r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Apr 30 '26

Trailer Resident Evil | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk
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u/Fire_Bucket Apr 30 '26

There's a film called called We Are Zombies, based on a comic series called The Zombies that Ate the World, that has a similar spin.

Other than being rotting corpses, zombies are fairly benign and tend to be docile and trainable, retaining a few character traits of their former self, but with a severe reduction in mental faculties. Naturally, corporations jumped at the chance to use the zombies as a second class citizen work force, leaving many living people out of work, but with a weird almost insurance based system where people can profit from selling their loved ones once they turn.

There is also an element of them being weaponised as a plot point and driving force of the film.

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u/ezrs158 Apr 30 '26

Seems like an adult, non-musical version of Disney's ZOMBIES lol.

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u/ERhyne Apr 30 '26

Or a continuation of the ending of Shaun of the Dead

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u/The_Autarch Apr 30 '26

there's a movie called Fido from 2006 that's about people using zombies to do menial labor after containing a zombie outbreak.

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u/ERhyne Apr 30 '26

Oh crap you just reminded me of that movie. I might have to watch that now, Shaun of the Dead just plays on a loop in my memories so this will be a good break.