Undead is a collective name for all types of corporeal and non-corporeal entities believed to once have been alive but is still roaming the world of the living. Undead of different varieties features in most cultures on
earth. Examples of undead are for example:
Corporeal:
Non-corporeal
- Ghosts -- Featuring in many cultures
- [Jack o Lantern]?s -- From European middle ages
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or Prometheus Unbound introduced another variant on the dead that walk again, the dead brought back to 'life' by science.
Any number of films have been made concerning the undead.