Resident Evil: As Reddit users react to the trailer, when is it out in cinemas?
The Resident Evil movie from Zach Cregger was previewed in room only at CinemaCon.
At CinemaCon earlier this month, the Resident Evil film was previewed, but it was in room only. Zach Cregger said: "Over the last couple of decades, I have played a s---load of Resident Evil," and added that "I have put an embarrassing amount of hours into these games. I love the atmosphere, love the pacing, I love the resource management, I love the dread. It's just so naturally cinematic."
The filmmaker also added that “When I decided to throw my hat in the ring to make a movie out of what is absolutely the gold standard of survival horror, I knew I had some big shoes to fill," he said. "Unlike my last two films, there's not gonna be any narrative acrobatics."
Zach Cregger continued: “You are gonna be locked in with one protagonist, on a foot journey from point A to point B."
The 2026 Resident Evil movie stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser. The first Resident Evil movie was released in 2002. After viewing the trailer for the new movie, Reddit users have been sharing their thoughts.
One wrote: “Well that was a great trailer. I genuinely want to see this now.” Another said: “I'm, hmm, I'm not completely turned off by this trailer, and the film could still be good, but it doesn't sell me as a trailer for a Resident Evil film.
“To me, for as different as each game can be, RE generally has a few consistencies that make it RE which I'd still need to see to be more sold on it as an RE film. To me RE has puzzle solving, bio-terror, a handful of larger than life characters (especially the villains), and a mixture of horror and camp.
“Again it's just a teaser, the full film could be good, but I think if we're fair and judge this trailer standalone, it is kind of devoid of a lot of Resident Evil's more recognisable ingredients. Like, to where if this film wasn't called Resident Evil, literally nothing about it would tip me off to the fact that that's what it is. Maybe this trailer's just being secretive, but I'm just calling it like I see it.”
Another Reddit user said: “The movie looks good but as a resident evil fan it looks like another horror movie with the name slapped on and it won't actually have anything to do with resident evil.
“They even call it a "reinvention of resident evil" in the description as if it needed a reinvention. Seems like it'll be an original story with original characters in an original location. Why even call it Resident Evil?”
The movie, via Columbia Pictures will be released on September 18,