brain-eaters
Cranium-craving undead monsters
Brain-eaters are zombies or zombie-like creatures in horror fiction, named for their appetite for human brains.
The term extends to anything that consumes mental energy or dulls thinking: Social media is a brain-eater.
In medicine, brain-eating amoeba refers to *Naegleria fowleri*, a waterborne organism that causes fatal infections.
Deceased yet animate
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
shambling · Walking Dead · Romero · reanimated · plague · survival · bite · contagion
Frightening imaginary creature
- creatureLiving, sentient entity
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- fiendCruel person or enthusiast
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
nightmare · B-movie · gore · splatter · cult · Lovecraftian · abomination · terror
Shape-shifting single-celled organism
- prionSelf-propagating rogue protein
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- encephalitisInflammatory brain condition
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
organism · host · neurological · fatal · microscopic · tropical · waterborne · infection
Non-native being
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- possessionState of owning
- body-snatchersThieves of the deceased
hivemind · telepathic · probe · specimen · host · takeover · parasitic · intelligence
undead
Deceased yet animate
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
outbreak · shambling · Walking Dead · Romero · reanimated · plague · survival · bite · contagion · virus
monster
Frightening imaginary creature
supernatural · nightmare · B-movie · gore · splatter · cult · Lovecraftian · abomination · terror · macabre
amoeba
Shape-shifting single-celled organism
- prionSelf-propagating rogue protein
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- encephalitisInflammatory brain condition
meningitis · organism · host · neurological · fatal · microscopic · tropical · waterborne · infection · larvae
alien
Non-native being
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- possessionState of owning
body-snatchers · hivemind · telepathic · probe · specimen · host · takeover · parasitic · intelligence · spacecraft
brain-eatersthe quick
Alive, or tender nailbed
survivors · healers · humans · the whole · sentient beings
brain-eaterseducators
Those who teach others
teachers · mentors · intellectuals · scholars · neurosurgeons
brain-eaterssurvivors
Those still alive after
heroes · protectors · saviors · slayers · final girls
brain, brains, brained, braining, brainy, brainier, brainiest, brainless, brainlessness