What is The Walking Dead about?
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.
A sheriff awakens to a bleak, zombie-filled world, fighting to find family among desperate survivors.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix and Pluto TV (free).
The Walking Dead parents guide
For a TV-MA, this one goes further: extreme gore. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
- Scare
- Properly scary
- Frightening, not just tense.
- Jump scares
- Several
- More than a couple of sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Extreme gore
- Our top level for gore.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is The Walking Dead scary?
- Yes, properly. The Walking Dead is the real thing without being an endurance test.
- How gory is The Walking Dead?
- Extreme gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is The Walking Dead rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated TV-MA, and it earns it: real scares, several jump scares, and moderate sex and nudity. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byFrank Darabont
StarringLauren Cohan, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Melissa McBride, Christian Serratos, Seth Gilliam
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