Resident Evil trailer review: Fans call Zach Cregger’s directorial ‘Generic horror movie’
The first trailer for Sony’s upcoming Resident Evil film dropped on April 30 and while the movie has a September 18 release date locked in, it has sparked a wave of frustration among fans of the beloved horror franchise. Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil trailer just dropped. (AFP) Directed by Zach Cregger, who also helmed last year’s Weapons, the film takes a completely different approach from what most fans expected. Instead of following iconic game characters like Leon S Kennedy or Jill Valentine, the story centers on a brand new protagonist, a courier who gets caught up in the chaos of a Raccoon City outbreak, according to Variety. Cregger deliberately chose to create an original story rather than adapt the games directly. For a lot of fans, that decision did not go down well. Public reaction The reaction on X was swift and largely negative. Many fans felt the trailer had almost nothing to do with the games they grew up with. “So, this is basically a generic horror movie, and they just slapped the …
