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* ''Film/DeadlyFriend'': the titular [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot undead girlfriend phycho robot buddy]].

* The ''Film/ReAnimator'' series, possibly the classic film appearance of this type, are created by a mad scientist's serum.

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' it is implied that Jägermonsters can become this if injured often enough. They must wait for a Heterodyne to repair them, carrying severed limbs, and bandaging injuries in the mean time. Also it is implied that this can happen to humans if a skilled enough spark does the reanimation, especially the skilled Dr. Sun Jen-djieh; it can also happen to various parts of the body when the whole thing is not needed/wanted/convenient.

* The second combat sequence in ''Film/SuckerPunch'' featured Nazi soldiers revived with "clockwork and steam". That's right, [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot steampunk Nazi zombies]].

* The "Little Ones" from WereAlive may have been "grown" in [[FanNickname Ink's]] TortureCeller.

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* As noted above, zombies in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' are reanimated by BlackMagic, but more strongly fit the construct type than the voodoo type. The zombies are explicitly compared to ''TheTerminator'', being fast, tough, and [[SuperStrength super strong]]. Zombies also require the necromancer who has raised them to keep up a drumbeat to control them, as the magic involved in controlling them involves making the zombie think the orders being given to them are coming from inside of them, and the drumbeat is a stand-in for their heartbeat; as long as the zombie thinks its heart is beating, and the orders are tied to the heartbeat, the zombie ''thinks'' it wants to do what the necromancer wants it to do.

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', the MadDoctor Qyburn is involved in so far [[NothingIsScarier un described]] experimentation on the dying [[TheBrute Gregor Clegane]] and a bunch of other poor suckers he was given permission to make use of. The end result is one of these, an unstoppable creature that gets named Ser Robert Strong.

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* ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' has its Husks, bodies of organics [[ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice put on sinister skewer machines]] known as Dragons' Teeth, sometimes while they're still alive, and slowly transformed into electricity-spewing technological nightmares.

* Similarly, the creatures of ''Zombie Holocaust'' (1980) are created when a MadScientist transplants the brains of the living into the bodies of the dead. The movie itself is a mashup of zombie movie and CannibalFilm (the title being a nod to CannibalHolocaust).

* ''DeadlyFriend'': the titular [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot undead girlfriend phycho robot buddy]].

[[caption-width-right:320:Infest a corpse with advanced nanotechnology and the result is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot cyber-zombie]]. At least they [[BrainFood don't want to snack on your processor.]]]]

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* ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' has its Husks, bodies of organics [[ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice put on sinister skewer machines]] known as Dragons' Teeth, [[NightmareFuel sometimes while they're still alive]], and slowly transformed into electricity-spewing technological nightmares.
** As the [[EldritchAbomination Reaper]] invasion unfolds in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', husks start coming in many flavors and [[ZombieApocalypse greater numbers]]. Ever try imagining a krogan with a turian head and great big claws? [[NightmareFuel Some Reaper sure did]].
* In Lake Yantar and Red Forest in ''[[VideoGame/{{Stalker}} STALKER]]'' you will often come upon Stalkers who had their brains fried by the [[HypnoRay Brain Scorchers]] and aimlessly stumble through the wilderness mumbling incomprehensible things to themselves and attacking anyone who gets to close.

* In Lake Yantar and Red Forest in ''[[{{Stalker}} STALKER]]'' you will often come upon Stalkers who had their brains fried by the [[HypnoRay Brain Scorchers]] and aimlessly stumble through the wilderness mumbling incomprehensible things to themselves and attacking anyone who gets to close.

* Similarly, the creatures of ''Zombie Holocaust'' (1980) are created when a MadScientist transplants the brains of the living into the bodies of the dead. The movie itself is a mashup of zombie movie and [[CannibalTribe cannibal movie]].

* Flesh golems, cadaver golems, and especially blasphemes in ''DungeonsAndDragons''.

* As noted above, zombies in ''TheDresdenFiles'' are reanimated by BlackMagic, but more strongly fit the construct type than the voodoo type. The zombies are explicitly compared to ''TheTerminator'', being fast, tough, and [[SuperStrength super strong]]. Zombies also require the necromancer who has raised them to keep up a drumbeat to control them, as the magic involved in controlling them involves making the zombie think the orders being given to them are coming from inside of them, and the drumbeat is a stand-in for their heartbeat; as long as the zombie thinks its heart is beating, and the orders are tied to the heartbeat, the zombie ''thinks'' it wants to do what the necromancer wants it to do.

* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'', the various chimeras are basically this type of zombie as the pain incapacitates them yet separating them kills both. This is especially true when animals and humans are combined. The "Doll Soldiers" are also this, the result of ripping out people's souls and placing them in one-eyed artificial bodies. They also definitely fit the flesh-eating type.

* The zombies of ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: City of the Dead'' are caused by a corpse being exposed to boneworms or a formula based on boneworm secretions, provided the worms are chased off before they can eat the body. They don't eat flesh or tear people apart unless ordered to, but they're also NighInvincible, hideously strong, don't seem to need light to see, and are not affected by physical force or being blasted. Some mindlessly obey orders, older corpses are clumsy and look gross, and [[UndeadChild Kairn]], who was a CheerfulChild and was dosed soon after he was murdered, has turned dull-eyed and slow of wit, but retains some of his mind, can talk, and still considers Zak his friend, though he follows orders until directly appealed to.