The highly anticipated television adaptation of Resident Evil already had the world on the edge of our seats long before its release. Now, the horror is ready to thrill, frighten and intrigue on Netflix.
Debuted as a Netflix Original series, the same production companies that made the movie magic happen (Constantin Film and Moonlighting Films) were behind the productions for the TV version.
Boasting a frightening dystopian theme and setting, viewers have been obsessed with identifying the whereabouts specifics.
An obscure city no one has heard of, or simply green screen magic and advanced post-production? Where on Earth is the fictional South African City, Racoon City?
Capetonians might be thrilled (and a little spooked) to find out that filming for the dystopian horror land took place on our home ground.
Best of Netflix confirms that Cape Town Film Studios were responsible for dressing up parts of our Mother City to create spine-chilling settings.
Spots around the Mother City turn spooky:
Umbrella and Wesker House, Werdmuller Center and Maitland Abattoir were all used to add to the ruinous scenery.
The Sarah Baartmen was used for scenes shot on The University, and more filming happened on the S. A. Agulhas vessel.
Cape {town} Etc spoke to one of the local background actors who wished to remain anonymous. They say that at the time, the production went by a different name, Venus Flytrap.
Set calls included a lot of COVID-19 tests as filming took place in 2021. “I got COVID-19 tested like 10 times,” they explain.
Of which scenes were the scariest to shoot, the background actor notes that:
“None of it was scary at the time, of what I was involved in. There were a lot of pyrotechnics, stunt and combat scenes, those were pretty intense. Some of the filming also took place in a complex near Somerset where the studios are based”.
“There were live fire scenes, and you could feel the heat from quite a distance…seeing the finished product, I had no idea it would come out looking this cool… and creepy”.
Watch the trailer here:
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