Capcoms franchise of the Resident Evil video games revolutionized the zombie genre in pop culture.
Historically, those aren’t the types of films that receive critical acclaim or even acceptance.
Anderson giving viewers a sugar rush of elaborate setpieces and deeply silly plots.
The latter sequels became virtually plotless too, with Alice wandering from event to event with little setup.
All those weaknesses aside, audiences always came rushing back for the next installment.
It helped that overseas audiences also dugResident Evil, with the series having a loyal global fanbase.
Movies likeCrawlorThe Descentshowed how to translate survival horror into a movie while keeping the suspense and fear intact.
Cregger clearly knows a thing or two about horror, so having him reboot the series sounds very exciting.
Plus, it would just be nice to see aResident Evilmovie finally live up to its potential.
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