Filmmaker Claims Capcom Copied His Movie Monster For Resident Evil Village
A Dutch director of horror films has accused Capcom of copying a design from one of his films for a Resident Evil Village boss fight.
A Dutch filmmaker has accused Capcom of stealing a monster design from one of his films in Resident Evil Village. Richard Raaphorst, who directed the 2013 horror film Frankenstein s Army, claimed in a recent LinkedIn post (thanks, VGC) that Capcom copied a distinctive monster from that film for a boss fight.
Minor spoilers for Resident Evil Village ahead. You have been warned.
In Frankenstein s Army, a massive monstrosity with a propeller for a head attacks a group of soldiers, who eventually defeat the monster by blowing it up. You can see a part of that scene in the YouTube trailer below. Village has a boss fight with the monster Sturm, who is also a massive monstrosity with a propeller for a head who eventually explodes. Eurogamer has a clip of the full boss fight, if
Richard Raaphorst bashes Resident Evil Village for stealing creature design from his 2013 movie Frankenstein s Army
Did Resident Evil Village steal Richard Raaphorst s design? (Image via Richard Raaphorst, Linkedin)
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Resident Evil Village barely came out a few days ago, and the game has already been called out on social media for allegedly stealing a design concept from an independent artist.
According to Richard Raaphorst, Resident Evil Village plagiarized a creature s design concept without his permission, and no credit was given for the same. In 2013, I directed my film, Frankenstein s Army. It s a crazy monster movie filled with my own creature designs, one of which has been used completely without authorization or credit in the newest Resident Evil game.
Movie Director Calls Out Capcom For Stealing Monster Design In Resident Evil Village
Warning:
Before we dive into this story, it’s worth noting that there are some slight spoilers ahead for Resident Evil Village.
Resident Evil is a massive video game IP and is often considered one of the game franchises to pave the way for the survival horror genre. With decades worth of video game titles released into the marketplace, animated films, to even blockbuster movies, it’s hard not knowing what
Resident Evil is at this point. Recently, Capcom just launched their latest mainline installment to the
Richard Raaphorst, the director of 2013 horror film
Frankenstein’s Army, has accused Capcom of plagiarizing his monster designs from the film in
Resident Evil Village. As spotted by GamerPress, Raaphorst vented his frustration on LinkedIn, where he shared images that show how eerily similar the Sturm boss design is to a creature from his film. Over on Twitter, Twitch streamer CloneKorp pointed out that several
Resident Evil Village creatures bear a striking resemblance to those in
Frankenstein’s Army. You can check out the comparison thread by clicking the tweet below.
Making a mini thread of how weirdly similar some of the monster designs are in @RE Games Resident evil: Village & @RichRaaphorst‘s Frankenstein’s Army (2013)
CAPCOM Accused of Plagiarism for Resident Evil Village Monster Design May 10, 2021 15:00 EDT
Filmmaker Richard Raaphorst has denounced CAPCOM for some of the monster designs featured in Resident Evil Village, alleging in a LinkedIn post that they have been taken without authorization or credit from his 2013 movie Frankenstein s Army, where a battalion of Russian soldiers during World War II steps inside the lair of a mad scientist and have to deal with his flesh and metal war machines.
In 2013 I directed my film Frankenstein’s Army. It’s a crazy monster movie filled with my own creature designs, one of which has been used - completely without authorization or credit in the newest Resident Evil game.