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Resident Evil
Film
1,492 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 480 | 64 | 837 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 71 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| TMDB reviews * | 9 | 1 | 2 |
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What viewers are saying
7 positive · 0 mixed · 1 negative
Counted from the reviewers’ own 0–10 ratings on the 8 rated TMDB user reviews we collected (7–10 positive, 5–6 mixed, 0–4 negative), not by the AI.
Viewers praise the film for capturing the eerie isolation and survival horror feel of the games. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the film is a dark comedy with effective jump scares and gore. [4][5][6] A few posters criticize the ending and tonal shifts in the third act. [4][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [9]
Resident Evil 2026 discards survival horror to deliver an relentless comedy special masquerading as an apocalyptic outbreak. Director Zach Cregger trades genuine dread for punchlines, turning bio-weapon chaos into an arena for cynical, rapid-fire banter. Instead of claustrophobic tension, characters treat flesh-eating abominations like mild annoyances, tossing off mean-spirited quips faster than spent shotgun …
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The best kind of survival horror knows that darkness is not merely a lack of light—it is a promise that something is waiting just beyond it. That instinct serves Resident Evil remarkably well, delivering a film that finally understands the eerie isolation and creeping dread that made the games so enduring. The atmosphere is easily one of the movie's greatest strengths. Dark corridors, quiet stretches and an almost …
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Zach Cregger takes Capcom's zombie-outbreak survival horror and does exactly what a video game adaptation should do: capture the feeling of the games instead of slavishly recreating cutscenes. Rather than shoehorning in Leon or Claire, he builds an original story around Bryan (Austin Abrams), a hapless medical courier who stumbles into an outbreak near Raccoon City — and it works because Cregger clearly loves this …
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As a adaptation of the Resident Evil franchise, this is really, really good. It beats the last movie, Welcome to Raccoon City, and is far more in line with the feeling of playing a Resident Evil game. The main protagonist isn't a skilled operative or military, he's just a guy who happens to get tangled up in extraordinarily gory and scary circumstances. He therefore acts accordingly. He struggles with things that …
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This isn't a typical Resident Evil movie. It's different, however it's not bad. It's a dark comedy. I usually don't like comedy genre, but I liked this one. The cast feels like real people caught in a nightmare rather than indestructible action heroes.
Summarised from 34 of the 408 public posts collected about this film; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
8 TMDB reviewers rated Resident Evil: 7 positive, 0 mixed, 1 negative. The thing fans bring up: captures the survival horror atmosphere of the games. Did it land for you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
As of October 29, 2026, Resident Evil has grossed $154.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $230.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $385.2 million. In the United States and Canada, Resident Evil made $8.8 million in Thursday previews, and earned $60 million there on its opening weekend along with $48.3 million from other territories, generating a total of $108.3 million debut at the global box office. It set the opening records for both the franchise (surpassing Resident Evil: Retribution and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) and Cregger's career (surpassing Weapons). It fell 61% in its second weekend to $23.3 million, finishing second. In its third weekend,…
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Reactions
60 of 1,492 · most liked firstHAPPY RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE RELEASE DAY!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoyed the new Resident Evil movie! Been a fan of the game series since day 1, and loved this take on it :) (really realllllly like his hat!)
positive · AI labelView post →Resident Evil movie very good. My nitpicking gripe with it is that there are almost zero practical effects in it. I totally get why current film production militates against that sort of thing. But when you're making a bio-goop monster, I believe it's always more visceral if the goop is real.
neutral · AI labelView post →Having now seen Resident Evil (2026) and previously watched every other Resident Evil movie, I'd say we are now very close to having one (1) good Resident Evil movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger's ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ debuts with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. The highest rated video game movie OF ALL TIME. Read our review: bit.ly/DFEvil
neutral · AI labelView post →‘RESIDENT EVIL’ has passed $200M worldwide. Now tracking to become Zach Cregger's highest grossing film ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Resident Evil is like if they made the whole movie out of the “Justin Long measuring the basement” scene from Barbarian (complimentary).
positive · AI labelView post →Is Resident Evil GOOD good or good for a video game movie good?
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing a random Herb in a pot in the new Resident Evil movie felt like this
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger's ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ is Certified Fresh at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Officially the highest rated video game movie OF ALL TIME. Read our review: bit.ly/DFEvil
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing a lot of people mixed on the tonal changes in the third act of the Resident Evil movie, which is how you know it’s a proper Resident Evil movie
neutral · AI labelView post →new posters for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil film
neutral · AI labelView post →this is my favorite comment about the Resident Evil movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Resident Evil movie reboot in the works with Zach Cregger (Barbarian) to write/direct. Constantin Film to produce along with PlayStation Productions. Described as "a revamp that will take the title to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games" LINK
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' film will have a winter setting ❄️ Now filming 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →The guy who gets eaten by a whale in the whale movie is the same actor from the Resident Evil movie and it would be funny if it was the same character and both those things happened to him
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the new resident evil movie. I like Bryan. #ResidentEvil
positive · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger was given “carte blanche” by Sony to do “whatever he wanted” with his ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ film. (Source: Deadline)
neutral · AI labelView post →'RESIDENT EVIL' debuts with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, highest rated video game film adaptation of all time: ▪️"Zach Cregger Gives a Fatigued Franchise an Exhilarating Shot in the Arm" - Hollywood Reporter ▪️'Resident Evil Finally Captures The Breathless Terror Of The Games' - Gamespot #ResidentEvil
neutral · AI labelView post →If he ever fell in love with fellow horror director who is sometimes funny Robert Eggers he would be Zach Cregger Eggers. Maybe that could be a part of this Resident Evil film.
neutral · AI labelView post →New posters for Zach Cregger's ‘Resident Evil’ film 🧟♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger says his ‘Resident Evil’ film is not focused on Leon “It is obedient to the lore of the games, it’s just a different story … Leon’s story is told in the games” (via Inverse)
neutral · AI labelView post →Closest we're ever going to get to a Resident Evil movie that feels like the original Resident Evil 2 or 3, aside from the last half hour of Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce.
positive · AI labelView post →RESIDENT EVIL (film) – Official Trailer (4K) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking for any mutuals with any of the following interests - Kingdom Hearts - Star Wars - Fallout - Skyrim - Film Making - Writing - Mythology - Marvel - DC - Persona - Pokémon - PlayStation - Resident Evil - D&D - Musical theater Trying to make this a fun place. #promo #promosky
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cherry and Kali Reis have been cast in Zach Cregger’s ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ movie. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger says his ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ film will focus on one central protagonist going on a point A to B journey, slowly falling more into hellish territory. In theaters in September 2026.
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cherry and Kali Reis have been cast in Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ movie 🧟♂️ (via THR)
neutral · AI labelView post →Dariusz Wolski is the cinematographer for Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' film 🧟♂️ Past projects include: • Pirates of the Caribbean • Prometheus • The Martian • The Crow (1994)
neutral · AI labelView post →Resident Evil film (Zach Cregger) is 95 minutes long www.amctheatres.com/movies/resid...
neutral · AI labelView post →First trailer for Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ movie 🧟♀️ In theaters September 18
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ film is releasing on Sept 18, 2026 with Sony/Constantin Film/PlayStation Productions. Screenplay co-written with Shay Hatten "under wraps, but apparently harkens back to the original Capcom game’s horror roots." deadline.com/2025/03/resi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Kojima really reviewed the Resident Evil movie as a movie not about Resident Evil games but about the playing of Resident Evil games, and honestly that perfectly summarizes it the people who loved it identify as the player, the haters hate it's not like watching the game on screen
positive · AI labelView post →Official logo for Zach Cregger's ‘Resident Evil’ film🧟♂️ In theaters on September 18
neutral · AI labelView post →Paul Walter Hauser has been cast in Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ film 🧟♂️ (via DEADLINE)
neutral · AI labelView post →Austin Abrams is now confirmed to star in Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' film 🧟♂️ "He's my guy ... we have an amazing thing together" • Rock-em-sock-em Evil Dead 2-style film • Love letter to the games • Real-time foot journey 'where you go deeper and deeper into the depths of Hell' (via Ringer)
neutral · AI labelView post →My outfit for seeing the new Resident Evil movie this evening. I also ate hot pot.
neutral · AI labelView post →New Resident Evil film reboot in the works by director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) and PlayStation Productions comicbook.com/gaming/news/... #ResidentEvil #PlayStation #PlayStationProductions
neutral · AI labelView post →Capcom should make Resident Evil The Movie: The Game
neutral · AI labelView post →"I wish the movie had Resident Evil characters in it" did you miss the cameo from my best friend, Shotgun?
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw the new Resident Evil movie, had a blast. Very funny.
positive · AI labelView post →Can’t wait to see what kind of weird lady is the Real Problem in Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger says his ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ film follows just one protagonist on a footpath from point A to point B. He adds that audiences won’t have to play the games to understand the plot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Resident Evil was so much fun, exactly as scary and as funny as a RE movie should be
positive · AI labelView post →Sony wants to remind you that the Resident Evil film releases in 2 weeks
neutral · AI labelView post →The only thing keeping me anchored to this dimension anymore is the soundtrack for the new Resident Evil movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Film Noir Grace Ashcroft #art #ResidentEvil #RE9 #scythgrizzart
neutral · AI labelView post →Zach Cregger’s potential upcoming projects: • 'Resident Evil' adaptation • Original sci-fi film • 'Henchman' — DC project he’s written but not yet pitched • Original thriller that 'feels like Nightcrawler' • 'Weapons' sequel
neutral · AI labelView post →I rewatched Resident Evil: Degeneration! The movie was 1h 38m long. This movie is still a banger! I love the airport setting at the beginning of the movie, and the story taking place at the beginning of an outbreak is so cool! The movie was also full of action and looked fantastic, it was awesome!
positive · AI labelView post →Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions are bringing the Resident Evil video game saga back to the big screen. Zach Cregger (Barbarian) is attached to write and direct the new movie: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/385212...
neutral · AI labelView post →By the way, we got a RESIDENT EVIL movie full of fan service and references and characters from the games and it fucking sucked
negative · AI labelView post →Gonna go see the new Resident Evil movie today. Of course it won't be a TRUE Resident Evil movie without Alice, but I'll make do.
neutral · AI labelView post →Skybridge - I wanted to draw a fan art of the latest Resident Evil movie by director Zach Cregger. So here it is! It's mutant Bryan team up with Leon Kennedy. :P
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching the first Paul WS Anderson Resident Evil movie for the first time
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a solo dev creating a Mexican folklore horror game inspired by Silent Hill and a real life location in Mexico called Island of Dolls. What do you think of the new trailer?. Hey guys! Hope everyone is well! Just wanted to share the new trailer for my horror game that I am working on which is mostly inspired by a real life location in Mexico, Resident Evil, Silent Hill and a little bit of outlast mixed in with some Mexican folklore into it. Do let me know what you think of the new…
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, watching this film was basically watching the worst Resident Evil player ever as he kept missing all the healing items and trying to brute force the puzzles. The weird part is I found it EXTREMELY entertaining XD
positive · AI labelView post →Found the character they forgot to put in the Resident Evil movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie execs after years of being bashed for inaccurate game adaptations watching Resident Evil (2026) be a critical and commercial hit despite having nothing to do with the games: (confused unga bung…. Full title: Movie execs after years of being bashed for inaccurate game adaptations watching Resident Evil (2026) be a critical and commercial hit despite having nothing to do with the games: (confused unga bunga)
neutral · AI labelView post →That wasn’t REALLY a Resident Evil movie. It was more like [describes something in a movie that has been replicated in 10 different Resident Evil games]
negative · AI labelView post →Babe wake up, a new Resident Evil movie trailer just dropped.
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