In New Orleans, a zombie outbreak brings carnival carnage, Mardi Gras mayhem, and zombies on parade. Susan is a tourist visiting New Orleans to have some fun, but she may never go home again. Jeremiah is an elderly shopkeeper pragmatically trying to wait out the zombie apocalypse as if it were another hurricane, and James is a young man who, along with his girlfriend, tries to make the best of a bad situation by conducting volunteer rescues around the city. Following these three survivors through the early days of the zombie apocalypse, Zombie Gras is a darkly humorous parable that chillingly parallels the strife wrought by Hurricane Katrina and champions the resilience of the city's spirit.