A Seattle Resident Eats Brains to Survive: 10 Essential Zombie Shows Ranked

An Outrageous Cure Mission

Three years into a zombie apocalypse, survivors transport Alvin Murphy (Keith Allan), the only known person to survive a zombie bite after an experimental vaccine, across America. They hope to use him to develop a cure. In Z Nation, Murphy’s infection changes him, making the group’s mission harder.

The series pairs undead danger with broad absurdity, including an enormous rolling wheel of cheese. Murphy is an unreliable potential savior, and the show’s messiness and humor are part of its appeal. It treats survival as both frightening and ridiculous.

A Mother’s Search Amid Panic

Directed in part by John Hyams, the series gives ordinary movement a sense of danger. Its second season sets the survivors in a snow-covered wilderness, adding to the isolation. Rose’s determination to protect Anna is tested by the choices survival demands.

Marriage, Family and Appetite

Sheila Hammond (Drew Barrymore), a suburban real estate agent, dies, returns to life and develops a craving for human flesh. Santa Clarita Diet follows Sheila, her husband Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and their teenage daughter Abby (Liv Hewson) as they try to manage her condition without drawing police attention.

Creator Victor Fresco places the couple’s marriage at the center of the comedy. Joel is horrified by Sheila’s diet but works to accommodate it, while murder-related complications and neighborhood secrets build around them. Netflix canceled the series after three seasons.

A Seattle Resident’s New Reality

Medical resident Olivia Moore (Rose McIver) becomes a zombie after a disastrous boat party. She takes a job at a Seattle morgue so she can get the brains she needs to survive. The account introduces iZombie as a story about this unusual arrangement.