La Cocina. Poster of the 2024 movie and cover of the 1957 book, The Kitchen
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The Kitchen
Arnold Wesker, 1957
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Alonso Ruizpalacios, 2024

The movie portrays the bustling life inside a New York City restaurant kitchen, where diverse cultures converge amid the hectic lunchtime rush.


The Mummy. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Mummy
Max Allan Collins, 1999
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Stephen Sommers, 1999

In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, high priest Imhotep has a love affair with Anck-su-namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. Imhotep and Anck-su-namun kill the Pharaoh after he discovers their affair. Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and travel to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, but the resurrection ritual is stopped by Seti’s bodyguards, the Medjai.


The Mummy Returns. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Mummy Returns
Max Allan Collins, 2001
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Stephen Sommers, 2001

In 3067 BC, the Scorpion King leads his army to conquer the world. His army is defeated and exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere, however, where his men die of heat exhaustion. After vowing to give Anubis his soul for the power to defeat his enemies, an oasis and pyramid magically form, and the Scorpion King is given a legion of jackal-like warriors.


Resident Evil: Extinction. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Resident Evil: Extinction
Keith R.A. DeCandido, 2007
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Russell Mulcahy, 2007

Wandering through its halls, she is forced to escape several security traps. The real Alice wanders the wasteland that was once the Southwestern U.S., and after fighting off a family of marauders, discovers information in an abandoned notebook referring to an uninfected area in Alaska. Alice soon realizes that she, like her clones, has developed telekinetic abilities.


Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Keith R.A. DeCandido, 2004
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Alexander Witt, 2004

In the previous film, former security operative Alice and environmental activist Matt Addison fought to escape an underground genetic research facility called the Hive, the source of a zombie outbreak. In response to the virus reaching the bridge, Major Timothy Cain, leader of the Umbrella forces in Raccoon City, seals the exit and forces the residents to return to the city.


Resident Evil: Retribution. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Resident Evil: Retribution
John Shirley, 2012
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Paul W.S. Anderson, 2012

Alice and the others on the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia are attacked by a fleet of tiltrotor V-22 Ospreys led by Alice’s brainwashed former ally, Jill Valentine, resulting in the killing of many of the survivors in the ship. Alice hides Becky inside another house, but is killed by a zombified Todd.