The zombie apocalypse is upon us, with the fifth season of The Walking Dead creeping up on viewers, and two new trailers currently teasing hungry fans online.

According to the show¡¯s producers, The Walking Dead is upping the ante this time around, which means more action and viewer¡¯s lingering questions will be answered.

¡°Explosive¡±, ¡°messy¡±, ¡°brutal¡± and ¡°thrilling¡± ¨C the comic¡¯s co-creator Robert Kirkman replied, when asked what to expect of the next chapter in the zombie saga. Fans of the comic will also be happy to hear that the new season will ¡°be pretty close to the comics.¡±

Fans have been teased with a three-minute trailer, which sees Sheriff Rick Grimes and his ragtag team uniting forces with the treacherous Terminus gang, hatching a plan to travel to Washington, D.C. where they will cure the zombie plague for good and all.

Although there is no official plot line for the first episode of The Walking Dead Season 5, Kirkman has assured viewers that nagging questions will be answered, particularly in regard to the Terminus, and their intentions.

¡°By minute two or three of our season premiere, I think the vast majority of our questions have been answered, and five or six more have been presented, so you¡¯re very much going to be invested, well-informed, and ready for the ride that we¡¯re going to take you on,¡± Kirkman told Entertainment Weekly.

The premiere will start where the final scene of Season 4 left off ¨C with a bloodbath that ended with Rick Grimes and co. being held captive inside a train car by the Terminus Gang. The season finale saw Grimes declare: ¡°They¡¯re gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out ¡­. they¡¯re screwing with the wrong people.¡±

Executive co-producer Gale Ann Hurd told Digital Spy, ¡°We heard Rick make that declaration. Now we¡¯re going to find out just how badly the Terminans are going to pay¡­ and I think that¡¯s going to be a lot of fun!¡±

Hence, fans can expect a lot more blood, brawls and badass-ery from the survivors this October 12 when The Walking Dead Season 5 shuffles and groans its way onto FX.

The Walking Dead Season 5 ¨C Air Date: 12th October 2014