In the 2016 film The Girl with All the Gifts, the infected children are called Hungries.
The Hungries are children infected by a fungal disease that causes an intense hunger for human flesh. Unlike the older infected, some children can think, learn, and form relationships while controlling their impulses when they cannot smell fresh blood.
The story follows Melanie, an unusually intelligent Hungry held in a military research facility. She is taught in a classroom while restrained, and her relationship with teacher Helen Justineau becomes central to the film. When the base is attacked, Melanie escapes with a small group and encounters a changed world.
The film was directed by Colm McCarthy and adapted from M. R. Carey’s 2014 novel. Its infection is fictional, but the story draws attention to real fungi that affect insects and plants rather than turning humans into zombies.