The term "Undead" or "Living Dead" was used when referring to creatures that were in actuality dead, but seemed to be alive and in a trance. The term can also mean someone who was only sort of alive. Living in the sense that they were able to walk and eat, but only instinctively. However this was not always the case either, as with a ghost, the only thing dead was the body itself, but the spirit was still living.
The term was used to apply to Ghosts, Zombies, Vampires and Mummies.[2] Although some Vampires and Zombies were not mindless and walked around as if in a trance. Some, such as Solomon Grundy and Dracula, a zombie and vampire, actually appear to possess souls, but presumably this was merely a supernatural illusion.
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- ↑ As seen in Swamp of the Living Dead.
- ↑ The term only applies to Mummies that are reanimated with the appearance of life.