'The Walking Dead' season eight will have 'lots of killing'

Actor Chandler Riggs said the viewers will see a lot of bloodshed in the upcoming season of "

The Walking Dead

".

The 18-year-old actor, who plays

Carl Grimes

in the

AMC

television horror drama, said the eighth spell is going to be "really fun", reported Contactmusic.

"Season seven was all about building up and getting everyone ready to fight against Negan and this season, there's going to be lots of explosions, lots of killing, a lot more Negan (played by

Jeffrey Dean

Morgan).

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"Yeah, lots of fighting. Lots of cool stuff. It's really, really fun this season," Riggs told Triple J.

"The Walking Dead" returns October 22 to AMC in the US and October 23 to FOX in the UK.