10 Terrible CGI Moments That Almost Ruined The Walking Dead

6. Burning Mattresses

Although The Walking Dead usually struggles to do blood, wounds or explosions convincingly, its biggest stumbles are often on seemingly mundane things that could have easily been accomplished in-camera.

Perhaps the most baffling example of a CGI moment which definitely didn't need to be CGI came in season 7 though, when Michonne stumbled across a pile of burning mattresses left behind by the Saviours.

The effect was so bad, so blurry, and so weird that when the episode aired, a good chunk of viewers didn't even know what they were supposed to be looking at, or why Michonne was so upset.

To be fair, if I was Danai Gurira and saw effects that bad, I'd probably have had a breakdown too.

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