The drops of blood land on Julia Linger’s hand with barely a sound.

But as she looks up and finds a mangled, dripping body lodged in the branches of a tree, her face curdles into an expression of pure horror.

She screams — twice.

And Linger thought she had signed up for an escape-room show.

Turns out it’s something significantly more macabre — a horror competition series where she’s one of a group of contestants facing gory scenes and creepy menaces in what amounts to a movable haunted house.

The new series, “ Guts & Glory ,” premieres Tuesday (Oct. 14) on Shudder and AMC+ .

The show comes from four-time Emmy winner Greg Nicotero .

Nicotero is known for his work creating horror scenes as a prosthetic makeup artist on AMC’s “ The Walking Dead ,” as well as being a directo

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