Release The Resident Evil: Whitest Kids ‘U Know Cut

The Resident Evil movie from Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger releases on September 18, and now he's revealed a key detail about what people won't experience in the movie. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Cregger shared what he learned from test screenings, and that was that an earlier version had too much humor. People who saw Barbarian and Weapons know that those spooky movies had humor sprinkled in, and Cregger himself comes from a comedy background with his role in the sketch comedy group Whitest Kids 'U Know. He and co-writer Shay Hatten apparently imbued a bit too much comedy in Resident Evil, so they dialed things back for the final version. "I learned [from test screenings] that people really liked the movie, but they thought it was too funny. So over the course of my testing, I stripped out as much of the jokes as possible,” Cregger said. “I then found that not only did the audience enjoy the movie more, but I also liked the movie a lot more. A little bit of humor goes a long way in a horror movie, and there’s not a single joke I took out of this movie that I miss.” Be that as it may, as a big fan of Cregger and his work in WKUK, I sure hope one day we get t…