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Originally Posted by Smeg Head1
A jiangshi, also known as a Chinese "hopping" zombie. Referred to as Jiangshi (殭屍) – meaning “hard or “stiff”, Jiangshi was a word originally used to mean “corpse” – this cursed soul was stiffened by rigor mortis and unable to move beyond a hop, like some undead pogo stick, with its arms stretched out in front of it for balance. Source
Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) was the first film based on the jiangshi of Chinese legends.
But Mr. Vampire (1985) was the breakthrough success of the genre. The film established many of the genre's recognizable tropes.[17] Source
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Ah, that actually makes sense why they would move in such a way.