This piece argues that Netflix's zombie horror-comedy Santa Clarita Diet, which starred Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant and ran for three seasons before its 2019 cancellation, deserves to be revived seven years after its original 2017 debut. The article contends the show struck a rare balance of horror and comedy, subverting typical zombie conventions, and remains an underappreciated gem within the genre alongside titles like Ash vs Evil Dead and What We Do in the Shadows.

The series followed suburban estate agent Sheila (Barrymore), who becomes a zombie after eating bad clams, and her husband Joel (Olyphant), who treats her condition as something to manage rather than fear, aided by their daughter and a knowledgeable teenage neighbour. It ended on a cliffhanger in which Joel is turned into the undead too, leaving open the possibility of following the couple's life as an immortal pair. The author suggests any future season should stay rooted in the show's suburban setting rather than expanding into the wider "Knights of Serbia" mythology it had begun introducing, arguing this is where the series' comedic strength lies.