# Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Is the First One That Plays Like the Games

It took seven films, but the smartest move any Resident Evil movie has pulled off is simply aiming the lens at the back of a character's skull. That's the whole trick. Zach Cregger, who made Barbarian and Weapons, didn't solve the adaptation puzzle by stuffing the runtime with references. He solved

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| Published | 19 September 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/zach-creggers-resident-evil-is-the-first-one-that-plays-like-the-games/