The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

2022TV ShowEndedEnglish

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

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IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic67/100
Google Users79%
Director: Frank DarabontGenres: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Post-Apocalyptic

Plot Summary

Set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, 'The Walking Dead' follows a group of survivors led by Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes. They struggle to survive not only against the relentless walkers but also against other human factions with differing moral compasses. The series explores themes of survival, loss, humanity, and the cost of civilization in a world without rules.

Critical Reception

Throughout its long run, 'The Walking Dead' garnered a dedicated fanbase and significant commercial success, though critical reception varied over the seasons. Early seasons were praised for their intense atmosphere, character development, and suspense. However, later seasons faced criticism for pacing issues, repetitive plotlines, and perceived drops in quality, leading to a more mixed critical consensus as the series progressed.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its intense zombie action and compelling survival drama in early seasons.
  • Appreciated for its exploration of human nature under extreme duress.
  • Criticized in later seasons for pacing, character arcs, and narrative stagnation.

Google audience: Google users often praised the show's early seasons for its gripping storytelling, character development, and the suspenseful zombie threats. However, many reviews in later seasons expressed disappointment with the show's prolonged run, feeling that the plot became diluted and less engaging.

Awards & Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Series – Drama, AFI Awards, Saturn Awards.

Fun Fact

The iconic makeup and prosthetics for the walkers took up to four hours per actor to apply, involving latex, fake blood, and specialized molds.

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10 reviews
SilkyChrissy

SilkyChrissy

I love this show so much I'm so addicted to what I can watch it read over and over and over and over again this is the best movie I've ever watched in my whole entire life I enjoyed every bit of it I hate to see how this show has to end I h...
Folio Swami

Folio Swami

Paul Cantor has spoken well of this series. So at a moment I started binging on this series. The first season was okay. Not so good, but far better than the crap losers tell people ”you have to watch the first five seasons till the actio...
r96sk

r96sk

**SEASON TEN REVIEW:** <br />Season rating: 8/10 <br />Overall show rating: 10/10 Still my favourite show, even ten seasons in. This feels like a very long season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant a near twelve-month run fro...
Dean

Dean

Best TV show about zombies.
lynalouisa

lynalouisa

unique! perfect show, and more if you focus on the psycologie and sociologie side! in constant evoluion... even if after season 4 or 6 we can see deterioration with the quality and building storyline; we can enjoy a clear amelioration for t...
MovieGuys

MovieGuys

The walking Dead is in once sense a metaphor for whats happened to this once great show. The originality of the first few seasons has gradually given way to a repetitiousness that tells me the show might still be shuffling along but its...
Matt

Matt

_The Walking Dead_ is one of those shows you just can't help but love! A terrifying story of human survival in an apocalyptic world. The show deals with love, loss, zombies (called 'walkers' on the show), death, destruction and zombies!...
John Smith

John Smith

Seasons 1 to 4 were great. It's all downhil from there on - because - you guessed it - diversity and political corectness. In a zombie movie! HAH! Don't watch this.
lukan87

lukan87

Zombie stories and fighting zombies always meant something.Suspans,thriller,horror scenes are exactly what these movies needs.So enjoy watching this!😀
tmdb38541732

tmdb38541732

Not bad for a horror/drama. If you're obsessed with zombie lore and the idea of watching the long-term effects spanning years at a time on an entire cast of characters, then this show is for you. There are a lot of scary parts with zombies ...