{"id":621695,"date":"2026-09-11T18:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621695\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T18:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T18:54:10","slug":"release-the-resident-evil-comedy-cut-zach-cregger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621695\/","title":{"rendered":"Release the ‘Resident Evil’ Comedy Cut, Zach Cregger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Barbarian<\/a> and Weapons<\/a>, we know that filmmaker Zach Cregger loves to walk the line between genuine horror and freaky absurdity. Just picture Aunt Gladys clumsily racing away<\/a> from a pack of children bewitched by her own sinister spell\u2014you don\u2019t know whether to scream, laugh, or do both\u2014and you\u2019ll get what we mean. But the director and co-writer recently revealed that his latest film, Resident Evil, may have drifted too far into the humor column early in its process.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Cregger reflected back on the edits he made after getting feedback from Resident Evil\u2018s test screenings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that people really liked the movie, but they thought it was too funny,\u201d Cregger told THR.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo over the course of my testing, I stripped out as much of the jokes as possible. I then found that not only did the audience enjoy the movie more, but I also liked the movie a lot more. A little bit of humor goes a long way in a horror movie, and there\u2019s not a single joke I took out of this movie that I miss. So that perspective was really helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

We get it. Resident Evil is based on a video game more known for yucks than yuks. And Cregger had existing fans of the franchise in mind while he was making his feature version\u2014to a point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are different kinds of Resident Evil fans,\u201d he explained. He mentioned \u201cfans like me who love the experience of playing the games and think there\u2019s never been a movie that has represented what it feels like to play Resident\u00a0Evil,\u201d but also \u201cfans of the games who specifically love the lore and the characters and the nitty-gritty details of the backstory.\u201d<\/p>\n

He understands that second type of fan, but his film is very much in that first category. \u201cI have to make the best version of this movie that I\u2019m capable of making and devote myself entirely to it. I cannot be worried about whether I am pleasing enough of every spectrum of fandom.\u201d<\/p>\n

We respect that. But also\u2026 we\u2019d love to see Resident Evil: The Comedy Cut. Maybe Cregger will include some of those excised jokes on the home release?<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out the best movies and TV shows<\/a> to stream this month and all the upcoming sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books<\/a> that should be on your radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks to Barbarian and Weapons, we know that filmmaker Zach Cregger loves to walk the line between genuine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270,23285,23286],"class_list":["post-621695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-resident-evil","tag-zach-cregger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}