The vengeful dead
Often lumped in with zombie movies but these corpses come back from the grave not as mindless cannibalistic brutes, but with one thing in mind: revenge.
In the Cabin the Woods the chief monsters are the Zombie Redneck Torture Family (the Buckners), and the CitW wiki describes them (at the time of writing) in a way which pretty much defines the list:
http://thecabininthewoods.wikia.com/wiki/The_Buckner_Family
See also: Contagious violence (another group of films often included with zombie films).
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In the Cabin the Woods the chief monsters are the Zombie Redneck Torture Family (the Buckners), and the CitW wiki describes them (at the time of writing) in a way which pretty much defines the list:
They are portraited [sic] as rotten, putrid undead human beings, but having some level of cognition beyond of that of a normal zombie. Also, they are clearly shown to have a delight for torturing their victims before killing them. Sitterson points out that they belong to a completely different category to normal zombies
http://thecabininthewoods.wikia.com/wiki/The_Buckner_Family
See also: Contagious violence (another group of films often included with zombie films).
Comments: As I don't have a Facebook account I cannot interact with the new comments system, so have switched it off and replaced it with a thread on the message board.
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- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsThom MathewsJennifer CookeDavid KagenTommy Jarvis exhumes Jason Voorhees to cremate his corpse, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can stop him.Here for the thumbnail graphic, the list begins below:
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsRomuald JoubéMaxime DesjardinsSéverin-MarsThe story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.The dead of WWI return to ask if it was worth their lives.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsVictor FrancenLine NoroSylvie GanceA traumatized World War I veteran builds a machine to prevent war. When the government subverts his machine and a second world war seems increasingly inevitable, in desperation the inventor summons the ghosts of the war dead to protest.A sequel of sorts, made under the looming shadow of WWII.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsBoris KarloffLorna GrayRobert WilcoxWhen Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsLon Chaney Jr.Jack HedleyJill DixonWhen her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
- DirectorJerry WarrenStarsRock MadisonAnn WellsGeorge ToddA mad scientist, who discovered the secret of eternal youth by draining of blood from a young woman, gets executed. His ancestor moves into the home, eventually discovering the scientist's body. He revives him, and the terror continues.
- DirectorJohn A. BushelmanStarsJohn IrelandBeverly BainCliff FieldsA dead woman returns from the grave to wreak vengeance upon her enemies.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsLex BarkerKarin DorChristopher LeeA Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
- DirectorDavid L. HewittStarsLon Chaney Jr.John CarradineRochelle Hudson"Gallery of Horror" is a 1967 anthology horror movie with John Carradine narrating five horror tales with macabre twists.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsJames DarrenBarbara McNairMaria RohmA jazz trumpeter becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman whose corpse he discovers on a beach, after which she seemingly returns to life to take revenge on those responsible for her death.
- DirectorYavuz YalinkiliçStarsAytekin AkkayaGiray AlpanSirri ElitasA young couple arrives at a mysterious mansion. Only one housekeeper lives here. The couple is killed the same night, and the other guests who arrive at the mansion over time will die the same.A Turkish film in which a dead man turns up and kills people whilst laughing a lot (but not talking).
- DirectorRobert FuestStarsVincent PriceJoseph CottenVirginia NorthDoctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.
- DirectorRobert FuestStarsVincent PriceRobert QuarryValli KempThe vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
- DirectorJesús FrancoPierre QuérutJean RollinStarsChristina von BlancCarmen YazaldeAnne LibertFollowing the death of her father, a young girl visits her estranged family at their sinister castle in the countryside, and comes to realize her eccentric and morbid relatives are not quite alive.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsJohn MarleyLynn CarlinRichard BackusA young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death.
- DirectorGeorge RobothamStarsKarin DorJoel FabianiWolfgang BrookThe zombie ghost of a sunken excursion boat captain haunts an Austrian lake in search of vengeance against those who caused the accident.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissMary ValentiWhile spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.The film that would eventually spawn The Evil Dead.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAdrienne BarbeauJamie Lee CurtisJanet LeighAn unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsJoe SpinellCaroline MunroAbigail ClaytonA psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.A tricky one here, as the vengeful dead here are clearly delusions, but is a delusion within a work of fiction any less "real" than the other events in the film?
There is also a solid zombie film link, thanks to the special effects of Tom Savini, who even throws in a very zombie-like bit of make-up at one point. - DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincorFive friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaKenji SawadaAkiko KanaCenturies ago, a samurai survives the massacre of 35,000 Christians and denounces God for ignoring the pleas of the believers. He sells his soul to the devil and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him on a murderous rampage.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollPaolo MalcoAnia PieroniA New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.aka The House by the Cemetery
Dr Freudenstein is a kind of living corpse who kills people to keep himself "alive". - DirectorPatrick ReganStarsFabianMarilyn BurnsJon CedarTwo children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.
- DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsCharles DurningRobert F. LyonsClaude Earl JonesIn a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinMichael SchroederStarsMeg TillyMelissa NewmanRobin EvansAs part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum.