Dead Men Walking

Dead Men Walking is an American independent horror film of the zombie apocalypse subgenre. It was directed by Peter Mervis with a script written by Mike Watt. It was produced by The Asylum (so ya know its cheesy). It was released direct-to-video on October 25th, 2005. It also aired on the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy). The premise of the film involves an outbreak of an experimental biotoxin developed by Blackthorn Industries, which is released inside of a maximum security prison, creating a bunch of... well, you guessed it. Zombies.

Notes & Trivia

 * Stop me when this begins to sound familiar. The words "Walking" and "Dead" are part of the title, and it involves zombies at a prison. Yup. This was a major plotline from The Walking Dead comic book series by Image Comics. The story was adapted into season three of AMC's The Walking Dead.


 * Dead Men Walking is also the name of a British rock supergroup.