Sony Pictures has released a new teaser for Resident Evil, the upcoming film adaptation of the zombie franchise. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus enjoyed the nearly 2 minutes, even though such films are not really his thing.
A guy seeks help in the snowstorm and finds an old, empty cabin. The door opens easily, he looks for help, but the line in the house obviously doesn’t allow for an emergency call. It sounds, at first, like… every horror movie ever.
The new trailer for Resident Evil, however, builds an atmosphere that I am not used to from horror films and games: the protagonist is not the hero of the game, but just a guy whom – or whose corpse – you encounter on your way.
There are zombies, but they are rather sparse and not in the form of annoying, mindless hordes. Instead, the teaser shows the typically deformed figures for Resident Evil and… well, at least a rain of bodies for the splatter effect.
On YouTube, the nearly 2 minutes long teaser gathered over 135,000 upvotes and over 2.5 million views within a few hours (as of May 1, 2026) – although there were some cynical comments about the story of a guy who fills 3 pages of a diary during a zombie apocalypse or had the cure but whose inventory was full.
Zombies are absolutely lame, but the trailer has something
I am really not a fan of zombies or horror, whether in films or games. I find zombies to be ultra-boring, interchangeable enemies that only rely on body horror effects, and horror usually doesn’t work for me. Too often, creators rely on cheap jump scares instead of good atmosphere.
The new teaser here for Resident Evil does exactly that: create atmosphere without simply being brutal or disgusting. In fact, I have been fascinated by the series for a while and have read more wiki articles about it than I am willing to admit.
The latest installment, Requiem, also looks very good and has already impressed colleague Niko Hernes:
Maybe I’ll play the games someday…
Resident Evil (the new film) comes from filmmaker Zach Cregger, who was previously responsible for Weapons and Barbarian. The film is being shot for IMAX and is set to be released in theaters on September 18, 2026. You can find more here: All video game adaptations set to be released in 2026 and 2027
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