Even if you don’t play video games yourself, you likely know that the Resident Evil movies are based on a video game series of the same name (even if that connection gets looser with each new film). Unfortunately, the REmovies don’t do much for the reputation of video game adaptations; the first one has its share of fans and is one of the highest-rated entries in the franchise on Rotten Tomatoes, but that really isn’t saying much. But don’t discount the positive impact the iconic video game series has had on cinema just yet; it also inspired another horror series, one that in turn helped inspire a whole new wave of zombie movies. Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and its upcoming sequel,28 Years Later, was inspired to write that first script after playing the first Resident Evil game in the ’90s. Without Resident Evil, we might never have seen the rise of fast-moving zombies in film – and that’s a scary thought if there ever was one.