Reanimates

Reanimates are individuals who have died and have since been resurrected in physical form. They are very similar to zombies in this regard, but for one notable difference: Reanimates still possess a living soul, and they maintain their personality and intellect following their resurrection.

The North American version of the supernatural drama series Being Human addresses the subject of reanimates in it's third season. The reanimates on the show, in addition to being formerly deceased, also share a few similarities to post-Romero era zombies. Like zombies, reanimates in Being Human are flesh-eaters. They are perpetually hungry and normal food stuffs dod not satiate their appetite. Before long, they will begin to crave living creatures for food. It may begin with something as small as a bird or a mouse, but in time, they will require a more substantial diet... humans. Without a steady diet of human flesh, reanimates will begin to physically deteriorate and their bodies will rapidly rot away to nothing. By consuming live prey, they can heal the rotting parts of their bodies, but only for a brief period of time.

Reanimates on Being Human are created through ritualism and blood magic. The 17th century witch Donna Gilchrist used such magic to bring the ghost of Sally Malik back from the dead. This same ritual was also responsible for resurrecting the ghosts of Nick Fenn and Stevie Atkins. Nick was the first to succumb to the ravages of being a flesh-eater and consumed several neighborhood cats before the hunger drove him to attack his girlfriend, Zoe Gonzales.

Stevie Atkins did not have nearly the amount of willpower as Sally Malik, or even Nicholas Fenn. Part of the curse of being resurrected through blood magic was that the reanimated would have to avoid contact with anyone from their past, or else they would die. Stevie ignored this warning and returned to his parents' house. The following morning, he found them on the floor dead. The hunger overtook him and he ate their bodies. He then murdered and consumed the body of a neighborhood postal worker.

Sally Malik staved off the effects of the hunger longer than any of them. She survived by eating a few mice she found in her house, but when the hunger became too strong, she had her friends Josh Levinson and Nora Sargeant chain her up in her bedroom. Eventually, starvation set in and Sally died once again.

Another reanimated from Being Human was a man named Ray. Ray was resurrected by Donna Gilchrist in a separate ritual and used as a pawn to strike back at her enemies. Ray is different from the others in that he was also a werewolf in life, proving that one who is a supernatural creature in the living world, will be resurrected as one even as a reanimate.