Syfy’s Seventh Annual '31 Days of Halloween' Includes the New Docuseries, 'Town of the Living Dead'

The most wonderful time of the year is fast approaching and for its seventh year, Syfy is bringing us its 31 Days of Halloween programming line-up. This year will feature not only new original movies, but also the 200th episode of "Ghost Hunters" and a new docuseries, "Town of the Living Dead." The full press release fills us in on all of the programming details, including info on its new zombie series from the production company that unleashed a "Sharknado," The Asylum's "Z Nation."

Press Release:
Syfy’s 7th annual 31 Days of Halloween spook-a-thon (October 1-31) will unleash 600 hours of spine-tingling programming including the premiere of the docuseries Town of the Living Dead (October 7); the 10th anniversary – and 200th episode – of Ghost Hunters (October 8 and October 22), and three terrifying Original Movies Dark Haul (October 4), Dead Still (October 6) and Finders Keepers (October 18) – starring Tobin Bell, “Jigsaw” from the iconic Saw franchise.
Among the blood-curdling theatrical movie premieres airing during this year’s scarefest are Shutter (October 5) and the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (October 11).

Syfy’s new series Z Nation, about a band of everyday heroes transporting the only known survivor of a zombie plague to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood, continues its first season Fridays at 10PM (ET/PT). Z Nation stars Harold Perrineau (Oz, Lost) and Tom Everett Scott (Southland, Beauty and the Beast)

'Z Nation' Looking Like Gory Good Roadtrip Series

We're pretty excited about Z Nation, a 13-episode zombie series premiering on Syfy Friday, Sept. 12, 10 p.m. The horror show looks like a fun and gory roadtrip adventure, and that's a damn fine start. Read more about it and watch the latest glimpse above:

Z Nation starts three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. Although the antibodies he carries are the world’s last, best hope for a vaccine, he hides a dark secret that threatens them all. With humankind’s survival at stake, the ragtag band embarks on a journey of survival across three thousand miles of rusted-out post-apocalyptic America. 

Z Nation stars Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch, Kellita Smith, Anastasia Baranova, Russel Hodgkingson, and Keith Allan. Karl Schaefer will service as executive producer and show runner.

Syfy's "Z Nation" Cast and Character Details Revealed

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Syfy recently revealed the cast members for their upcoming zombie drama, "Z Nation." This 13 episode action-horror series is brought to viewers by The Asylum, the production team behind "Sharknado," and will debut this fall.

Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch and Kellita Smith will be joining the post-apocalyptic serial. For more details on the characters and the show, check out the full press release!

New Zombie Series, 'Z Nation' Heads to Syfy This Fall

A new 13-episode zombie series that promises to "plunge viewers into a fully-imagined post-zombie America and take them on an adventure with a diverse group of richly-drawn characters" is heading to Syfy this fall thanks to production company, The Asylum ("Sharknado"). According to an announcement made by the network today, "Z Nation" will be an  "...action-horror series depicts the epic struggle to save humanity after a zombie apocalypse." The series will be sold internationally by Dynamic Television.

"Z Nation will take viewers where no zombie has gone before,” says Karl Schaefer ("Eerie Indiana," "Eureka," "The Dead Zone") who will serve as executive producer and show runner. He also mentions that the show will add “a sense of hope to the horror of the apocalypse – our everyday heroes take the fight to the zombies. It’ll be an epic journey unlike anything you've seen before.”

Chris Regina, Senior Vice President, Programming, Syfy, adds, “'Z Nation' is a unique new journey into the long established zombie genre. Instead of existential despair, the series offers hope that somehow, some way, humanity will not only survive, but triumph. In producing their first ever weekly series, our long-time partners The Asylum have created a different way of telling an iconic story.”

The release describes the series:
In "Z Nation," three years have passed since the zombie virus has gutted the country, and a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood. Although the antibodies he carries are the world’s last, best hope for a vaccine, he hides a dark secret that threatens them all. With humankind’s survival at stake, the ragtag band embarks on a journey of survival across three thousand miles of rusted-out post-apocalyptic America.

Is there room for another zombie series on our screens this fall? No word yet on when the show will premiere or any casting, but we'll keep you posted.

-Larissa Mrykalo