Zach Cregger Defends His Resident Evil Movie Against Claims It Was an Original Film With the Name Added Later

The @DiscussingFilm post shares director Zach Cregger’s response to critics accusing him of making a generic horror/zombie movie and retroactively “slapping” the Resident Evil title on it. Cregger says that once people watch the film they will be “thoroughly convinced that that is not the case.” It is trending because of months-long controversy around the September 18, 2026 release.