The Walking Dead
This report covers the full series run (Seasons 1-11, 2010-2022). A post-apocalyptic horror-drama rated TV-MA, The Walking Dead contains sustained, graphic violence throughout its run, with escalating intensity in later seasons; it is firmly adult material.
Episodes to know about
The series opener establishes the baseline: heavily decomposed bodies, a child zombie shot through the head, a horse torn apart and gutted by walkers, and a woman's corpse shown with skin stripped away; guns are fired repeatedly with visible wounds.
A horse is attacked by a walker horde and its organs are pulled out on-screen in graphic detail.
An emergency caesarean section is performed without anaesthesia and shown in graphic detail; the mother dies immediately afterward while her young son and other survivors watch.