After 16 Years, The Walking Dead Proves The 'Zombie Guts' Trick Was Always Unnecessary

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Walking Dead: Dead City season 3's finale.Despite all the great zombie projects that came before it, The Walking Dead really helped reignite the popularity of these monsters and redefined the genre, prioritizing drama over horror and comedy. It focused largely on the survivors and the panic of living in this new world, reusing some old zombie tropes while inventing new ones.