WATCH: Zach Cregger talks survival horror and vision for his Resident Evil movie

One of my favourite movies of the last 12 months was Weapons, and I’m pretty damned excited to know that the director of that movie, Zach Creggar, is bringing us a new vision for Resident Evil later this year.

That’s a clever way to have the Umbrella logo in your poster, above, by the way.

While the majority of the Resident Evil movies to date have focused more on the action of the story, the shooting and the explosions, with the horror taking a back seat, Creggar, in a new featurette, below, talks about how his take on the movie focuses on an “overwhelming feeling of dread” where you have to walk down a dark passageway, knowing there could be something waiting for you.

“I had this idea for a story in the world of Resident Evil, but it’s kind of like me, like if I was dropped into a Resident Evil game.

“I’m terrible with guns, I wouldn’t know how any of them work, I would miss 99% of my shots.” 

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WATCH: First teaser shuffles in for Zach Creggar’s Resident Evil

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“I loved the games, I played the games, I don’t know how many thousands of hours, but too many. This is an opportunity for me to be loyal to the games in spirit and in tone, and build a story that just puts you in that scenario again, and again, and again with increasing stakes.”

From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise.

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.

Directed by: Zach Cregger

Starring: Austin Abrams Zach Cherry Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser

Resident Evil hits theatres September 18th, 2026.

Watch Creggar talk Resident Evil:

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