Following yesterday’s panel and Q & A at Comic Con, AMC has given us a kick-ass trailer for Season 2 of  their incredible new series “The Walking Dead”. Four minutes and thirty nine seconds worth! The series, based on a comic book of the same name created and written by Robert Kirkman, broke ratings records for the network when it debuted last year.

Gruesome Look at The Walking Dead Season 2!

In the trailer we see Andrew Lincoln’s Sheriff Rick Grimes continue to try to lead his struggling band of survivors to some sort of safety. But is anywhere safe? And the tensions within that group that began to surface in Season 1 are obviously mounting. While it does exponentially increase the possibilities in terms of where the story can go, is it a mistake to split up the group or will it be their salvation?

A few quotes from the panel via AMC’s twitter stream:

“{Andrew} Lincoln did most of his own stunts – even driving, and he only started to drive four years ago.”

“{Frank} Darabont: “It picks up 2 seconds after the end of season 1. It literally begins with them driving away from the CDC. There’s none of this six months later B-S.”

“{Norman} Reedus: “Dude, I run around with a crossbow and shoot zombies in the brain, it’s awesome.”

“The Walking Dead” features a cast that includes, in addition to Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies (“Prison Break”) as his wife Lori, Jon Bernthal (“The Class”, The Ghost Writer) as Deputy Shane Walsh, Laurie Holden (“The Shield”) as Andrea, Jeffrey DeMunn (The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile among others) as Dale, Norman Reedus (The Boondock Saints) as Daryl Dixon, Steven Yeun (“The Big Bang Theory”) as Glen, Emma Bell (Frozen) as Amy and Chandler Riggs (Get Low) as Carl Grimes.

Below you’ll find a reel from Season 1 featuring all of the tried and true methods that will kill a zombie (or ‘Walker’):

“The Walking Dead” season 2 premieres Sunday October 16 at 9pm on AMC.