History Main / GlowingEyelightsofUndeath

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* Featured in the pinball ''Pinball/ElviraAndThePartyMonsters'', where the play field skull's eye sockets light up as balls are locked.
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* ''Pinball/ElviraAndThePartyMonsters''has a laughing skull with glowing green eyes which is used to lock the player's pinballs.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''

* Jericho Cross of VideoGame/DarkWatch has only one eye, the other marred by a nasty scar. The scar begins to glow red when he is turned into a vampire.

* [[BigBad Wise Man]] of the "Chronicles of Nemesis" arc, R season from the ''Manga/SailorMoon''

* Jericho Cross of DarkWatch has only one eye, the other marred by a nasty scar. The scar begins to glow red when he is turned into a vampire.

* In SimonRGreen's ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' series, Merlin Satanspawn has empty eye sockets filled with flames. He's the Devil's son, and every time these eyes are mentioned it's commented that "he has his father's eyes". He's first met as an undead, but when his live version is encountered (while time traveling to the era of ArthurianLegend in ''Paths Not Taken'') he already has the freaky flaming eye-sockets.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''

* ''[[TheWitchsHouse The Witch's House]]'': The Witch [[JumpScare displays these if she catches you]], due to having no eyes. What makes it worse is that she also has no legs - making a loud '''SQUELCH''' noise every time she drags herself closer - and she's only ''13''.

* ''[[TheWitchsHouse The Witch's House]]'': The Witch [[JumpScare displays these if she catches you]], due to having no eyes. What makes it worse is that she also has no legs - making a loud '''SQUELCH'' noise every time she drags herself closer - and she's only ''13''.

Compare GlowingEyesOfDoom and GhostLights.

* ''[[{{VideoGame/Penumbra}} Penumbra: Overture]]'''s zombie dogs have an inexplicable green glow to their eyes.

* In ''Literature/TheLaundrySeries'' by CharlesStross, infection by one of the gibbering extradimensional horrors the Laundry fights against is marked by eyes full of what appear to be glowing, seething worms.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'': Although he isn't undead, Skeletor has no soft tissues above his collarbones. In the 2002 series, he pulled off the glowing eyes whenever he was really angry.

* In ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', [[OurZombiesAreDifferent all classes]] of TheUndead have [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclerae]] with glowing white irises, excepting the [[SuperpoweredMooks Basilisk]], a class with a [[DeadlyGlare paralyzing gaze]] and bioluminescent [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]]. Charlie, a [[HalfHumanHybrid partially]] [[HumanityEnsues revived]] zombie restored to sentience, has one undead eye, which he [[RedRightHand hides]] with a contact lens.

* In ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', [[OurZombiesAreDifferent all classes]] of TheUndead have [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclerae]] with glowing white irises, excepting the [[SuperpoweredMooks Basilisk]], a class with a [[EvilEye paralyzing gaze]] and bioluminescent [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]]. Charlie, a [[HalfHumanHybrid partially]] [[HumanityEnsues revived]] zombie restored to sentience, has one undead eye, which he [[RedRightHand hides]] with a contact lens.

* The Skull Knight from ''{{Manga/Berserk}}.'' [[AsYouKnow As you might have already guessed]], he's a skeleton, soooo....

** [[spoiler: Lanaryu]], from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. When Link meets him in the present time, he's little more than a decaying skull surrounded by the rotting [[spoiler: rather, rusting]] remains of his helpers. Attempts to communicate with him result in his empty sockets lighting with a sickly yellow. You get the chance to change that, however.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}'': Although he isn't undead, Skeletor has no soft tissues above his collarbones. In the 2002 series, he pulled off the glowing eyes whenever he was really angry.

* The Helghasts in the ''Literature/LoneWolf'' gamebook series, as shown with the image above. Note that they are [[{{Humanshifting}} shapeshifters]], and thus their eyes don't glow while in human form, as it would give them away. (The glow may be a side effect of the psychic attack that a Helghast is trying to ''melt your brain'' with...) Most other undeads in the series avert this. The skeletal Vordaks still have [[TheDeadHaveEyes human eyeballs]], while some zombies either have eyes or just rotting eye sockets.

* The Witch-King of Angmar, from the [[SoBadItsGood Animated Adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing''. He also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjt6LGhHsI talks like Skeletor.]] [[AdaptationDisplacement Ironically]], the Witch-King's Glowing Eyelights of Undeath are accurate to [[TheLordOfTheRings the book]]. They are the only thing visible except his crown.

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* Featured in ''Pinball/ElviraAndThePartyMonsters'', where the play field skull's eye sockets light up as balls are locked.
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* {{Justified}} in {{Unsounded}} by explaining [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Duane's]] eyes are enchanted pyramics and will occasionally glow when he's exceptionally overwhelmed, or generally too distracted to ensure their proper functionality at the moment.

* In ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'', [[OurZombiesAreDifferent all classes]] of TheUndead have [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclerae]] with glowing white irises, excepting the [[SuperpoweredMooks Basilisk]], a class with a [[EvilEye paralyzing gaze]] and bioluminescent [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]]. Charlie, a [[HalfHumanHybrid partially]] [[HumanityEnsues revived]] zombie restored to sentience, has [[MismatchedEyes one undead eye]], which he [[RedRightHand hides]] with a contact lens.

* {{Justified}} in {{Unsounded}} by explaining Duane's eyes are enchanted pyramics and occasionally glow when he's overwhelmed, focused on casting other spells, or generally too distracted to ensure their proper functionality at the time being.