US director Zach Cregger is a huge fan of the "Resident Evil" video game franchise, so when he was tapped to direct its new film adaptation, he gave himself one objective: "Be authentic to the spirit of the games."
“Weapons” and “Barbarian” director Zach Cregger is dabbling in studio IP for the first time with Sony’s “Resident Evil,” but it appears joining a franchise has done nothing to weaken the filmmaker’s knack for outrageously wild scares.
After exploding on to the horror movie universe with fresh and inventive films, Barbarian and the Oscar winning Weapons, I was a little worried to hear Zach Cregger’s next film was going to be yet another entry in Sony’s Resident Evil franchise that already has spawned about 8 movies, 6 of them star…
The Weapons director delivers a seat-edge thriller with a standout lead performance from Austin Abrams as an everyman navigating chaos Typically horror fans react to blatant on-screen stupidity with vocal derision.
His "Resident Evil" is different, and much better, than the other "Resident Evil" movies — it’s a creepy-crawly squishfest that takes its time and has a weird innocence about it. (At moments it reminded me of "Planet Terror.")
"Resident Evil," a reimagining of the blockbuster video game-turned-horror movie franchise, from "Weapons" filmmaker Zach Cregger, is impressing critics, unlike previous films in the series.
After two decades of subpar 'Resident Evil' movies, Zach Cregger finally offers fans a film that respects the source material enough to not step on its toes.
Movie theater operators are counting on “Resident Evil” to scare some life into the early fall box office. Sony’s horror-comedy reboot of the zombie-infested property is targeting a strong $40 million to $50 million in its domestic debut.
After a record $4.67B summer, last weekend’s Warner Bros/Alcon’s Practical Magic 2 didn’t exactly light he fall on fire. But this weekend’s Sony/Constantin’s Zach Cregger revival of Resident Evil could very well do the trick with a $40M-$50M domestic start and another $31M overseas for a global arou…
Resident Evil (in theaters) Though the last several years of “Resident Evil” movies have been action films, the games have always been firmly survival horror. Director Zach Cregger is determined to make the movies remember...
In “Resident Evil,” director Zach Cregger brings not just the frights, but plenty of laughs as well, masterfully blending the two in what may be 2026’s top horror film.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Resident Evil,” now playing in theaters. “Resident Evil” is one of the longest-running horror video game series, and for a time it was the highest-grossing film series based on a game (until Universal’s “Super Mario” movies dethroned them).
Austin Abrams stars in Sony's latest feature adaptation of the video game franchise, with the new movie becoming the first in the series to impress critics.
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