the walking dead · resident evil · zombie apocalypse · gore · rated r · survival horror · gritty · moral dilemmas · post-apocalyptic
The world didn't end with a bang, but with a low, ceaseless groan. In this grim new reality, the concept of a zombie doesn't exist; the risen dead are just 'walkers.' The scene unfolds in chaos: Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes wakes from a coma into a Georgia overrun. He searches through the wreckage for his wife Lori and son Carl, finding them in a fragile camp led by his best friend, Shane—a man concealing a secret affair with Lori. As supplies vanish and hope curdles, the group is forced from Atlanta to a besieged farm, then to a prison, before confronting the ultimate horror: Negan and his Saviors, a regime that extorts 'protection' with a smile and a barbed-wire bat. The journey sprawls across a decade, leading toward the fragile sanctuaries of Alexandria, the Kingdom, and the Hilltop…