Want to be a zombie? Join ‘Walking Dead’ immersive show

[...] is the troubling landscape that greets audience members at the beginning of the touring immersive show re-creating the chilling world of “The Walking Dead,” in which the world has been plagued by a zombie apocalypse.

The AMC horror drama series is one of the most popular shows on television.

Visitors make their way through the 10,000-square-foot attraction — six sets built into tractor-trailers, plus various tents — as either a postapocalyptic survivor or, after a quick makeup session, an undead zombie.

[...] gross situation, you must handle simulated gunfire, holographic images of Walkers, billowing smoke, tunnels, realistic light and sound effects, and actors playing Walkers hunting for you.

“Whether we’re in New York, London or Atlanta — which is our biggest event of the year, with 50,000 people — they still manage to keep it very intimate,” says Jackie Prutsman, vice president of operations at Walker Stalker.

If “Chapter One” is a success, new narratives for a sequel may be borrowed from “The Walking Dead” comic books and TV show — including the recently renewed spin-off, “Fear the Walking Dead” — and video game series.

Counts has this warning for first-timers, who gather in small groups in a completely dark living room when the experience begins: “It’s very possible that not everybody in your group makes it out alive.”