Zombie Franchise

Bonus Points if it's a franchise about zombies.

A Zombie Franchise is one that's completely Lost Its Magic, audience, and former reason to exist. Now its creator can only Beat Every Dime Out Of It until they can finally retire both themselves and their creation they once truly cared for.

It may be common for the ex-audience to reminisce over the days of when the Zombie Franchise was, well, not a Zombie Franchise. They might do this in the form of forums, social media posts, or memes.

This shouldn't be confused with an Old But Gold Franchise as it's still got its magic, but its original audience grew up and moved on to other things.