Zombie fans rejoice, your favorite new show is about to be released. The highly anticipated K-Drama horror seriesAll of Us Are Deadwill be released on Netflix in a matter of weeks.All Of Us Are Deadfollows a group of high school students who are faced with an extreme situation as they become trapped in their school while a zombie virus spreads outside the four walls that protect them.
In 2020,Deadlinereported that Netflix was developing the series, based on the Korean cartoonNow at Our Schooland touting a “fresh take” on the zombie genre. Audiences continue to have a hunger for zombies stories, as evidenced by the success of Zack Snyder’sArmy of the Deadand its upcoming prequelPlanet of the Dead, so it is possible that this show will see a level of success similar to other Korean dramas likeSquid Game.
Here is everything we know about Netflix’s new series, which promises to be one of its scariest yet.
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Netflix recently announced the official release date forAll of Us Are Dead. All eight episodes will be available to stream on July 13, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. PT and 3:01 a.m. ET. So if you are a fan of zombies, you only have to wait a few weeks for a bloody feast of horror and gore.
This also means that the South Korean show joins a sleuth of other exciting programming coming out on the streamer this year, likeOzark,Stranger Things,Archive 81, andThe Umbrella Academy. Yet with the current popularity of zombie-specific television,All of Us Are Deadis sure to be a hit.
Cast of All of Us Are Dead
The horror series will feature a familiar face for fans ofSquid Game, as Lee Yoo-mi, who played Ji-Yeong in the popular show, has an unknown role in this series. Similarly, if you have seen the TV seriesThe Man in the High Castleyou might recognize actor Seon-Moo. Darren Keilan, who can be seen in the upcoming Brad Pitt action movieBullet Train, plays a character named Lee Su-Hyeok. Other cast members include Yi-Hyun Cho as Nam-ra, Park Solomon as Lee Soo-hyuk, Ji-hu Park as On-jo, and Chan-Young Yoon as Chung-san.
While some of these actors may not be well-known to Western audiences, they might soon become household names if the show proves successful, considering thatVarietylistedAll of Us Are Deadas one of the Korean dramas to watch out for in 2022.
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Since the show has not premiered yet, very little is known about the details of the plot beyond the basic premise. However, Harumio, which specializes in Korean media and merchandise,has a concise but teasing descriptionof the original comic and now series:
Friends who have been infected with a virus and turned into zombies that devour living people. Parents who came to school to find their children and eventually lost their lives. This blockbuster manhwa[or Korean comic]depicts the extreme psychology of a human being who fights to the end to survive in a tragic situation. Children who used to be friends while studying in the same classroom become infected overnight or left to the shocking reality of being eaten.
In a situation where there is no one to protect them, the children’s desires and frustrations, their love for their friends, and their courage to attempt to survive […] what decisions and actions must be taken to survive in such a dire situation?
Another clue about this series comes from its recently-releasedtrailer, which opens with a mysterious shot of a flashlight-wielding man in an abandoned school building. Soon after, an immediate scare occurs with the gruesome sight of a zombified young woman who has been chained to a radiator. Additional details from this trailer leads one to expect to see powerfully fast zombies, gruesome body horror, tons of explosions and action, and general pandemonium in the streets of South Korea. Based on this footage, it seems like the show will follow the tradition of films with strong and scary zombies like28 Days Later, but let’s not forget that South Korea has a rich cinematographic history with the zombie genre, as seen with the successful films#AliveandTrain To Busan, and the currently popular K-horror showKingdom, so this show will follow an excellent pedigree in which Western and Korean influences combine to create something completely original (and horrific).
If you simply cannot wait to know the plot of this series, you can also read the webtoon that inspired the series onNaver, a Korean platform. In the meantime, we cannot be more excited for zombies to take over the world.
