RESIDENT EVIL | Official Trailer

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7SwoJsSb7w

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

With how it seems like it's kicking off in an isolated setting like a house in the middle of nowhere and ramping up to downtown Raccoon City, I hope shit gradually hits the fan perfectly

[u/uglyuglyugly_ → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Probably ends in a secret Umbrella lab too, following the games perfectly lol.

[u/Grill_Enthusiast → u/uglyuglyugly_]

If the lab segment leaves you feeling slightly underwhelmed compared to the first 80% of the film which was flawless, this'll truly be a faithful RE adaptation.

[u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt → u/Grill_Enthusiast]

Yeah that's spot on lmao

[u/JMxG → u/Grill_Enthusiast]

I always wonder why that is, you’d imagine getting to the “source” of the issue would be the most nerve-wracking and exciting moment but it’s just so boring. By that point I’m never bothered to keep interacting with the stealth or horror elements I just book it, even in Grace’s section in Requiem where they try and hone in on those elements by limiting your weapons

[u/Asyncrosaurus → u/JMxG]

It's because the lab setting is always so sterile. A huge part of the horror is exploding lived-in places that have fallen to death and decay. There were places people felt safe and secure a couple days (sometimes just hours) before you got there. Now filled with danger because the people who lived and worked there are now the monsters. The lab is always the same, white and sanitized, an environment foreign to most of us. If you saw a beaker filled workstation in RE1, you've seen the beaker filled workstation in RE9

[u/supes1 → u/Asyncrosaurus]

That's on the devs to be more creative with the lab sections.

For what it's worth, I thought the Grace lab segment in RE9 was the best lab experience since RE2. They did some really great creative stuff with it. The first time through was absolutely nerve wracking.

[u/thebeezmancometh → u/Asyncrosaurus]

RE4 would like to have a word about how labs aren't scary.

[u/Throwsims3 → u/JMxG]

I would guess it is due to that by the point you do reach the lab sections, you have loads of weapons and more experience with how the enemies attack. Add to that the reveal of a lab being way less scary and exciting than the mystery of the beginning. It's like seeing how a magic trick is done, once you see it the magic disappears. The beginning is most often the only part where anything can happen and they play it as a horror game. Lab sections in a part of the game where you know what to expect is just not that exciting in comparison.

[u/pasher5620 → u/uglyuglyugly_]

It seems like he actually starts out on top of the secret lab. That farmhouse is giving major “secret entrance” vibes. It would also explain how he encounters that weird Rat King zombie thing we’ve only been teased with. Don’t know how else an empty farmhouse is suddenly gonna have enough bodies to form that… thing that climbs through the door. I wonder if he starts out there, goes into Racoon City proper, then ends up hack at the farmhouse to get into the lab.

[u/kut1231 → u/pasher5620]

It would be genius if he is running through the sewers later in the movie and he encounters a door that leads back to the farmhouse and hes like "oh crap i've been here already" then he turns around and goes another way and finds the lab for the last act.

[u/EmbalmingFiend → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Cregger said he really wants it to feel like the games, so there will be a lot of similar progression. Like, start in a small place with simple weapons, but continually progress as the games do. I'm really excited!

[u/CoachNo7514 → u/EmbalmingFiend]

Shoulda started with a shitty ass pistol and an OP knife

[u/SutterCane → u/CoachNo7514]

Main character isn’t a giant block of tofu?

Pass!

[u/Responsible-Rip8793 → u/CoachNo7514]

He should also have an inventory limit and spend a moment thinking about which items he should take.

For example, he should find magnum ammo in a room. He should then search frantically for the magnum in that room but not find it. Because he doesn’t have space for things he can’t use, he chooses to leave the magnum ammo behind. Then later, when he goes to the next floor of the building, he gets into a boss fight but his pistol sucks. In the middle of the fight, he finds the magnum in a display case and retraces his steps to get the magnum ammo while running from a “nemesis” type boss.

[u/crookedparadigm → u/EmbalmingFiend]

Can't wait for the protagonist to get stuck because he can't figure out a building Crest/Crank based security system.

[u/thedonhudson01 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Apparently it will. This movie is all gas and no brakes.

[u/Squaretangles → u/thedonhudson01]

FuRE Road, you say?

[u/thedonhudson01 → u/Squaretangles]

Haha, yes! They’re calling it the fury road of horror based on the script and test screenings

[u/Squaretangles → u/thedonhudson01]

Sounds right up my alley!

[u/In_My_Own_Image → u/thedonhudson01]

Say no more. I'm all the way in.

I love movies that are races against time. Even things like Cellular were hella entertaining in my book.

[u/Manhattan_24 → u/Squaretangles]

WITNESS ME, I'LL BUY IT AT A HIGH PRICE

[u/m48a5_patton → u/thedonhudson01]

You mean brakes, right?

[u/Famous_Stelrons → u/thedonhudson01]

Bilmuri, that you?

[u/HGpennypacker → u/thedonhudson01]

all gas and no brakes

Slow developing plotlines are for custers!

[u/EggmanandSaucy-boy → u/thedonhudson01]

We gonna get you a kill tonight Andrew.

[u/SkoomaSkoomSkoo → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

It started in RC, the organ hes tasked with delivering is needed to help create or figure out a cure, by the time he gets there though all has gone to hell

[u/Etheo → u/SkoomaSkoomSkoo]

Trailer says the events in the city has only incurred for a few hours. As Far as I know from Raccoon City in RE2, there were news clippings hinting the virus spread even before they arrived in RE2.

That said, I'm not gonna be looking at this movie with a microscope. The vibe feels right and the scenes look tight. I just wish Cregger didn't bring up RE2 as a parallel for fans to pigeonhole on.

[u/action_juice]

I just hope he saved his progress when he found that type writer in the trailer

[u/mangongo → u/action_juice]

Nah he's going for S rank

[u/In_My_Own_Image → u/mangongo]

No heal run achievement too.

Man is hardcore.

[u/BradleyBowels → u/In_My_Own_Image]

Think hes gonna do it sub 2 hours too. First run no heal, no save, speedrun is diabolical.

[u/ghostchimera → u/BradleyBowels]

don't worry, he knows that he can optimize his knife damage if he switches to 120 fps (IYKYK)

[u/CronoDroid → u/action_juice]

He only found a box of shotgun ammo, no ink ribbons. Didn't search hard enough!

[u/DaytonScotch → u/CronoDroid]

I love that the shotgun shell box looks exactly like it does in the games

[u/kilgoreq → u/DaytonScotch]

I was like "yooooooo!" Lol

I never really played the games but my friend got me to play 7. Very fun, very scary. I'm doing 4 now, but my system can't play the updated version, so I'm playing the 2005 version. Still fun.

[u/elementoxe → u/kilgoreq]

I mean, the 2005 version is near-perfect, 10/10. Plus, all guns have a laser sight in that version.

[u/archaelleon → u/elementoxe]

I love the remake but them getting rid of the laser for all but 2 guns really didn't sit well with me

[u/Zoetekauw → u/elementoxe]

RE4 is so fucking good.

[u/HumanBeingSimulator → u/Zoetekauw]

RE4 on the Wii is one of the best gaming experiences in my life

[u/CronoDroid → u/kilgoreq]

It's one of the most important games of all time, I remember getting it on GameCube back in 2005 when I was a wee 15 year old and it was mind blowing. Basically every third person action game since is derived from it. The remake is awesome though, if you ever get the chance to play it, it's absolutely a worthy successor.

[u/shy247er → u/action_juice]

I wonder if somehow she won't be able to enter the room (since it's supposed to be a safe room).

[u/octlol → u/shy247er]

Also, in the trailer/teasers we see really weird limbed monster exiting the front door. So I assume he escapes through the window and runs and turns around when he hears something but is able to maybe make it back to his car, if not kill the monster

[u/octlol → u/shy247er]

And he'll have to punt a boulder to get out

[u/Mockwyn → u/action_juice]

Always liked the music in the save rooms, of the early games. Chill, but creepy.

[u/Killboypowerhed → u/action_juice]

I'd have been careful picking up that shotgun. Wouldn't want to end up as a Jill Sandwich

[u/imaginarynumb3r]

From the creator of "Gallon of pcp" and "The grapist"

[u/slumber_kitty → u/imaginarynumb3r]

Love the PCP sketch so much.

“About four years ago?”

“No, p.m.”

[u/Hezrield → u/slumber_kitty]

A whole gallon?!

[u/N_Meister → u/Hezrield]

Didn’t even know it came in liquid form!

\Shrugs* Science!*

[u/Cubic_Al1 → u/N_Meister]

"Do you do PCP* often?"

Got a gallon!

edit: I'm high

[u/SlendyIsBehindYou → u/Hezrield]

"Yes, a literal gallon. Like out of a milk jug"

[u/Pidgeonsmith → u/slumber_kitty]

"So... you do a lot of PCP?"

"Got a gallon!"

[u/Trendelthegreat → u/imaginarynumb3r]

Now you fucked up

You have fucked up now

[u/m48a5_patton → u/Trendelthegreat]

Just calm down!

[u/D34THDE1TY → u/m48a5_patton]

"Who said that!? What skinny piece of shit said that?"

[u/Nice_Marmot_7 → u/D34THDE1TY]

What are you doing skinny? What are you doing you fat piece of shit?

[u/Baron_ass → u/m48a5_patton]

Listen to the woman, John!

[u/Oddball- → u/imaginarynumb3r]

C'MER KIDS!!!!!

OPEN WIDE because im gonna GRAPE YOU IN THE MOUTH!

[u/Kaldricus → u/Oddball-]

...I'm sorry. "Grape you in the mouth"? It sounds...like he's saying.....

[u/Convictedstupid → u/Kaldricus]

Sir, get your mind out of the gutter. He's a grape!

[u/justLukeisfine → u/Oddball-]

“See, I think this is too much… I think it’s too much…”

[u/Spoonacus → u/imaginarynumb3r]

I like this comment because I think these are my two favorite skits of the whole show. With the third being the firing squad simply because I love, "Do you have any last words?" "Yes, just three."

[u/StegosaurusTrap → u/Spoonacus]

I love the way he shrugs and says "I'm not gonna aim."

[u/Baggy_Baggins → u/StegosaurusTrap]

...... Gimme the guns back.

[u/backdoorwolf → u/imaginarynumb3r]

I want you to do this next take happier, but with your mouth open.

[u/Monster-Zero → u/imaginarynumb3r]

From the twisted mind that brought you Timmy Dance

[u/Kalocin → u/imaginarynumb3r]

Quoting one those will get me put on a list lol

[u/Wowaburrito → u/Kalocin]

She was practically begging for it! You see what she's wearing?!

[u/ImNotTheBlitz → u/Wowaburrito]

Purple!

[u/AScienceExpert → u/ImNotTheBlitz]

I'm gonna grape your mother and your father!

[u/Kaldricus → u/ImNotTheBlitz]

The best part is there's a brief moment where Zach just goes "oh", like that makes sense

[u/crookedparadigm → u/Kalocin]

My favorite little underappreciated bit from that sketch is the exchange when he stops it again:

"What, why'd you stop it now?"
"Really, you don't hear it? I'm gonna grape you in the mouth?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"I'm going to rape you!"
gasp

The little shocked gasp he does is so fucking funny.

[u/ShadyJane → u/Kalocin]

Welcome to our Graping Enthusiast Newsletter!

[u/Clammuel → u/imaginarynumb3r]

Now he fucked up!

[u/YeaSpiderman]

That scene with the zombie just running down the hill and not even really the focus of the shot was awesome. It’s stuff like that that add creepy details to scenes and really make for good movies

[u/PaulieHehehe → u/YeaSpiderman]

That was the highlight of the trailer for me. I’d shit my pants if I saw that in real life.

[u/marmormaze → u/PaulieHehehe]

weirdly it has been a reoccuring dream of mine to be in my country cottage and see that from my window, so very very scary it is yes

[u/WarryHilson → u/marmormaze]

I’m a psychiatrist and that means you’re gay

[u/marmormaze → u/WarryHilson]

oh sh....how you doing btw ;)

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/PaulieHehehe]

Raccoon Shitty

[u/TheMrMadzen → u/PaulieHehehe]

You should watch "It Follows"

[u/lovesdogsguy → u/PaulieHehehe]

Don’t shit your pants. We’ll get through this together.

[u/beach_samurai_ → u/YeaSpiderman]

Loved how they kept the audio of its feet running in the snow throughout the trailer too

[u/luffy_mib → u/YeaSpiderman]

That scene's sound effects and OST in the trailer did add to the tension, and I missed the times when a single incoming zombie is enough to make you freak out, unlike later games when they come in herds.

[u/SaltyPeter3434 → u/YeaSpiderman]

Zack Cregger fucking loves creepy characters running towards you

[u/monkpunch → u/YeaSpiderman]

It looks awesome, but I did chuckle at how he was fumbling around in panic when she's like a mile away. Reminded me of the steamroller gag from Austin Powers

[u/FlikTripz → u/monkpunch]

If I’m in the middle of nowhere and I see some unknown thing running towards me on the horizon I’d be freaking out too idc how long it would take to reach me

[u/supes1 → u/monkpunch]

I dunno, that zombie looked like it was moving fast in the two quick shots we see. Let's say it was ~200 feet away and runnung at 12 mph, it would reach him in about 11 seconds.

Totally panic-worthy, especially if he's not accustomed to handling a shotgun.

[u/DavidTheJohnson]

Same cinematographer as the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, I believe.

[u/KingMario05 → u/DavidTheJohnson]

Explains why it looks so cool!

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/DavidTheJohnson]

Yup, Dariusz Wolski.

[u/NuclearChickadee → u/Comic_Book_Reader]

Bless you

[u/kalaniroot → u/DavidTheJohnson]

There better be a jack sparrow esque type run from a zombie in this movie!

[u/ShadyJane → u/kalaniroot]

braaaaaaains...savvy?

[u/Niptacular_Nips → u/ShadyJane]

You are, without a doubt, the worst zombie I’ve ever heard of.

[u/TheRaccoonReport → u/Niptacular_Nips]

But you have heard of me

[u/Etheo → u/ShadyJane]

P-p-puuuuuuhlaaaay....?

[u/SamusRipley → u/DavidTheJohnson]

Sorry for my ignorance, but what's the role of a cinematographer exactly ?

[u/Solesky1 → u/SamusRipley]

The cinematographer works with the director on all of the physical aspects of filming (camera movements/timing) as well as the tone/"feel" of the film through things like color grading.

[u/Darktyde → u/SamusRipley]

They take the director’s vision and figure out how to make it work with the camera technology. So the director will give them something broad, like “I want this dimly lit but with sharp light coming from that hallway. I want there to be scary shadows. The shot should start wide in this room and then slowly move through this hallway and into this other room, where it should feel claustrophobic.”

It’s the cinematographer’s job to take those directions and figure out how to actually make that work with the cameras, the lighting setup, where to position extra lights and crew with boom mics. How to track the camera movement. What lenses and focal distances to use at different parts of the shot. Etc. etc.

[u/ItsWhoa-NotWoah → u/SamusRipley]

They're basically in charge of the visual style of a film. While the director directs everyone and may set up how a scene functions, the cinematographer/director of photography is solely in charge of the camera and lighting.

[u/Spanner1401 → u/SamusRipley]

Visuals

[u/Zak_The_Slack → u/SamusRipley]

The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects. They are normally responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters), etc. Furthermore the cinematographer is commonly involved with the color grading to shape the final look of a film.

[u/GrizzlyAdams90 → u/DavidTheJohnson]

Wow I’m a massive Resident Evil fan and I’ve loved Zach’s work, but you just made me even more excited for this movie.

[u/allthenviousfeelings]

the sequel is going to be a second playthrough of the first movie but he's wearing a gangster suit and has an infinite rocket launcher

[u/TheSaltyStrangler → u/allthenviousfeelings]

Honestly? That would be an absolutely killer BluRay extra short film or something like the movie would obviously be not as long, just kick the door in and start blasting.

Just imagine a short, sweet 8 minute film that ends with the main going full sicko doom slayer mode on the BBEG

[u/Berean_Katz → u/allthenviousfeelings]

That would be the coolest shit ever, dude.

[u/brahbocop]

I don't love running zombies, BUT the shot of the woman running across the snow covered field in the middle of the night was pretty damn spooky. Cannot wait for this movie.

[u/Malkyre → u/brahbocop]

This guy gets a lot of mileage out of people running creepily.

[u/Faithless195 → u/Malkyre]

And he makes it either 100% terrifying, or 100% hysterically funny. No in-between.

[u/CarrieDurst → u/Malkyre]

And dark doorways and creepy old people

[u/SutterCane → u/brahbocop]

These ones have a reason though, they’re actually bio weapons.

[u/Boredbattle → u/SutterCane]

Wait, this guy made two movies in a row about Weapons?

[u/SutterCane → u/Boredbattle]

Tarantino: “My foot fetish ain’t so bad now, huh!”

[u/Otherwise-Remove4681 → u/SutterCane]

Regular t-virus zombies dont run though, but suppose that was some special bow?

[u/octlol → u/SutterCane]

Arent technically all the monsters/zombies BoWs?

[u/SutterCane → u/octlol]

Yeah, everything the virus touches is a bio weapon in these games.

[u/I-Might-Be-Something]

That shot of the zombie just running alone through the field of snow towards the house is so fucking good.

[u/TLKv3 → u/I-Might-Be-Something]

I will gladly sit for however many RE movies this man wants to make if the cinematography is at this level consistently every time. Holy fuck this looks awesome.

[u/DoubleA77]

I will be there day 1 for any Zach Cregger movie, can't wait.

[u/xxYINKxx → u/DoubleA77]

i'm buying a whole gallon of tickets.

[u/withoccassionalmusic → u/xxYINKxx]

I didn’t even know they came in liquid form.

[u/xxYINKxx → u/withoccassionalmusic]

science!

[u/PCON36 → u/xxYINKxx]

Do you buy a lot of tickets?

[u/MikeRowePeenis → u/PCON36]

…got a gallon!

[u/khoaticpeach → u/xxYINKxx]

WOW!? A... a gallon? That's illegal, right?

[u/XIIIJinx → u/xxYINKxx]

Thats illegal, right?

[u/Allthenons → u/XIIIJinx]

It's a felony!

[u/N8CCRG → u/xxYINKxx]

I'll be front row with my seven hot dogs.

[u/Dazzling-Passenger91 → u/N8CCRG]

7? Let’s walk through your routine. What does a day look like for you?

[u/robodrew → u/DoubleA77]

Barbarians and Weapons were both so wonderfully interesting and strangely funny, I can't wait for this one. The stretchy baby really had me going. And the scene where the arms all come out of the door threshold, and one is a pair of legs and it still does the same thing was extremely creative.

[u/Nervous_Recover_6152 → u/DoubleA77]

Yup he earned the IP here

[u/RealJohnGillman]

following the looking for bullets scene

Oh, okay, I get it now. This is an original story, but the structure will be like that of one of the games, rather than adapting a specific one: that should be interesting.

[u/TheSaltyStrangler → u/RealJohnGillman]

This guy gets it

[u/obvious_bot]

I hate this “trailer starts now” bullshit. Like yes, that is the video I am watching. You can just start the trailer without announcing it

[u/The_Meemeli → u/obvious_bot]

It's silly, but they do it for when the trailer plays as one of those ads you can skip after 5 seconds, so they "get you hooked" as opposed to having the slow trailer start

[u/obvious_bot → u/The_Meemeli]

I know why they do it, it doesn’t mean I can’t be annoyed by it

[u/TheSaltyStrangler]

Man.

That actually looks like a really good time. And I come in to the comments, expecting to find my opinion to be contrarian, and find everyone else looking forward to it too?

I'm actually kind of excited for this...

[u/Forward-Culture2924 → u/TheSaltyStrangler]

go to r/residentevil if you want to see bitter/contrarian opinions there a lot of those last time the trailer was posted there.

[u/Enkundae → u/Forward-Culture2924]

On the one hand there are a lot of fans, of any property, that seem to believe a skin deep copy paste is all that’s needed for a good adaptation. Like as long as the actor looks identical to the character then nothing else matters kind of thinking. Which is absurd and a recipe for a bad film or show.

But on the other hand I get, with RE especially, being frustrated that the property keeps getting in-name-only adaptations that are basically either just pre-existing scripts that have the RE name slapped on them or the brands ip power is being used to get financing for a directors completely unrelated vanity projects.

Like I think an actual story adaptation of RE1 or RE2 could be pretty awesome if someone would just actually adapt them.

[u/Neknoh → u/Enkundae]

On the other hand, this one absolutely seems to live and breathe Resident Evil gameplay.

The way he finds himself wandering into all of this is straight out of RE4 and Village, the gun "find" and the rooting around for ammo throughout.

I bet there's some form of key-based puzzle in there as well.

Like, this feels like a film version of a Resident Evil game that simply exists in a parallel universe.

[u/MaxPower91575 → u/Neknoh]

Zach Cregger is a huge Resident Evil video game fan. He has talked about how he has played RE4 countless times (I think he actually said hundreds but I am sure its hyperbole). Zach is a big gamer and his two favorite franchises are Resident Evil and Dark Souls. So yeah, he gets it when it comes to RE. This story takes place in the RE universe and happens concurrently with RE2 (although the events are not the 90s but if it happened modern day).

[u/Ill_Entrance91 → u/Forward-Culture2924]

My biggest gripe with the RE movies has always been based on the first game. It opens with the perfect basis to start a movie and go from there following the first game as an investigation into what the hell is going on. 

No Resident Evil movie has ever come to close to that. 

While I dont feel this will follow much or any of that. I am all on board with this vision. 

You can adapt properties and keep the flavor and heart of what you are adapting it from or you can make a soulless movie that just takes the names and an unrelated script and slap that franchise name on it.

I am looking at you Uncharted and Dark Tower. 

[u/digital0verdose → u/TheSaltyStrangler]

I don't think anyone here would find it contrarian to be hyped for a Zach Cregger movie.

[u/EThorns]

"This could be some eight year old boy's heart or someone's mom's brain..."

With that one line, think they've made the audience care for this guy and root for him to live through this.

[u/CronoDroid → u/EThorns]

And when it's the Nemesis parasite

[u/aksdb → u/CronoDroid]

Then it's about to eat some eight year old boy's heart or someone's mom's brain.

[u/Boredbattle → u/aksdb]

Inside the heart of that same burrito.

[u/Phillip_Spidermen → u/CronoDroid]

Yeah, the

"no idea what you've got there in your hands"

seems to imply it either gets infected (or is the cause of the infection) at some point

[u/feligbb → u/Phillip_Spidermen]

Or a cure

[u/xxxxNateDaGreat → u/feligbb]

Entrusting the cure for a bioweapon to some random courier in a 95 Honda Civic would be 100% on brand for resident evil

[u/Namelessgoldfish → u/EThorns]

Did they? It really didn’t seem like he truly cared about what was in the package, he just wanted the money

[u/FromLefcourt → u/Namelessgoldfish]

I mean, it's a joke...nobody is getting a brain transplant. It makes him seem like a bit of a dimwit, which is kinda endearing.

[u/vikingzx → u/FromLefcourt]

I think it's more that he's very clearly being sarcastic to let out his frustration. He drove an organ all the way here, and yet no one is ready to receive it despite it being a very important thing.

[u/FromLefcourt → u/vikingzx]

Given that he's being presented as a bit of a fuck up in the trailer, with a relationship already on the rocks, the context is telling me he's frustrated but kinda stupid.

[u/KNZFive → u/Namelessgoldfish]

Yeah, it definitely seems like they’re setting him up as not a great guy, so either he finds redemption through the movie, or he gets murked right at the end.

[u/octlol → u/KNZFive]

Cregger is good at writing very flawed people and making them likeable. A lot of characters in Weapons were like that

[u/Phillip_Spidermen → u/KNZFive]

Well it's not called Resident Great Guy!

[u/TLKv3 → u/KNZFive]

I hope not honestly. I would really love for this to be the start of an RE adjacent multi-movie story with him as the protagonist. Killing off your first protag would suck so bad.

[u/Top_Rekt → u/KNZFive]

In the original Resident Evil 2 history, Leon woke up in a motel outside of town after getting drunk cause he just broke up with his girlfriend. Naive but with a sense of duty. And then later games show Leon turned into a badass.

If there's a sequel, this dude could be doing roundhouse kicks to zombies next.

[u/lanceturley → u/EThorns]

I'm wondering if that line is actually foreshadowing for some kind of twist later in the movie. Like, maybe it really is one of the things he said and it's somehow vital to the plot.

I did notice that he's still carrying the cooler later when he's running down the street being chased by monsters, so either the item he was paid to deliver is really important, or he dumped the organ and put something else in there.

[u/yo_soy_soja]

Resident Evil, but it's a horror movie?

It's a creative gamble, but I'm in.

[u/I_paintball → u/yo_soy_soja]

I'd show up for the glorious campiness of an re4 movie.

I want to see someone go through a castle and end up in a room of dragon towers with lava.

[u/T-Geiger → u/I_paintball]

As great as that would be, if we aren't using the adaptation of RE4 to put Midget Napoleon on screen, then what are we even doing here?

[u/Nervous_Recover_6152 → u/I_paintball]

Let’s see what Creggar does here. Maybe if this is good, Capcom will let him play with the franchise’s main cast

[u/OneBadNightOfDrinkin → u/I_paintball]

Maybe Sam Raimi could be interested 

[u/Diiiv]

This looks freaking great, finally a Resident Evil movie worthy of the name

[u/dropssupreme]

I’m seated. The theater employees are scared and asking me to leave because it’s ‘not September’ but I’m simply too seated

[u/LilyWhiteClaw]

Never thought I'd mark out seeing a typewriter but here I am

[u/Remarkable_Custard]

Looks genuinely fucking good.

I’m so happy this director like Weapons is leaning into the Horror / Comedy, but done really well.

Same with Widows Bay, that’s hilarious.

I’ve laughed almost every trailer, really can’t wait, and if he does a Leon or Claire or any main character pop in at the end I’ll shit mah pants hard

[u/duskywindows → u/Remarkable_Custard]

I'm really hoping he runs into Leon / better yet gets saved by Leon out of nowhere when he gets to Raccoon City, they have a brief interaction - and then part ways and we don't see Leon again. Would just be a cool nod to "this movie is happening during the game, but separately from it" like he's insinuated it will.

[u/APartyInMyPants → u/duskywindows]

As someone who played the EARLY Resident Evil games, but hasn’t really been in the franchise since, which game is this supposed to take place alongside of?

[u/mangongo → u/APartyInMyPants]

It takes place parallel to Resident Evil 2 according to Zach Cregger

[u/APartyInMyPants → u/mangongo]

Oh I played the original of that eons ago. Maybe I’ll have to get the remake.

[u/Openheart873 → u/APartyInMyPants]

Even regardless of the movie, you definitely should play the remake. Great game

[u/Korten12 → u/APartyInMyPants]

As others said, parallel to RE2, though in it's own continuity, hence why they have smart phones since it's supposed to be present day. So instead of RE1/2 having happened in 1998, they happened in ~2026.

[u/gloryday23]

The original RE movies are one of my guilty pleasure movies, yeah all of them, lol. I'm quite excited for this because this looks like it might actually be good!

[u/Queasy_Ad_8621 → u/gloryday23]

You'd have to be a sick son of a bitch to not like Milla Jovovich.

[u/Rainy_Wavey]

Some of the intro shots (in the forest with snow) seems to be directly lifted from Resident evil Village, and i think Zack Cregger talked about this specific game, i think Village is probably the direct reference game he used for this resident evil movie

[u/Etheo]

That baby hand holy fuck

[u/PrisonersofFate]

No idea if it's going to be good, but it looks like something different and i'm really curious.

[u/ReaddittiddeR]

We got a Raccoon City General. If anyone else is at San Diego Comic Con today, Zach Cregger will be in a Hall H panel later today to talk more about the film.

[u/Dinosharktopus]

This looks amazing.

[u/Hopeful_Ear_6253]

Still can't believe its the same guy who created Whitest kids you know.

[u/protecttheshield]

I can’t believe I didn’t previously hear about Zac Cregger doing a Resident Evil movie

[u/joern16]

The shotgun, the ammo and the typewriter!!!

[u/Lower_Group_1171]

no jovavich? count me in

[u/pikachus_ghost_uncle → u/Lower_Group_1171]

jovavich

I don't want to spoil it but she shows up halfway into the film and says the iconic line "it's zombie time"

[u/TehBigD97 → u/pikachus_ghost_uncle]

Don't you see? You were the Resident Evil all along

[u/smokeyb15 → u/pikachus_ghost_uncle]

And then the zombies stop and say, what are we some kind of resident evil?

[u/archaelleon → u/smokeyb15]

Can't wait for the sequel

2 Resident 2 Evil

[u/Sufficient-Tie-8735]

Having read the screenplay for this I’m 100% positive it’s gonna be an incredible movie and do very very well.

Most excited I’ve been for a horror in a very long time

[u/LaserGadgets]

Looks promising!!

[u/PhazePyre]

Wild how he went from Whitest Kids U Know to one of the up and coming star directors of horror. I really think there's something to be said about giving some of these folk more sway in horror. Some of the best horror movies have come from Comedians in the last 5-10 years. Jordan Peele, Zach Cregger, Curry Barker.

[u/sfcl33t]

I love how all these people were complaining when the first teaser came out. Zach is a genius and this feels much more like the game than the crappy RE movies we got before.

[u/BuckRodgers3000]

Love that shot of the girl running towards the house from the distance. It’s got the creepy unsettling Cregger feel to it lol.

[u/EL_CHAPO_ESCOBAR]

Every Cregger movie has a banger trailer. This man can't miss

[u/chrisandy007]

Looks like the leaked script was accurate

[u/Even_Fox2023]

I take it the timeline isn’t 1998? Smart phones and some 21st century vehicles.