10 Zombie Horror Movies That Have No Right Being This Good

Rarely do the phrases "video game adaptation" and "good film" sit comfortably together. And, with the rich history of disastrous video game films both pre- and post-Resident Evil, from Mortal Kombat (1995) to Assassin's Creed (2016) it's not exactly a stretch to understand why.

And Resident Evil was no different. To make matters worse, not only was it a video game adaptation, but it was also being helmed by Paul WS Anderson, the man responsible for the aforementioned Mortal Kombat disaster.

Typically, production companies seek to shamelessly grab a hot property's imagery and brand recognition, and Hollywood it into a saleable, franchisable, merchandisable product. While this may have been the case for Resident Evil, the film somehow still managed to avoid many of the pitfalls that have swallowed other video game adaptations before they have begun, functioning as a satisfying slice of zombie horror action.

Milla Jovovich kicks ass as Alice, an amnesiac who finds herself caught up in Raccoon City's zombie nightmare, courtesy of the sinister Umbrella Corporation. While the film may be a fairly run of the mill actioner, it nevertheless makes good on the source material and offers up a series of ingenious and truly disturbing kills, not least when James Shade (Colin Salmon) gets diced by a malevolent AI's laser system.