How To Watch Zach Cregger's Resident Evil At Home

This has been a wonderful year for video game movie fans. We've seen both big productions and even indie movies translate the world of video games to cinema with much success (check out our list of the best video game adaptations of 2026 here).

The best movie based on a video game this year is Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil," which actually ignores the exact plot of the long-running Capcom brand. Instead of being a faithful game recreation, it tells an original story that understands the true appeal of the best games in the "Resident Evil" franchise. Cregger crafted a horror comedy that's all about the frustration of finding yourself in an impossible situation where absolutely nothing works in your favor, and its humor comes from everything going wrong at the worst possible moment.

After dominating the box office, "Resident Evil" is finally coming home. The film will become available to buy or rent on digital starting on November 3, 2026, with its release on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K UHD to follow later this year on December 29. Its physical media package will also include some bonus features with titles like "Game Changer: Directing Resident Evil," "Flesh and Bone: Designing the Monsters," and "Anatomy of a Scene: From Storyboard to Splatter," along with an audio commentary by Cregger.

Ahead of the movie's rollout onto physical media, we've already seen and heard plenty about the making of "Resident Evil." When /Film had the chance to speak with Weta's Kevin Smith (one of the visual effects supervisors who worked on the film), he talked about how ridiculously complicated one particularly gnarly "Resident Evil" creature was to realize, especially with the assorted bodily fluids coming out of its guts.

Overall, "Resident Evil" does what all the best video game adaptations do: It makes you feel like you're in the world of the original game, even if it's telling an entirely different story than the source material does. More specifically, the film often feels like one of those journal entries you find in a "Resident Evil" game recounting the tragic story of a hapless schmuck who messes around and finds themself turned into a zombie.

Based on some of his comments about the making of "Resident Evil," it seems unlikely Zach Cregger will return to direct a sequel. Still, given how successful the movie has been, it's surely only a matter of time before we return to Raccoon City again.