The premise of the original Resident Evil was that the Umbrella Corporation was conducting sinister experiments in a mansion outside of the 'Midwestern' town of Raccoon City, and a team of SWAT-like police called the Special Tactics and Rescue Service, or S.T.A.R.S., stumbles onto it in an investigation of several cannibalistic murders. Developed by Capcom and produced by Shinji Mikami up until 2005, the game series has sold over 127 million copies as of 2023.
It has since branched off to become a media franchise consisting of comic books, novelizations, a live-action film series, and a variety of collectibles (including action figures, strategy guides, and publications). Resident Evil (known in Japan as Biohazard) is a Survival Horror and Science Fiction video game series. Cracked, '6 Evil Corporations in Movies (With Terrible Business Plans)'
