), Froy Gutierrez (I Love LA), Luke MacFarlane (Bros), Corteon Moore (From), Chloe Avakian (Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy), and Carson MacCormac (Clown in a Cornfield). Check out the trailer below. [end-mark] The post <i>This Is Not a Test</i> Trailer Nails “<i>The Breakfast Club</i> Meets <i>28 Days Later</i>” Vibe appeared first on Reactor.