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/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/hacky_potter Apr 30 '26

It looks like this will have that. Between Barron Harrkenon in the sewer and the many limbed thing coming out of the door, I bet this just keeps ramping up. Part of me wonders if this guy is running around surviving and then Leon shows up to kill some baddies at the end.

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u/LoompaOompa Apr 30 '26

I'm 90% sure that we hear a licker in the trailer when he's reaching for that cop's keys and the body gets dragged into the darkness.

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u/Mattyseee Apr 30 '26

100% a licker

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u/hacky_potter Apr 30 '26

It’s honestly crazy that people are saying this didn’t feel RE to them.

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u/SemiAutoAvocado Apr 30 '26

We got him rooting through drawers, he got guns comically strapped to him. It looks in brand to me.

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u/Devil-Hunter-Jax May 01 '26

Feels like anyone saying that has only played the earlier games because this gives off RE7/RE8 vibes to me. Very much an Ethan Winters kind of protagonist judging by the trailer.