Corpses of Invisible Invaders
In this 1959 film, unseen aliens take over the bodies of the recently dead and use them against the living. Turner Classic Movies describes it as the inspiration for Night of the Living Dead. The lore is science fiction rather than horror: the bodies are vehicles, and sound is the weapon that stops them.1
- loud sound
When did it first appear?
1959Released 1959
What the sources say
The possessed dead issue ultimatums and jam radio signals, because the aliens inside are intelligent1
A sound gun forces the aliens out and kills them1
Turner Classic Movies describes it as the inspiration for Night of the Living Dead1
Paul Blaisdell's monster suit from an earlier film was reused without paying him1
Padded out with stock footage, including a car crash from Thunder Road1
Could you outrun it?
Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.
Sources
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Same era: 1900 to 1967
Legendre's zombiesWhite Zombie (1932)
The resurrected dead of Plan 9Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
CarrefourI Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Cornish zombies of The Plague of the ZombiesThe Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Plague victims of The Last Man on EarthThe Last Man on Earth (1964)
Dr. Sangre's zombiesKing of the Zombies (1941)