Resident Evil (Boss Fight Books)

Now a sprawling multimedia franchise, Resident Evil has kept us on the edge of our seats for decades with its signature brand of jump scares, zombie action, and biological horror!

But even decades after its release, we can’t stop revisiting the original Spencer Mansion’s thrills, chills, and sometimes unintentional comedic spills. Pop culture writer and horror cinephile Philip J Reed takes dead aim at 1996’s Resident Evil, the legendary game that named and defined the genre we now call “survival horror.”

While examining the game's deep-rooted influences from the worlds of cinema, literature, and arcade gaming alike, Reed’s love letter to the macabre dissects how groundbreaking design choices and atmospheric fixed-cam cinematography work to terrify players—and why that terror might actually be good for you.

Featuring an exclusive foreword from Troma Entertainment legend Lloyd Kaufman alongside brand-new interviews with the game’s original voice actors and live-action cinematic cast! This volume serves as the ultimate "master of unlocking" for behind-the-scenes gaming history, proving how an experience filled with notoriously laughable dialogue can still scare the pants off of you.