Capcom is hyping up Resident Evil Requiem with a fresh short film, positioning it as one of the publisher’s key releases heading into the final stretch of its fiscal year.
The long-running horror series’ new protagonist could be among its best yet if the game can balance the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 7-inspired segments starring Grace Ashcroft with the Resident Evil 4-flavored sections built around the iconic Leon S. Kennedy.
To tee up the next entry, Capcom has released a new short that also leans into one of Resident Evil Requiem’s standout ideas – zombies retaining fragments of their former memories and routines.
The three-and-a-half-minute film is titled Evil Has Always Had a Name, stars Maika Monroe of Longlegs, and frankly looks sharper than most screen adaptations the Resident Evil name has been attached to.
It follows a mother and daughter living in Raccoon City before the outbreak that sits at the heart of Resident Evil 2, and it closes on a brutal image: the mother, now a zombie, visiting her daughter’s grave while clutching a shared photo.
An unnamed patrol group sweeping the area takes her down, but the point lands cleanly – her return mirrors what the Resident Evil Requiem trailers have teased, with infected people repeating the same actions they performed in life.
If the game’s storytelling can carry even a slice of the same emotional weight, Resident Evil Requiem could deliver a rare kind of horror – one that reminds you the things you’re shooting were once people with histories, families, and someone who cared.
Resident Evil Requiem launches February 27 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
Source: WCCFTech
