Movie director says Capcom copied his monster for Resident Evil Village boss fight Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Movie director says Capcom copied his monster for Resident Evil Village boss fight "It's one-to-one." News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 10 May 2021 78 comments A movie director has accused Capcom of copying one of his monsters for a Resident Evil Village boss fight. Dutch director Richard Raaphorst said the Sturm boss found in the recently-released Resident Evil Village is a "one-to-one" copy of a monster he created for his 2013 found footage horror film Frankenstein's Army. Capcom failed to comment by press time. THERE MAY BE SPOILERS FOR RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE AHEAD. Frankenstein's Army features a hulking humanoid with a propeller for a head. It's eventually taken down by a group of soldiers in an explosion of flames. You can see the scene in the video below: Resident Evil Village features a boss fight with a monster called Sturm, who is encountered at Heisenberg's factory. This equally hulking humanoid also has a propellor for a head, and is defeated in an explosion of flames. You can see the boss fight in the video below: Watch on YouTube "This is just one-to-one, really," Raaphorst told Eurogamer in an interview. "It's just the same scene as in my movie, except that in my movie you have to cut loose the fuel tubes. That's the only thing that is missing. But the whole thing is getting into flames, and then it explodes, and then the way it rotates through the camera - it's all the same, really. Even the environments, the whole colour palette. It looks like an animatic for my movie." Raaphorst said Capcom has at no point approached him, and that he only found out about the similarity after he received messages from fans on 7th May - the day Resident Evil Village went on sale. "At first I felt pissed," he said. "Then I felt proud. Now, I see all the reactions and I feel pissed again, and insulted. It's so difficult to come up with a great design. It's really hard to actually think about something that communicates as a cool design. It's not just that ideas are floating around that you can grab. It's actually hard labour. Then they just grab it and put it somewhere in the game. "It's creative abuse." Raaphorst told Eurogamer he does not expect to receive any royalty payment from Capcom because he does not own the rights to the film. Those creative rights are owned by MPI Media Group, the American movie finance and distribution company Raaphorst partnered with to get Frankenstein's Army made. But he would like a credit in Resident Evil Village. Raaphorst said: "I am exploring my options." "If they had asked me, 'hey, Richard, we'd love to have your design in our next Resident Evil, and we will give you a credit or some kind of royalty payment,' I would have been honoured and flattered and proud. It would have been a super positive experience." Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store