Welcome back to A Podcask of Amontillado, where we delve into the dark, dreadful, and terrifying parts of the world.

On the outskirts of Racoon City, a woman awakens with amnesia in a strange mansion. As she explores the residence, it is invaded by an elite strike team. They tell her that she is Umbrella Security, was there to guard the secret entrance to the Hive, an underground research facility that has gone dark, and Umbrella wants answers. What begins as a zombie action movie becomes a series with clones, bigger monsters, the apocalypse, genetic mutations, crazed AIs, global conspiracies and zombie dogs, but it always comes back to Alice.

Listen in as Erin & Gary are joined by author, podcaster, blogger, and musician Keith R.A. DeCandido to discuss this wild series of video game adjacent movies, how novelizations work & the struggle of translating mediums, the divergences between the games & the movies, how the films & Alice evolved over the series, the scene that sets off Gary & Erin, Paul W. S. Anderson’s Bay aspirations, the influence of Alien on the series, the characters that did (and did not) make it from the games to the movies, Erin’s love of the zombie dogs, Keith’s least favorite tropes, and smooth zombies.

The Gentleman Who Fell video.

Fun with lasers.

Rain turns.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse teaser trailer.

The Nemesis was done right.

The novelizations of the first three & last two movies on Amazon.

Keith’s live readings on YouTube.

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness trade paperback.

Opening and closing music is “Softly Shall You Sleep,” by Valentine Wolfe.

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