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Resident Evil (2026) and fan-made zombie shorts

A new Resident Evil film has been in cinemas since September, released in China as 《生化危机：爆发夜》. Here are the basic facts, a fan-made AI short in the same spirit, and a way to make your own outbreak clip in time for Halloween.

Fan-made AI short · not official footage A 29-second fan-made AI short in five shots: pale arms reaching out of a snowy doorway, a fight in a hoodie, a screaming creature over a mound of flesh, a woman in a red dress in a snowy forest, and a hospital corridor where someone grabs a red medical cooler ("Don't do it").

About the film

Resident Evil (2026) is a new film based on Capcom's video game series. Zach Cregger directed it and wrote it with Shay Hatten. Austin Abrams plays Bryan, a medical courier caught in an outbreak on his way to a delivery in Raccoon City.

Chinese title
《生化危机：爆发夜》
Director
Zach Cregger
Writers
Zach Cregger, Shay Hatten
Cast
Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser
Release
US: 18 September 2026 · mainland China: 5 October 2026
Running time
94 minutes
Box office
$60.2 million US opening weekend · about $361 million worldwide as of 18 October 2026

Sources: Wikipedia: Resident Evil (2026 film), Box Office Mojo, Deadline: opening weekend report, 1905电影网 (Chinese title and release date).

Fan-made AI shorts

The clip at the top of this page is a fan-made short generated with AI. It is not from the film, a trailer or any official material, and it uses no footage, logos or posters from Resident Evil. It runs about 30 seconds, longer than our usual 15-second samples, so you can see a full little story: snow, a doorway that should have stayed shut, and a medical cooler nobody should open.

If you make your own, label it as AI-generated and as fan-made, and don't present it as footage from the film or the games.

Become the survivor: your own survival-horror clip

Upload one photo and you play the lead in a 15-second horror scene: rain over a ruined street, a dark mansion corridor, a flashlight in your hand and zombies coming out of the dark. The scene is original, with no characters, logos or footage from the games or the film.

  1. Open the Survival Horror effect.
  2. Upload one clear, front-facing photo of yourself, or of someone who agreed to it.
  3. Generate. 50 credits per 15-second vertical clip, usually ready in 2 to 4 minutes. Failed or blocked renders are refunded in full.

Make my survival-horror clip

Rather turn into the zombie? Try the AI Zombie effect. Halloween 2026 is on a Saturday, so Friday night and the weekend are when most of these get posted.

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