SeriesTV-MAZombie Survival Psychological

The Walking Dead: Dead City2023

Name: The Walking Dead: Dead City
Genre: Zombie, Survival, Psychological
Released: 2023-06-18
Rating: 7

“Keep your enemies close.”

Created by Eli Jorné

7.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.0TMDB 7.9

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Year

2023

Seasons

Network

AMC

Status

Returning Series

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 6 nominations total

The premise

Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the rotting skyline of a quarantined Manhattan, this Walking Dead spin-off follows two characters with a complicated, volatile history as they navigate an island overrun by the dead and ruled by desperate, dangerous survivors. The crumbling city becomes a character in its own right — a haunting maze of anarchy where every alliance is fragile and every step could be the last. Fans of the parent series will find familiar tension ratcheted up by a fresh, claustrophobic urban setting that feels both epic and deeply personal.

Content: Zombie Violence, Graphic Violence, Intense Threat And Peril, Adult Themes

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E3 · People Are a Resource

8.3

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E3 · People Are a Resource

8.3

★ 8.1 avg· 4h 29m total· Jun 2023 → Jul 2023

S1.E1 · Old AcquaintancesPremiere
8.1
Jun 18, 2023 · 51 min · Dir: Loren Yaconelli
Maggie finds Negan, and they travel to Manhattan; a marshal named Armstrong follows Negan; we meet a quiet young girl named Ginny.
S1.E2 · Who's There?
8.1
Jun 24, 2023 · 40 min · Dir: Loren Yaconelli
Maggie and Negan encounter native New Yorkers; Armstrong revisits a trauma; Ginny attempts to adapt to change.
S1.E3 · People Are a Resource
8.3
Jul 1, 2023 · 45 min · Dir: Kevin Dowling
Dark instincts reveal themselves as Maggie and Negan form a strategy; Armstrong is tested; Ginny embarks on a daring journey.
S1.E4 · Everybody Wins a Prize
7.9
Jul 8, 2023 · 41 min · Dir: Kevin Dowling
Maggie and Negan carry out an attack, but not everything unfolds according to plan; Ginny and Armstrong each make unexpected contact with others.
S1.E5 · Stories We Tell Ourselves
8.0
Jul 15, 2023 · 48 min · Dir: Gandja Monteiro
Truths are unearthed and motives are revealed as Maggie, Negan and the others travel further into the city's depths.