Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
A small group fights for survival as a pharmaceutical giant's dark experiments unleash chilling evil upon a dying town.
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
How intense is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is properly scary, with graphic gore and brutal violence. Emotionally it carries some weight. The pace is brisk, and it is a full-attention watch. Rated R.
What Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City feels like
- Tone
- grittysuspensefulpulpychilling
- Pace
- Brisk
- Best for
- Full attention
Where to stream Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
US availability via TMDB, last checked Sep 15, 2026. The app filters picks to the services you actually have.
Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City for you?
Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City scary?
Yes, properly. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is scare level 2 of 3, the real thing without being an endurance test.
Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City gory or violent?
Graphic gore (2 of 3) and brutal violence (3 of 3). If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City sad or heavy?
A little. There is some emotional weight (1 of 3), but it is not a heavy watch.
Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City OK for kids?
It is rated R, so it is made for adults. Intensity: scare 2, gore 2, violence 3, each out of 3.
How long is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City runs 1h 47m.
Where can I stream Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is streaming on Hulu and Starz.
Does Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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