The Truth About The Walking Dead's Walkers

Though they don't really have much to say themselves, the zombies in The Walking Dead definitely have a story. From production decisions to the makeup and lore, here's the truth about those mysterious walkers.

Walkers in The Walking Dead are an ever-present threat to every character on the show, but they're a relatively manageable one. It's established early on in the series that the walkers generally adhere to classic tropes.

For instance, the undead hordes usually only travel at a walking pace. There's a reason the show isn't called The Jogging Dead. Also, despite the fact that zombie bites cause the victims to turn into the undead, there are solutions to this dilemma -- such as when Rick was able to prevent Hershel from turning by severing his leg above the zombie bite.

When a person turns into a walker, they lose almost all remnants of their former self. High-level thinking is unavailable to them, and while they might remember small things like how to open doors, that's about it. Their driving force is an insatiable hunger for the flesh of living things, a drive that can't be quelled unless the brain of the walker is destroyed.

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Unknown origins | 1:14
Zombie wrangler | 2:16
First season Walkers | 3:15
Massive amounts of blood | 4:39
Camera testing | 5:48
Evolution of special effects | 6:40
Georgia weather | 7:32
A limit to decomposition | 9:07
No zombie fiction | 10:20
Why they're skinny | 11:21
Many labels | 12:53

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