Cishe sekudlule iminyaka emibili selokhu kwasungulwa amafilimu aphezulu ubude "abafileyo" abafile ngu-Andrew Lincoln futhi kwamenyezelwa ama-rick gick. Lo msebenzi wokuvelela awukakakakakewe emijalini yokukhiqiza, ebangela ukukhathazeka phakathi kwabalandeli. Ngokusho kwe-portal emboziwe, i-Stumbling Block kulokhu iqiniso ukuthi isiteshi se-AMC neLincoln uqobo babheka isimo esikhona se-trilogy ye-trilogy engagculisi.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi amafilimu weSolo nge-RICA azosho ukuthi iqhawe lizoba kanjani ekamu lososayensi obuhlanya abazama ukwakha umuthi wokugomela i-zombie virus. Naphezu kwezinhloso ezinhle, phakathi nocwaningo lwazo, abacwaningi abagobisi ukwenza izivivinyo kubantu. Ngokusho kwalesi simbozwe, kuze kube manje, isimo se-movie sibhalwe kabusha kaninginingi, kepha i-AMC neLincoln ayivumanga izinketho.
Kodwa-ke, azikho izitatimende ezisemthethweni kule akhawunti ezingakaze zitholakele. Phambilini, abadali babafileyo "abafile" baqinisekisile ukuthi umsebenzi wesimo uyaqhubeka, kepha akukho lutho olungaziwa ngokuthi "ikhishi" le nqubo. Yiba yilokho njengoba kungenzeka, ukuhamba okugcwele "kufile" akukakutholi ngamagama, futhi asolwa ngokukhokha, ukuze abalandeli bahlale bebekezelela balinde.