After his devastating film version of Stephen King's story The Mist, I was keen to see Frank Darabont return to horror and this doesn't disappoint.
Based on a comic, this tells the story of cop Rick Grimes who after waking from a coma discovers the world has gone to shit and he can now see (decomposing) dead people.
This all sounds terrible but it's handled well, Frank creates a sombre tone and it's refreshing to get back to the shuffler zombie instead of energy drink runners. They're more unsettling and sympathetic, a dead wife returns home pathetically trying to open the door and in a stand out scene Rick follows a still alive torso dragging itself through the park telling it he's "sorry this happened to you"
YES - not sure how this will develop as a television series but this can easily be watched as a stand alone.
