The Walking Dead not too long ago shuffled again onto AMC and completed out its preliminary pandemic-postponed Season 10 run with a hell of a finale. However that is not it for Season 10, as a result of AMC ordered six extra bonus episodes to air early subsequent 12 months, if all goes in line with plan, earlier than the present returns for its closing season subsequent fall. Mainly, a mini-season is heading your means in a couple of months.
Within the meantime, you may satiate your starvation for horror and survival drama with the nice TV exhibits like The Strolling Lifeless on this listing, which incorporates different zombie exhibits, different post-apocalyptic exhibits, different horror exhibits with a robust dramatic bent, and different exhibits made by individuals who additionally make The Strolling Lifeless. They will all have you ever imagining what you’ll do in an apocalyptic state of affairs. (Word: Spin-offs Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond are usually not included, as a result of that feels an excessive amount of like a cheat to incorporate/is extra “truly The Strolling Lifeless” than “like The Strolling Lifeless.”)
On the lookout for extra suggestions of what to observe subsequent? We have a ton of them! And if you happen to’re on the lookout for extra hand-picked suggestions primarily based on exhibits you like, we have those too.
The 100
Watch it on: Netflix
Alycia Debnam-Carey, The 100
The CW’s post-apocalyptic survival collection that recently wrapped its run is sci-fi, but it surely’s one among TV’s closest exhibits to The Strolling Lifeless when it comes to vibe. It matches The Strolling Lifeless in bleakness of temper, ethical ambiguity of its heroes, and sprawling ensemble solid of beloved characters who may die at any second. It begins 97 years after a nuclear apocalypse, and the one human survivors dwell on an orbiting house station known as the Ark. When overpopulation on the Ark turns into an issue, nonetheless, 100 juvenile delinquents are despatched to Earth to check whether or not the radiation-poisoned ambiance is now liveable. The children quickly discover that they don’t seem to be the one human survivors in any case, they usually’ll need to struggle for survival in an odd new world. Its cult is smaller than The Strolling Lifeless‘s, however no much less devoted, and Alycia Debnam-Carey is arguably nonetheless higher recognized for her recurring position as Lexa on Seasons 2 and three of The 100 than her important position on Worry the Strolling Lifeless.
Z Nation / Black Summer
Watch them on: Netflix
Jaime King, Black Summer time
Two zombie exhibits for the value of 1! The satirical Z Nation, which ran on Syfy from 2014 to 2018, was a direct response to the seriousness of The Strolling Lifeless, and took an analogous zombie apocalypse premise and added a heavy dose of humor. It follows a gaggle of survivors three years into the apocalypse as they transport a man named Murphy (Keith Allan), who was injected with an experimental vaccine and is the one recognized survivor of a zombie chunk, from New York to the final remaining CDC analysis lab in California. However Murphy is a dick, which makes him a really disagreeable journey companion, plus he is harboring a secret about his situation. It is a very enjoyable, campy counterpart to The Strolling Lifeless that has a a lot decrease finances however nonetheless manages to get off some entertaining motion sequences and has some characters you may develop to care about. You may see the zombaby within the pilot and be like “Oh, I get what this present is about.” Alternatively/along with, you may watch the prequel collection Black Summer, which was made straight for Netflix and serves as Z Nation‘s reply to Worry the Strolling Lifeless, displaying the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Nevertheless, it’s extremely totally different than each Z Nation and The Strolling Lifeless, and has a straight-ahead motion horror type that owes extra to first-person shooter video video games than TV. It is a relentless run-and-gun present that is all motion and principally nothing else. You do not have to have watched Z Nation first, as a result of they do not share any characters or really feel comparable, they only happen on the identical timeline. They’re each loads of enjoyable, however in numerous methods.
Kingdom
Watch it on: Netflix
Park Byeong-eun and Ju Ji-hoon, Kingdom
This thrilling Korean collection takes the premise of zombie horror and creatively mashes it up with a interval piece, with a zombie plague that is ravaging Korea within the early 1600s. It follows a prince who uncovers a plot to overthrow his ailing father, who’s sick with an sickness that is spreading throughout the area. He investigates additional and finds that after the plague kills its host, it resurrects them as a zombie. So then he and his allies should struggle to cease the virus whereas additionally preventing to save lots of his dynasty. Kingdom blends historic particulars and political intrigue with gory horror kills, and is well one of the best zombie present to return out since The Strolling Lifeless started.
Outcast
Watch it on: Cinemax
Reg E. Cathey and Patrick Fugit, Outcast
Robert Kirkman, the creator of the comedian on which The Strolling Lifeless is predicated, created this underrated horror collection, which ran for 2 seasons on Cinemax and can be primarily based on one among his comics. It tells the story of Kyle Barnes (Patrick Fugit), a person in rural West Virginia who’s an outcast in his city as a result of misfortune follows him, as folks round him generally tend to get possessed by demons. Consequently, he is turn out to be one thing of an knowledgeable on coping with demonic possession, and he helps his pal Rev. John Anderson (Philip Glenister) exorcise folks of their group. However Kyle’s previous haunts him, and his strategies of exorcism are controversial. The present may be very scary and has a robust supporting solid that includes Wrenn Schmidt, Kate Lyn Sheil, Brent Spiner, and the late Reg E. Cathey. It additionally has a darkness and Southern setting that can really feel acquainted to followers of The Strolling Lifeless. If it had been on Netflix as an alternative of Cinemax, it might have been a success. Hopefully WarnerMedia puts it and other Cinemax shows on HBO Max as quickly as doable.
Creepshow
Watch it on: Shudder
The Creep, Creepshow
In case your favourite a part of The Strolling Lifeless is particular results make-up maestro Greg Nicotero‘s creepy creations, this anthology collection on the horror-focused streaming service Shudder is all about them. Nicotero, an government producer and director on The Strolling Lifeless, is the showrunner for Creepshow, a streaming TV reboot of the cult traditional anthology movie from the ’80s that was written by Stephen King and directed by George Romero, the man who invented the fashionable zombie with Night of the Living Dead. This Creepshow packs 12 skin-crawling shorts into 6 episodes, all of which comprise one thing that can make you say “That is gross. I find it irresistible.” It is lighter in tone than The Strolling Lifeless, however no much less grotesque.
The Haunting of Hill House
Watch it on: Netflix
Carla Gugino, The Haunting of Hill Home
There aren’t any zombies on auteur creator Mike Flanagan‘s horror hit, however like on The Strolling Lifeless, the scariest monsters are human. The primary season of the anthology collection (Season 2 drops this week) loosely tailored Shirley Jackson’s traditional novel and expanded it right into a drama in regards to the Crains, a household reeling from the losses of mom Olivia (Carla Gugino) and youngest daughter Nell (Victoria Pedretti), 26 years aside however each as a result of horrors they suffered whereas dwelling in Hill Home. The siblings and their father reconvene after an estrangement, and outdated wounds get reopened and new and outdated terrors go to them. Like The Strolling Lifeless, it is a horror collection on the floor that is not so secretly a household drama, and its energy comes from the dynamics between the characters and the best way it makes us care about them earlier than ripping our hearts out. Worry the Strolling Lifeless‘s first three seasons are literally much more like Hill House than The Strolling Lifeless, because the spin-off started as a household drama with zombies earlier than shifting into a special, extra Western-influenced mode from Season four on.
Into the Badlands
Watch it on: Netflix
Daniel Wu, Into the Badlands
It’s very high-quality in case your favourite a part of The Strolling Lifeless is watching folks get brutally killed in stomach-turning methods. That is an necessary a part of the present! And Into the Badlands has much more blood per episode than The Strolling Lifeless. This martial arts motion collection aired on AMC from 2015 to 2019, and it by no means fairly caught on the best way that it ought to have — although now that the entire collection is on Netflix, folks could discover it and respect its dazzling struggle choreography, vibrant coloration scheme, and intelligent post-apocalyptic world-building. Set lots of of years sooner or later after America has collapsed and what stays is dominated by feudal barons, it tells the story of Sunny (Daniel Wu), a warrior within the make use of of the Badlands’ strongest baron who leaves the life he is aware of behind when he meets a boy from one other place who could maintain secrets and techniques of his personal mysterious previous. Collectively, they go on a dangerous journey to search out the reality. Into the Badlands has magic, thriller, and stylized martial arts violence that gorehounds will drink up. It is tonally fairly totally different than The Strolling Lifeless, however there is a purpose AMC picked it up when The Strolling Lifeless was at its peak of recognition. Each exhibits take rule-bound genres and shake them up.
The Rain
Watch it on: Netflix
Evin Ahmad, Mikkel Folsgaard, Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen; The Rain
You may want your subtitles for this one, however belief us, it is value it. The Rain is a Danish collection set in a world besieged by a virus that’s carried by rainfall. Whereas most people have been worn out in Scandinavia, the place the collection is ready, two siblings survived the epidemic by sheltering in a bunker for six years. They emerge to seek for their father and find yourself becoming a member of forces with one other group of survivors within the hopes of discovering a quarantine zone. The third and closing season hits Netflix Aug. 6, and the primary two seasons are solely 14 episodes mixed, so if you happen to binge exhausting you may be prepared in time for the ultimate season. –Lindsay MacDonald
The Strolling Lifeless will return in early 2021. Earlier seasons can be found to stream on Netflix.