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This week we’re reviewing Resident Evil (2026). We examine how Zach Cregger recreates survival-horror gameplay, unpack Austin Abrams’ frantic everyman performance, and dissect the film’s practical creature effects and body horror. In this episode's b-side, we consider which games should be adapted to film next. This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 35:17.
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Resident Evil (2026) (https://letterboxd.com/film/resident-evil-2026/)
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Main Episode
Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Features a 2,000 Pound Practical Monster Puppet Built By a SFX Legend (https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3967450/resident-evil-practical-effects-interview/)
The Right Way to Adapt a Video Game (https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/09/resident-evil-2026-movie-zach-cregger-interview/688792/)
Resident Evil Q&A: Director Zach Cregger Shares Inspirations and a New Film Teaser (https://blog.playstation.com/2026/04/30/resident-evil-qa-director-zach-cregger-shares-inspirations-and-a-new-film-teaser/)
Train to Busan (2016) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_to_Busan)
The Exorcist (1973) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist)
B-side
Dead Space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Space_(2008_video_game))
Death Troopers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Troopers)
Dead by Daylight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_by_Daylight)
The Dark Pictures Anthology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Pictures_Anthology)
The Quarry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quarry_(video_game))
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia:_The_Dark_Descent)
MADiSON (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_(video_game))
Alan Wake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wake)
Phasmophobia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmophobia_(video_game))
Friday the 13th: The Game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th:_The_Game)
Halloween: The Game (https://www.hackorslash.live/halloween-the-game-first-impressions/)
Mortal Kombat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(2021_film))
Fallout (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series))
BioShock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock)
Minecraft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Minecraft_Movie)
The Sims Movie (https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/articles/cqjr049lzp1o)
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