CONFIRMED
Chandler Riggs, best known as Carl from The Walking Dead, has put his live-action Resident Evil 7 fan film BIOHAZARD on YouTube in full, according to iHorror and Bloody Disgusting. The roughly 19-minute short went live on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, and within a day screenshots began circulating that appear to show Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi reacting with a single word: “WOW.” That reaction is being widely shared, but it is still a personal social post, not an official Capcom statement.
What we know iHorror and Bloody Disgusting report that BIOHAZARD is now available to watch in full on YouTube. The runtime is about 19 minutes, and Riggs wrote it, directed it and stars as Ethan Winters.
Per Dread Central’s teaser coverage, which cites Riggs’s IGN interview, the film adapts one of the most memorable early sequences in Capcom’s 2017 game: Ethan’s garage confrontation with Jack Baker. Jack is played by Jason Douglas, another Walking Dead alumnus, which is a nice touch for anyone who remembers Tobin.
The production details are the fun part for practical-effects fans. According to Dread Central, drawing on the IGN teaser’s production notes, the team converted Arturo Fuente’s former cigar factory in Tampa Bay into part of the Baker estate. Spooky Feet Films, run by Shane Brady and Emily Zercher, produced, with support from Film Tampa Bay and special-effects equipment from Greg Nicotero. Dread Central notes the film leans on practical sets, effects and stunts rather than digital shortcuts. VGTimes adds that it was made without AI and is not intended to make a profit.
Riggs announced the release date himself on X on October 12, pointing to an exclusive IGN interview, as reported by Dexerto. In that interview, per Dread Central, he said he would like to turn Resident Evil 7 into a feature someday, and that he is interested in working with Zach Cregger if Cregger returns to the franchise.
On October 15, Riggs posted on his official X account that he was “BEYOND honored” in response to reports of Nakanishi’s reaction. That is confirmed, but it is important to be precise about what it confirms: Riggs saw the reports and was thrilled by them. It is not Nakanishi speaking.
What is rumored
The Nakanishi reaction itself is the headline-grabber, and we are treating it as unconfirmed for now. On October 15, Genki_JPN, a known Japan-gaming news aggregator, and RENEWS, a Resident Evil news account, shared a screenshot said to come from Nakanishi’s personal Instagram Stories. GamesRadar+ published a report on October 16 and says it verified the post, describing it as a screenshot of the film’s YouTube thumbnail with a “Wow” banner over it. Shane the Gamer repeats GamesRadar+’s account.
Nothing contradicts this, and GamesRadar+ is a serious outlet. But Instagram Stories disappear, the evidence is a screenshot, and no Capcom statement has surfaced. So: very plausible, not yet nailed down.
A second claim is shakier. D/REZZED and HorrorFuel, both aggregator outlets, quote Riggs as saying he rushed production to get the film out before news of Zach Cregger’s official Resident Evil film broke. The quote is attributed to Riggs’s own press interviews, but the IGN original was not directly checked, so we are flagging it as second-hand until the primary source is confirmed.
What we don’t know yet
Whether Capcom or Nakanishi will say anything on the record. A story sticker is a reaction, not an endorsement, and the company has not commented.
Whether anything more comes of Riggs’s feature-length ambitions. Dread Central reports interest, not plans, and nothing has been announced.
Whether the “rushed to beat Cregger” framing is accurate as quoted. It may well be, but it needs the original interview behind it.
What it means
Fan films live or die on whether they feel like the thing they love, and the Baker garage fight is a smart choice. It is contained, brutal, and built around one unkillable dad with a shovel and a very poor sense of boundaries. Doing it on a real set in an old cigar factory, with Nicotero’s equipment in the mix, is exactly the approach that sequence deserves.
If the Nakanishi screenshot holds up, it is a lovely moment for Riggs and his crew, the kind of thing a filmmaker frames and hangs on the wall. What it is not is a signal about Capcom’s film plans, which currently run through Zach Cregger. Enjoy BIOHAZARD as what it is: a passion project from a horror nerd who grew up on screen and clearly spent a lot of time in Dulvey.
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