Synopsis

A chill settled over the assembled mourners, a stark contrast to the humid air of the cemetery. As the eulogy concluded, a ripple disturbed the stillness within the closed casket. A hand, pale and stiff, clenched. Then another. The lid creaked open, revealing not the expected lifeless form, but a figure slowly, deliberately, pushing itself upright. The movement was unnatural, jerky, as if controlled by unseen gears. A look of profound displeasure crossed the face of the resurrected man, his