The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead is an American media franchise centered on survivors of a zombie apocalypse.

The title refers both to the undead and, more pointedly, to the living—suggesting that in such a world, everyone is just waiting to die.

Beginning as a comic book series in 2003, it became a long-running television phenomenon.

The phrase now evokes post-apocalyptic survival horror generally: This place looks like something out of The Walking Dead.