The series is based on George A. Romero's 1985 film of the same name, adapted into a television format that premiered on Syfy on October 15, 2021.

Syfy gave the project a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes in February 2020, skipping the traditional pilot stage.

The show was written and run by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, who served as showrunners for the series.

The main cast, including Keenan Tracey, Daniel Doheny, Natalie Malaika, Morgan Holmstrom, and Kristy Dawn Dinsmore, was announced in October 2020, nearly a year before the show premiered.