living corpse theme
There is a corpse that has been re-animated by some or another means.
Examples
Dr. Juan Munos used refrigeration to keep his dead body somehow alive in "Night Gallery" tale "Cool Air" (1971).
101 total · 1 choice · 8 major · 92 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tftc1989e7x06 | choice | Cammy and Ford were variously called ghouls and zombies but did not quite have the conventional attributes of either. They appeared as ordinary humans, with ordinary human minds, but seemingly could not die whatever wounds they sustained. The wounds did not heal, however, and towards the end they had grotesque ghoul-like appearances. They ate ordinary food and did in no way feast on human flesh. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| gdtcoc2022e02 | major | Masson stole a locket off an emaciated corpse, which promptly came alive to retrieve its glittery possession. |
| nightgallery2x12a | major | Dr. Juan Munos used refrigeration to keep his dead body somehow alive. |
| tftc1989e2x06 | major | Devlin became a re-animated corpse in order to save Stacy. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| tftc1989e2x12 | major | Bobby somehow came back, with his cut off feet as physically separate entities, to wreck vengeance on his abusive and murderous uncle. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| tftc1989e4x07 | major | In addition to the Crypt Keeper being his ordinary cackling self, the troublesome child proved to be some sort of ghoulish apparition underneath its mask. |
| tftc1989e5x12 | major | Alex was turned into a zombie-like being by exposure to a bluish plant extract with astonishing preservative properties. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| tftc1989e6x12 | major | Charlie returned from the dead. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| tz1959e3x04 | major | One gathers that the war casualties traveling down an old country road were somehow dead or unreal. |
| ahh3x04 | minor | It is left ambiguous whether there was any life in Juan's mummified corpse (his eyes seemed to return to life a few times), but the avaricious gravedigger nearly browned his breeches when he thought he was facing a walking dead one. |