Resident Evil director recalls actor’s near-death experience

Resident Evil director Zach Cregger revealed actor Austin Abrams narrowly escaped a fatal accident during filming.

Abrams came within inches of being struck by a 150-pound body-sized blood bag dropped from a crane.

The sequence shows Abrams' character Bryan running as zombie-like bodies fall from rooftops.

Cregger chose practical effects over VFX to make the scene look realistic.

If Abrams had been one step to the right, he would have been killed, according to Cregger.