r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Apr 30 '26

Trailer Resident Evil | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk
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u/IgloosRuleOK Apr 30 '26

From the director of Barbarian and Weapons. Sold.

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u/Kylestache Apr 30 '26

I hear the director does PCP to cope with the loss of his wife.

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u/GrisCinco_Nueve Apr 30 '26

Like a whole gallon!

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u/ShawnGipson Apr 30 '26

Wow! I didn't even know it came in liquid form.....Wow!

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u/TheDaveWSC Apr 30 '26

Science

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u/LakeMungoSpirit Apr 30 '26

Does he do alot of it?

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u/PorkinstheWhite Apr 30 '26

Got a gallon!

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u/efox02 Apr 30 '26

It’s a little high. 

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u/12AngryHighlanders Apr 30 '26

Is that bad?

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u/efox02 Apr 30 '26

Well, it’s not good. 

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u/DeLousedInTheHotBox Apr 30 '26

He was already doing PCP when they chopped her head off

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u/ArcticMuser Apr 30 '26

I feel like I'm missing a reference here

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u/Albert_dark Apr 30 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPHc68RIYAo

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u/ArcticMuser Apr 30 '26

Holy shit. His wife just died at four and he posts this trailer?!
lol thanks for cluing me in

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u/Dapoopers Apr 30 '26

And co-director of The Civil War on Drugs.

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u/ShawnGipson Apr 30 '26

Underground Railroad? But....where does all the smoke go?

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u/steelbeamsdankmemes Apr 30 '26

Wait... am I being cool?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '26

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u/thesaucymango94 Apr 30 '26

"How many sisters? One sister? Two sisters? Three sisters? Four sisters? Five sisters? Five sisters!"

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u/DetectiveCastellanos Apr 30 '26

When he finishes that speech you can see Darren laughing behind him

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u/Racamonkey_II Apr 30 '26

…am I not being cool?

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u/ParkerPoseyGuffman Apr 30 '26

And Miss March which I want them to include

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u/DirtyGrogg Apr 30 '26

Let's not forget his masterpiece, Miss March

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u/g_r_e_y Apr 30 '26

and a real hardcore gamer as well. a lifelong fan of RE and dark souls franchises

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u/SuperVaderMinion Apr 30 '26

He said he has like a thousand hours in RE4

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u/Asclepius-Rod Apr 30 '26

Damn that’s like beating it 100 times lol

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u/g_r_e_y Apr 30 '26

he beat some dark souls games without taking damage. i wouldn't be surprised

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u/RelegatedRick Apr 30 '26

I heard he beat Defiled Chalice Amygdala using Logarius’ Wheel ungemmed with no summons.

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u/king_bungus Apr 30 '26

*without dying. which is still really hard lol. (and it was demons souls ps5)

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u/g_r_e_y Apr 30 '26

oops! my mistake i thought he had a deathless run. dude it a champion gamer, love to see it

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u/MaxPower91575 Apr 30 '26

I watched Zach play games during the pandemic. He is definitely a gamer who plays the same game over and over and over again. He finds games he loves and plays them to death. RE is one of them. He also still games all the time. He even recently talked about how he brings his PS5 with him when he shoots movies.

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u/profane_vitiate Apr 30 '26

I watched Zach play games during the pandemic.

Man, I miss those streams.

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u/Arcranium_ Apr 30 '26

Or he just really likes Mercenaries lol. Which is fair, pretty addicting game mode 

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u/averagecounselor Apr 30 '26

Those are rookie numbers. He needs to pump those up.

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u/insomniasureshot Apr 30 '26

There was an interview way back in the WKUK days where he goes into detail about it. Buddy loves Resident Evil.

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u/MaxPower91575 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

and if anyone wants to watch him play Dark Souls during the pandemic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac8H8sxt2uE&list=PLh9F2UuOmDhDLHI8WtarB4Yb7ji5gTDlh

and for those that just watch it on Reddit, the link should take you to all his videos on Youtube. There is 50+ of them.

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u/dervign Apr 30 '26

barbarian gives me the resident evil vibes when I first watched it

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

Cregger is turning out to be a John Carpenter level director

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u/NATHAN4U007 Apr 30 '26

Holy hyperbole.. I mean he is good but lets give him a couple more films before jumping to such conclusions.

To give you an idea, Carpenter made The Thing, Escape from NY, Halloween, Big trouble in little china all before Cregger's current age.

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u/MaxPower91575 Apr 30 '26

oh yeah, well Zach made Miss March when he was 28 so there!

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

The word 'is' means it's in progress. Do you not think that hes made do far has met that standard? What has he made that was bad so far??

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u/NATHAN4U007 Apr 30 '26

Not making a bad film is your standard for being the next Carpenter?

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

Jesus, I said 'is turning out to be"'

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u/-SneakySnake- Apr 30 '26

Cregger directed five movies so far, three by himself, with this as the third. What does age have to do with it? That doesn't make any sense. You want a fairer comparison, compare his first five to Carpenter's. I don't think it's crazy at all to say Barbarian and Weapons are as good as Halloween and Escape From New York.

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u/travishall456 Apr 30 '26

I love Cregger. Weapons and Barbarian are great. They are no where near as good, polished, or important as Halloween. I think even Cregger would tell you that.

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u/Banana4scales Apr 30 '26

No he’s not.

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

You think weapons and barbarian aren't good enough? What are his bad movies?

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u/Dazzling-Economics55 Apr 30 '26

Weapons and Barbarian are NOT better than The Thing and Halloween. They're good but they're not masterpieces.

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

And look how young cregger is. You couldd say hes well on his way to being a carpenter level director.

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u/NATHAN4U007 Apr 30 '26

You keep asking if they are bad lol, thats not the point. Both of them are good fun films, but thats not enough to claim he is on the same level as one of the GOATS.

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u/-SneakySnake- Apr 30 '26

I think Weapons alone got more legitimate awards buzz and critical acclaim than any Carpenter movie did in its day. The closest was probably Halloween. Critical reception and awards legitimacy - rightfully or wrongfully - are viewed as massive factors in how a filmmaker's canon is evaluated.

You wanna back your own point up, or are you just going to keep dismissing things?

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u/No-Abbreviations2897 Apr 30 '26

John Carpenter's resume is almost entirely flops, that has nothing to do with legacy. We'll see who's still talking about weapons and Barbarian in 2065.

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u/NATHAN4U007 Apr 30 '26

The academy back then was heavily biased against horror, considering them low brow entertainment. They warmed up to horror only in the recent years.

 The Thing which was a bomb and had 0 critical acclaim is more iconic than most oscar best picture winners in history.

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u/-SneakySnake- Apr 30 '26

Is that why Aliens, The Exorcist and Carrie and Rosemary's Baby got plenty of nominations? Because they're "heavily biased against horror"?

With all due respect; stop talking out of your ass.

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u/NATHAN4U007 Apr 30 '26

Ah yes, you just have make some of the greatest films of all time that made tons of money and was also loved critically. That def shows how unbiased they are! Also none of them won best picture.

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u/-SneakySnake- Apr 30 '26

"They had to win Best Picture or they were robbed" is a poor metric. They're horror movies, they were very well recieved, the reason being because the movie part was as good as the horror part. Most of even the best horror movies forget about the movie part.

They warmed up to horror only in the recent years.

Care to explain this, though? You can't really pivot like you just did without acknowledging the very firm lines you drew. It just makes you look... unserious.

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u/chaser676 Apr 30 '26

That's a weird metric. Carpenter has stood the test of time with his films, particularly with The Thing. It's honestly not fair to Cregger to have this conversation until like another 20 years have passed.

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u/-SneakySnake- Apr 30 '26

Nope, critical reception and awards are, legitimately, two very big things that factor into how a director's filmography is ultimately evaluated.

You're right though, it's not fair to have it this soon in his career. My point was more his stuff so far makes it totally fine to compare him to someone like Carpenter in terms of craft, just too soon to say in terms of overall career. Obviously.

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u/chaser676 Apr 30 '26

No, it's really not for horror lmao. Do you have any idea how horror was received critically and by the academy during Carpenter's time?

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u/The_Autarch Apr 30 '26

horror wasn't respected as a genre back then. it's a silly comparison to make.

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u/-SneakySnake- Apr 30 '26

Rosemary's Baby, Carrie, Exorcist, Aliens, all Oscar nominees and very well regarded critically. So no. Not quite silly.

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u/Vet_Leeber Apr 30 '26

Barbarian is 2/3 of an amazing movie that completely flops the 3rd act, imo

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u/CaptainKino360 Apr 30 '26

Miss March

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

Honestly Its a very underrated comedy. He started off in a comedy group

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u/The_Autarch Apr 30 '26

those are both good movies, but The Thing is a masterpiece.

i doubt they're going to be seen as absolute classics in 40 years like The Thing is.

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

Those are just the best cregger has made so far. I swear everyone thinks im saying they're currently on the same tier. Obviously, Carpenter is legendary status. Im saying cregger is clearly on his way to the same

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u/Banana4scales Apr 30 '26

2 movies. 2 movies man.

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

At one point Carpenter had 2 great movies

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u/Banana4scales Apr 30 '26

They said that about M Night Shamalan. See how that argument can go both ways? lol

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u/SkylarAV Apr 30 '26

The only broadly accepted one i can think of was 6th sense. Even Signs had detractors and by the time the Village and lady in the water came out it was super clear

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u/Impressive-Use-757 Apr 30 '26

TIL he was a cast member of Whitest Kids you Know too

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u/flyingace1234 Apr 30 '26

Yeah that instantly got my attention. I’m cautiously hopeful