Resident Evil

Resident Evil, known as Biohazard (バイオハザード) in Japan, is a successful franchise of horror-adventure video games developed by Capcom. It is credited with popularizing the survival horror game genre, in which the goal is to avoid being killed by monsters, undead and assorted evil creatures bent on attacking the player. The franchise is heavily influenced by George A. Romero's Dead movies.

Movies

There are two movies, both written by Paul W. S. Anderson who also directed the first film with a third now in development. Officially announced by Constantin Films a fourth film is planned, but may not be in production until mid 2006.

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Movies - Paul W. S. Anderson - 2006

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Although the films purport to take place in the same universe as the games, they contain many plot elements that directly contradict those from the games. Therefore, there is a consensus that the movies are not canonical.

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An initial attempt to bring Resident Evil to the big screen was scripted by zombie meister George A. Romero, but was subsequently cancelled.

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• Resident Evil (2002)
• ' (2004)
• ' (2006)
• Untitled fourth installment (2007)