Resident Evil (2026)

I’m a big fan of (nearly) all the Resident Evil video games and I probably should be ashamed about how many hours I’ve spent playing them (particularly part 4 & its remake). If you follow these pages you probably also know I think Zach Creggers’ BARBARIAN (2022) & WEAPONS (2025) are top tier when it comes to modern horror (I may have even spent most of last year obsessed with the iconic character Aunt Gladys and pretty much filled KT’s Instagram with back to back photoshopped tributes to her). All this to say I was very much looking forward to the new RESIDENT EVIL film. Cregger had kindly warned in advance that he wasn’t going to concentrate on beloved characters from the game series but would rather tell his own original survival story. Thankfully, that turned out to be a great idea because this movie delivers a purely unique vision of horror and is a contender to be my personal favorite in an unprecedented banner year for the genre (it certainly will be the film I will return to…