Resident Evil, the action-horror series, will not be renewed by Netflix after its first season. Despite opening to wide fanfare, the show quickly lost its spot on the Netflix top 10, and has not shown any sign of recovery since then. Notably, it was released in the wake of the final season of Stranger Things, a massive hit that traverses a similar genre.

In the first week of its release, the show was viewed for 72.7 million hours and in the second week for 73.3 million hours. However, since then, it started performing poorly and was out of the Top 10 list by week four. Critical acclaim for the show has also not been impressive. It has received a meagre 3.9 rating on IMDb till date and a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Resident Evil is based on the popular video game franchise of the same name. The plot is set in 2036, a time when zombies roam the earth after a global apocalypse caused by a virus. The lead character of the series is Jade Wesker, a woman who is trying to survive in this condition against all odds. The company which was responsible for the apocalypse is called Umbrella Corporation. One of its subsidiaries, Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, starts creating biological weapons using deadly viruses, and this is what leads to disaster.

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Despite Resident Evil proving to be a flop, the streaming giant has a number of horror shows lined up for release. Netflix has finished filming the miniseries Fall of the House of Usher by Mike Flanagan, which will be based on the similarly named story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Filming for the series concluded on July 9.

Netflix also has other horror shows lined up for release, including Wednesday, Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Midnight Club, and 3 Body Problem.