Zuvembie
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A zuvembie is a creature used by Robert E. Howard in his short story "Pigeons from Hell," published in Weird Tales in 1938. In the 1970s Marvel Comics used the term in place of "zombie", which had been banned by the Comics Code Authority.
Robert E. Howard used the "zuvembie" in his short story "Pigeons from Hell", published in Weird Tales in 1938.
In the story, a woman can become a zuvembie by drinking the Black Brew. The resulting creature is no longer human, knowing no friend or relative. It cannot talk, or think like a human. It doesn't need to eat and will live forever, staying in a cave or an old house. It has certain powers—it can command owls, bats, snakes, pigeons, and werewolves. It can hypnotise the living with its voice, and command the body of someone it has killed until the body is cold. It can only be killed by either lead or iron.[1]
Television
When "Pigeons from Hell" was adapted into an episode of the television anthology series Thriller, the "zuvembie" was adapted with it, played by Ottola Nesmith.[2]