Korean Zombie Series 'All Of Us Are Dead' Is Ranking Number One On Netflix Nearly Everywhere

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In the United States, the number one show on Netflix right now is thriller/comedy/whodunit The Woman Across The Street From The Girl In The Window. But pretty much everywhere else in the world is watching the latest killer TV series to come out of Korea, All Of Us Are Dead.

As you can see from Flixpatrol, The Woman Across The Street From The Girl In The Window is number one in just 11 countries, whereas All Of Us Are Dead is topping the charts in 53 countries. Once again, a South Korean TV show is topping the charts globally, and one suspects it'll unseat TWATSFTGITW (an acronym that seems even worse than the name) just as soon as America catches up with the rest of the world.

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All Of Us Are Dead is a zombie apocalypse horror show tied in with a teen coming-of-age story. The show takes place at Hyosan High School where a science experiment goes horribly awry. A particularly aggressive hamster bites a student leading to the transfer of a new sort of virus that turns infected people into mindless monsters that crave human flesh. The outbreak soon spreads from Hyosan High to the rest of the town. Parents try to rescue their kids, the government tries to quarantine the area, and most of the population either dies or turns into a zombie.

And because I know you're going to ask: these are fast zombies, not Romero-style shamblers.

The show was originally a Webtoon series back in 2009 that eventually became a 12-episode Netflix series that released on January 28. The show currently has a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn't quite Squid Games levels of approval, but still pretty good. And just like Squid Games, All Of Us Are Dead proves once again that Korean media is a global