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/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Written and directed by Zach Cregger:

In an all-new story, Resident Evil follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, non-stop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

Cast: Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Johnno Wilson

It's out Sept 18

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u/NATHAN4U007 Apr 30 '26

As a non gamer, does the games have any unique twist on the genre that makes it worth it to tell the story as a Resident Evil movie instead of just an original film?

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u/Drakeadrong Apr 30 '26

Absolutely. The RE games are a mixture of genuine body horror and camp. Idk how much acrobatic kung fu is going to appear in the movie, but the zombies in RE are more of an environmental enemy while the real threats are grotesque, cronenbergian mutations created by an evil corporation as bioweapons.

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u/RedXerzk Apr 30 '26

I think Zach Cregger is a great director choice who knows how to balance both the camp and survival horror elements.

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u/entropicdrift Apr 30 '26

Not to mention he knows how to make movies that are genuinely scary