A group of Resident Evil fans have created a short film based on one of the original game's most iconic diary-style text logs, and it stars an actor who made an appearance in the original game.
The Keeper's Diary: A Biohazard Story stars Charlie Kraslavsky, who played Chris Redfield in the original 1996 Resident Evil, as The Keeper, a man who slowly succumbs to the zombification process brought on by T-virus exposure.
The film dramatizes the events of the diary, which begin with the Keeper playing poker with his coworkers and famously end with the words "Itchy. Tasty.", which the movie shows him writing as the last vestiges of humanity leave him.
It's all told with a wraparound structure that features actress Gracie Madsen as Jill Valentine, who's reading the diary after the fact.
I'd definitely recommend giving this one a watch if you're a Resident Evil fan. The Keeper's Diary is one of the most iconic and well-remembered text logs in the original game, and it's neat to see it brought to life in this way.
You can check out The Keeper's Diary: A Biohazard Story right here. Make sure you keep watching after the credits for a fun sting that seems to offer a tease for one of production company Biohazard Declassified's future projects.
If you haven't caught up with the original Resident Evil and want to know where the Keeper's Diary came from, you've got two options.
First, the Resident Evil HD remake, which was originally released for GameCube in 2002 and which was subsequently remastered for more modern platforms in 2015, is widely available on PC and consoles right now.
You could also go back to the source and check out the 1996 Resident Evil, which scored a nifty GOG re-release last week, with Resident Evil 2 and 3 set to follow soon. Will this first entry be next in Capcom's sights for a fully-fledged remake? We'll have to wait and see.
