10 Thriller Series To Watch If You Love The Walking Dead

Fans will soon have a The Walking Dead-sized hole in their lives, so we've gathered a few worthy thriller series to check out for fans of the genre.

With the eleventh and final season of the long-running AMC series The Walking Dead brings an end to the successful comic adaptation from creators Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, some fans are already beginning to wonder how they will fill the void when the post-apocalyptic zombie series concludes.

Thankfully, The Walking Dead helped usher in a whole new wave of dramatic thriller series that focuses on humanity's survival and sometimes supernatural threats that have provided a number of suitable options for fans looking for new tense series like The Walking Dead to add to their watchlist which we'll explore further today.

10 Fear The Walking Dead & World Beyond Continue The Zombie Apocalypse

While The Walking Dead inspired a number of similar series, there were also a couple of direct spin-offs for fans of the series to further explore the zombie apocalypse that turned humanity's survivors against each other in the main series.

Fear The Walking Dead is an equally long-running series that explored the start of the zombie apocalypse before catching up to the main series. The Walking Dead: World Beyond is the latest spin-off that debuted in 2020 which takes place 10 years after the zombie outbreak and follows a group of teenagers who were raized in the apocalypse.

9 Robert Kirkman's Outcast Is A Supernatural Series About Demonic Possession

The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has a few comic projects that have been adapted which include the recent animated series Invincible as well his Outcast comic series which was co-created with Paul Azaceta and adapted by Cinemax.

Outcast starred Patrick Fugit as a father with a history of demonic possession who finds himself in the middle of the dark invasion of his small town. While the series only lasted for two seasons after it debuted in 2016, it showcases another dark supernatural threat from the mind of Robert Kirkman.

8 Falling Skies Explored Humanity's Final Stand Against An Alien Invasion

TNT's Falling Skies followed the survivors of humanity who formed a new militia in order to fight back against alien invaders in a long-running series that was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and ran for 5 seasons after premiering in 2011.

The series introduced a few different alien species and showcased some of the best special effects on television while Noah Wyle led his armed regiment of survivors against the alien invaders who had turned Earth into a post-apocalyptic warzone.

7 Black Summer Is A Tense And Fast-Paced Prequel To The Lighter Z Nation

While Z Nation became a fan-favorite series due to a sometimes comedic take on the zombie apocalypse that separated it from other shows like The Walking Dead, the prequel series Black Summer focused on keeping viewers on the edge of their seats with a tense and fast-paced thriller.

Black Summer featured quick-changing scenes that followed random groups of survivors in the early days of the zombie outbreak in stories that wind together across two seasons, providing a new and intense take on zombies for fans of The Walking Dead.

6 A Dysfunctional Family Unit Try To Wait Out A Global Pandemic In To The Lake

Netflix released the Russian series To The Lake, which follows a dysfunctional family and their neighbors as they attempt to escape a terrifying lethal virus that leads to the fall of society and the increase of dangers in the city.

As the epidemic spreads across Moscow, the survivors attempt to find refuge on a deserted island so they can wait out the virus safely, though the tense family dynamics threaten to tear the group apart as they are forced to live together and try to stay uninfected.

5 Stephen King's The Stand Explores A Post-Apocalyptic Battle Between Good And Evil

A dark, post-apocalyptic battle between good and evil took place after a devastating plague known as "Captain Trips" eradicated most of humanity unfolded in the pages of Stephen King's The Stand, which was adapted as a new TV mini-series by the CBS All Access streaming service.

The mini-series features a star-studded cast and faithfully adapts the iconic novel with a new restructuring that even includes additional material from Stephen King himself. While The Stand won't fill The Walking Dead-sized hole for long, the post-apocalyptic angle is sure to draw in some fans who will stay for the amazing story.

4 98% Of The Population Disappeared During The "Sudden Departure" Of The Leftovers

HBO's The Leftovers took place a few years after what became known as the "Sudden Departure" resulted in the mysterious disappearance of 98% of the population, which led to a number of deadly cults and gangs of survivors that threatened the main families of the series.

The Leftovers was frequently called one of the best shows on television when it aired, as it not only explored how society managed to come together again after the loss of so many, but also the trauma experienced by the people who were left behind that continued to threaten the new way of the world.

3 The Creepshow Anthology Series Is Produced By The Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero

Fans of The Walking Dead might know the name Greg Nicotero, who serves as one of the producers and directors of both TWD and Fear The Walking Dead as well as the special make-up effects supervisor.

Nicotero also serves as a producer on the Creepshow anthology series which premiered on Shudder in 2019 and is based on the classic horror movie series of the same name. Each episode contains two horror-based stories that were either original or adapted from other horror works from authors like Stephen King and Joe Hill.

2 The Strain Features A Deadly Vampire Threat That Takes Over New York During An Eclipse

Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan collaborated on The Strain book series which served as the source material for FX's adaptation that first aired in 2014 and starred Corey Stoll as the head of the CDC's response team of epidemiologists that first encounters a new viral strain that begins transforming infected into undead vampires.

The arrival of an ancient vampire in Manhattan during a prophesied eclipse unleashes his vampire horde on the city and explores the beginnings of a vampire apocalypse that will undoubtedly appeal to the horror-loving fans of The Walking Dead.

1 A Crown Prince And His Army Fight Against A Mysterious Undead Plague In Netflix's Kingdom

Netflix released the incredibly popular South Korean series Kingdom in 2019, which follows a Crown Prince during the era of the Joseon Dynasty who finds his home threatened by an unknown plague that brings the dead back to life at night.

Kingdom offers a unique take on the zombie genre that combines political period drama with supernatural horror in the fan-favorite series that aired for two seasons. A feature-length special episode called Kingdom: Ashin of the North serves as a prequel to the series and further explores the origins of the undead plague.