15 shows to watch if you love The Walking Dead

We’ve gathered the best series that feature apocalyptic scenarios and/or flesh-eating creatures.

Updated Feb 1, 2020

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Ever since its premiere back in 2010, The Walking Dead has maintained its status as one of the most popular shows around. Adapted from the comic books of the same name, the series excels at building tension and delivering a generous helping of gore year after year, as new threats loom over the people who inhabit its post-apocalyptic landscape. Besides bloody action scenes, The Walking Dead also thrives on character development, ensuring each season makes fans more and more invested in the flawed, yet compelling characters we’ve come to know and love.

But if you’re already caught up with the show, you know that the wait between episodes can be excruciating. So why not treat yourself to some equally addictive titles in the meantime? We’ve got your back. Here are 15 series The Walking Dead fans are likely to devour.

1. Fear the Walking Dead

Obviously, you can’t go wrong with this one. A prequel of The Walking Dead, the series follows a dysfunctional family as they navigate the world during the onset of the apocalypse. They need to develop new skills quickly in order to survive, as civilisation is slowly collapsing. The show provides a smart way to extend the universe, especially since it’s initially set in Los Angeles, hence able to give another perspective on the global crisis.

Fear the Walking Dead is a subtler offering than the original, focusing more on existential dread than full-on gore, as one may expect at the beginning of the apocalypse. Thankfully, it more than manages to stand on its own thanks to great storylines and excellent characters, proving that the creators were interested in telling an original tale instead of simply milking the franchise for all it's worth.

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Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark
Colman Domingo as Victor Strand
Kim Dickens as Madison Clark
Frank Dillane as Nick Clark

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2. iZombie

Besides zombies, iZombie doesn’t have much in common with The Walking Dead. It’s a lighter take on the zombie genre, but that doesn’t make it any less worthy of your attention. In fact, it’s perfect for when you’re craving a clever dramedy that still offers the occasional serving of gore, with a healthy helping of wit and satire on the side.

iZombie centres on Liv Moore (get it?), a zombie who takes a job at the city morgue to sustain her brainy diet. Eating the brains causes her to get visions from victims’ lives, so she starts to work with the police to solve murders and preserve her humanity in the process. Despite its procedural elements, there’s more to iZombie than meets the eye. The show’s exceptional world-building, for one, should be reason enough to tune in.

Cast

Rose McIver as Olivia Moore
Malcolm Goodwin as Clive Babineaux
Rahul Kohli as Ravi Chakrabarti
Robert Buckley as Major Lilywhite