Plot Synopsis

Based on the 2014 movie of the same name, THE DEAD LANDS is a one-hour series that centers on dishonored warrior Waka Nuku Rau, who died, but was sent back to the world by the Ancestors in the Afterlife find redemption and honor. There, in the world of the living, he's aided by Mehe, a young woman determined to make sure he does, and together they discover the world has been disrupted by forces not of the living world. Someone, or something, is preventing the Dead from entering the Afterlife and now the Dead are thrown back into their decaying bodies to hunt the living. Waka and Mehe go on a long journey to discover who created the rift between the world of the living and the world of the dead. On Thursday, January 23, 2020, THE DEAD LANDS had its world premiere as Shudder released the first two episodes.