Lance Reed is forced by a psychotic stranger to confront his duplicitous past. Seeking retribution for a crime, the man forces Lance to reveal his inner most secrets by systematically removing his limbs.

A rare astronomical event causes a permanent worldwide black out, forcing residents of a middle-class suburb to get by with no modern conveniences. The community pulls together and adapts to a simpler way of life, but their success draws the attention of the less resourceful residents in the area and soon results in a war between subdivisions. This is their story. Written by Anonymous A catastrophic solar flare plunges Earth into global darkness. As society teeters on the edge of total anarchy the President and top government officials are swept away to a Cold War bunker in search of a solution. While the politicians fight insanity and each other, a group of middle-class suburbanites take survival into their own hands. With bullets and seeds, this neighborhood of schoolteachers and businessmen transform themselves into a village of self-sustaining warriors. Can they hold on until power is restored, or will they fall to the starving masses?

镇治安官瑞克·格里姆斯（Andrew Lincoln 饰）在一次行动中遭受枪击，当他从昏迷中醒来时，发现小镇上阴气沉沉，死尸遍地。更为恐怖的是，有的死尸游走于街头巷尾，嗜血如命，早已化作恐怖的丧尸。从一对幸存的父子口中得知，大批的幸存者早已疏散到亚特兰大市的避难所。为了 找到失踪的妻儿，瑞克只身上路。然而亚特兰大早已沦陷成为死城，丧尸在此占有绝对的统治地位。被丧尸围攻的瑞克得到数名幸存者的救助，经过一番奋力厮杀，他们最终返回到野外的营地。在接下来的日子里，他们不仅要面临丧尸的威胁，更要承受来自灵魂深处的巨大考验......