zombie A zombie ( Haitian French: , ht, zonbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in w ...

is traditionally an undead person in Haitian folklore, and is regularly encountered in fictional horror and fantasy themed works. Zombi, Zombie, or Zomby may also refer to:

People

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

(born 1965), born Robert Cummings, former lead singer of White Zombie *

Zomby Zomby is a British electronic musician who began releasing music in 2007. He has released music on several labels, including Hyperdub, Werk Discs, and 4AD. Zomby's influences include oldschool jungle music and Wiley's eskibeat sound. Car ...

(born 1980), British music producer * "The Zombie", the ring name for Tim Arson, professional wrestler

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Zombie (comics), a character from Marvel Comics * Zombie, a creature in the role-playing game ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

'' * Zombie, a creature found within the video game ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before b ...

Films

* ''Dawn of the Dead'' (1978 film), titled ''Zombi'' or ''Zombies'' in the European version, a horror film directed by George Romero * ''

Zombi 2 ''Zombi 2'' is a 1979 Italian zombie film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was adapted from an original screenplay by Dardano Sacchetti to serve as a sequel to George A. Romero's '' Dawn of the Dead'' (1978), which was released in Italy with the ...

'' (1979), also known as ''Zombie'' or ''Zombie Flesh Eaters'', a horror film directed by Lucio Fulci * ''

Zombie Holocaust ''Zombie Holocaust'' ( it, Zombi Holocaust) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Marino Girolami. The film is about a team of scientists who follow a trail of corpses in New York to a remote Indonesian island where they meet a mad doctor ( Do ...

'' (1980), also known as ''Zombi Holocaust'' or ''Zombie 3'', a horror film directed by Marino Girolami * '' Wicked Little Things'' (2006), also known as ''Zombies'', a horror film directed by J. S. Cardone * '' Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!'', a 2008 comedy film directed by Jason M. Murphy * ''The Dead'' (2010 film), a British movie * ''Zombies'' (2016 film), a horror-action film directed by Hamid Torabpour * ''Zombies'' (2018 film), a Disney Channel Original Movie ** ''

Zombies 2 ''Zombies 2'' is an American musical and dance Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020. A sequel to the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Zombies'', the film stars Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly, and ...

'', a Disney Channel Original Movie and the sequel to the 2018 film * ''Zombie'' (2019 film), a horror-comedy adventure film

Music

Groups

The Zombies The Zombies are an English Rock music, rock band formed in the early 1960s in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone. The group had a British and American chart-topper, hit in 1964 with "She's Not ...

, a 1960s English rock band *

Zombi (band) Zombi is an American rock duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of Steve Moore on bass and synthesizers and Anthony Paterra on drums. The group makes use of looping to create multi-layered compositions. They have toured with Don Caball ...

, a progressive rock duo *

Zombie Zombie (band) Zombie Zombie are a French people, French electropop Duet (music), duo. Their work includes re-interpretations of the music of John Carpenter and Sun Ra. Their performances include classic electronic instruments such as the Theremin. Zombie Zomb ...

, French electropop duo

Albums

* ''Zombie'' (album), by Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 * ''Zombie'' (EP), by The Devil Wears Prada * ''The Zombie'' (album), by Aina the End

Songs

* "Zombie" (The Cranberries song), 1994 * "Zombie" (Gims song), 2013 * "Zombie" (Jamie T song), 2014 * "Zombie", a song by Capital Bra and Samra from * "Zombie", a song by Day6 from '' The Book of Us: The Demon'' * "Zombie", a song by E-40 from '' The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2'' * "Zombie", a song by Kavinsky from ''

Reborn Reborn may refer to: Film *''Reborn'', a 2015 video produced by the Augustine Institute * ''Re:Born'' (film), a 2016 Japanese action film * ''Reborn'' (film), a 2018 American horror film Music * Reborn (band), a Moroccan death metal band Albums ...

'' * "Zombie", a song by Lecrae from '' Restoration'' * "Zombie", a song by Natalia Kills from '' Perfectionist'' * "Zombie", a song by The Pretty Reckless from '' The Pretty Reckless'' * "Zombies", a song by Lacuna Coil from ''

Broken Crown Halo ''Broken Crown Halo'' is the seventh studio album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. It was released through Century Media Records on March 31, 2014 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and on April 1 in North America. This is the last al ...

Gaming

Zombie Studios Zombie Studios was an American independent video game developer. It was formed in 1994 as Zombie, LLC by Joanna Alexander and Mark Long, formerly of the Sarnoff Research Center. Alexander and Long founded Zombie after they completed the design of ...

, a video game development studio * ''

Zombie Zombie ''Zombie Zombie'' is a ZX Spectrum computer game developed by Spaceman Ltd (Sandy White and Angela Sutherland), published in 1984 by Quicksilva. It is a development of Spaceman's previous ''Ant Attack'', and uses an updated "Softsolid 3D" isom ...

'', a 1984 computer game for the ZX Spectrum * '' Zombies!!!'', a series of board games by Twilight Creations ** ''Zombies'' (video game), a 2011 video game adaptation of the board game * ''

Zombies Ate My Neighbors ''Zombies Ate My Neighbors'' is a run and gun video game developed by LucasArts and published by Konami for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis consoles in 1993. One or two players take control of protagonists, Zeke and Julie, in order t ...

'', a 1993 video game, known in some countries simply as ''Zombies'' * ''

ZombiU ''ZombiU'' is a first-person survival horror video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It was released for the Wii U as one of its launch games in November 2012. In the game, the player assumes control of a human ...

'' (also known as ''Zombi''), 2012 video game * ''Zombie'' (magazine), a video gaming magazine published in Israel in the 1990s

Literature

* ''Zombie'' (novel), a 1995 novel by Joyce Carol Oates * '' Le Zombie'', a science-fiction fanzine published by Bob Tucker * ''

Zom-B ''Zom-B'' (alternatively known as the ''Zom-B Chronicles'') is a young adult zombie apocalyptic- thriller novel series by written by Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy under the pen name Darren Shan. The series is told by first-person perspecti ...

'', a 2012–16 zombie apocalyptic novel series by Darren Shan

Computing

Zombie (computing) In computing, a zombie is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the ha ...

, a compromised computer used to perform malicious tasks * Zombie object, in garbage-collected object-oriented programming languages, an object that has been finalized but then resurrected *

Zombie process On Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution (via the exit system call) but still has an entry in the process table: it is a process in the " Terminated state". ...

, on Unix-like OS, a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table * ZombieLoad, a security vulnerability on certain Intel processors

Finance

* Zombie bank, a financial institution with an economic net worth less than zero that continues to operate because of implicit or explicit government support *

Zombie company In political economy, a zombie company is a company that needs bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal. Description Zombie companies are indebted businesses ...

, a company that needs bailouts in order to operate, or an indebted company that is able to repay the interest on its debts but not repay the principal

Invertebrates

* Zombie ant, an ant infected by the parasitic fungus ''Ophiocordyceps unilateralis'' * Zombie fly, a fly, ''Apocephalus borealis'', that lays eggs in honeybees, which then become "zombees" * Zombie spider, a spider, ''Cyclosa argenteoalba'', infected by ''Reclinervellus nielseni''

Other uses

Zombie (cocktail) The Zombie is a Tiki cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums. It first appeared in late 1934, invented by Donn Beach at his Hollywood ''Don the Beachcomber'' restaurant. It was popularized on the East coast soon afterwards at t ...

, a cocktail made of fruit juices, liqueurs, and various rums * Zombie, a derisive name for Canadian conscripts during World War II; see

Conscription Crisis of 1944 The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World War II. It was similar to the Conscription Crisis of 1917, but not as politically damaging. B ...

Philosophical zombie A philosophical zombie or p-zombie argument is a thought experiment in philosophy of mind that imagines a hypothetical being that is physically identical to and indistinguishable from a normal person but does not have conscious experience, qual ...

, in philosophy, a person without qualia, sentience or conscious experience *

Smartphone zombie Safety hazards have been noted due to pedestrians walking slowly and without attention to their surroundings because they are focused upon their smartphones. Texting pedestrians may trip over curbs, walk out in front of cars and bump into other wa ...

, pejorative term for inattentive phone users