SMC Pod #233: Zach Cregger's amazing horror movie run

About this episode

Moviemaker Zach Cregger has been in the public eye for almost twenty years as a comedian in The Whitest Kids You Know, a sitcom actor, and fledgling comedy director. But it was his 2022 horror-comedy breakout hit Barbarian that really announced him to the movie world. Since then he's been on a heater with 2025's Weapons and the just released 2026 Resident Evil-all commercial and critical hits. Secret Movie Club founder.programmer Craig Hammill takes a look at the three movies to explore how Cregger's background as a sketch comedian has informed and aided his transition to one of the most interesting directors of the 2020's.