Zombies of Kingdom
Kingdom is a Korean period drama in which a resurrection plant used on a king's corpse starts an epidemic of the dead. Its zombies have unusually specific rules: their activity depends on temperature, and they avoid water. The series ran for two seasons of six episodes and a special.1
- decapitation
- fire
- water
When did it first appear?
2019Released 2019
What the sources say
They lie dormant in confined spaces; this turns out to depend on temperature, not daylight1
They avoid even shallow water, and submerging a bitten person can drive the worms out1
Set in Joseon Korea in 1601, with a court conspiracy running alongside the plague1
Netflix's first Korean original series, adapted from the webtoon The Kingdom of the Gods1
A feature-length special, Ashin of the North, followed in 20211
The dead king's corpse is treated with the plant, which begins the epidemic1
Sources
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