One terrified courier, one “urgent” delivery, and one town that turns into a nonstop survival gauntlet. Dan, Leah and Ollie (OllieEatsBrains) sit down for a Zombie Book Club deep dive on Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, and the conversation is as chaotic as the movie. We cover the tone that’s both hilarious and horrifying, the pacing with no room for a bathroom break, and a hero who plays like a horror-game player dropped into real consequences. We also settle (sort of) the great F-word count debate, then argue over whether the infection is a parasite, a virus or an “evolutionary agent.” Along the way, we rank the creature roster, from the tentacles to the Pile. We keep it MOSTLY spoiler free until the end, so you can bail before we blunder our way through it.
Underneath the gore, we dig into corporate science and externalities, who gets stuck doing the risky work, and why horror casting still defaults the way it does. We also share a Groan from the Horde: Rebecca Cuthbertson’s Waves of Undead short film, and how to support it.
Relevant Links:
- Waves of Undead by Rebecca Cuthbertson: https://www.gofundme.com/f/indie-short-film-creation-waves-of-undead
- OllieEatsBrains: https://www.instagram.com/ollieeatsbrains/
- Resident Evil (2026 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(2026_film)
- Zach Cregger, director: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Cregger
- Externalities, the corporate-science theme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality
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