Night Of The Living Dead (A Radio Drama)
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Night of the Living Dead (A Radio Drama)
A diverse group of individuals seek refuge in an abandoned house where the dead begin to rise from the graveyard in search of human victims. The Practical Ben tries best to control the situation, but panic sets in among the other survivors as the zombies surround the house. The zombies find ways to get inside as the group’s order starts to break down.
The actual script from the 1968 Version of the film will be used.
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Johnny is the older brother of Barbra who sacrificed his life to save his sisters life, the lines will be from the script with stage directions
- male adult
- all american accents
Yeah, five minutes to put the wreath on the grave, and six hours to drive back and forth. Mother wants to remember, so we trot two hundred miles into the country, and she stays at home.
(laughs). Well, theres’s not much sense in my goin’ to church. Do you remember one time when we were small, we were out here? It was right over there. I jumped out at you from behind a tree, and Grandpa got all excited and he shook his fist at me and he said “Boy, you’ll be damned to hell!” Remember that? Right over there. Boy, We used to be really scared here.
(playfully.) They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
Barbara is Johnnys sister and is one of the first people to stay in the house, the lines will be from the script with stage directions.
- female adult
- all american accents
Well if it really bugged you, Johnny, you wouldn’t do it.
And I looked up and I said “Good eve—“ (Frantic.) And he grabbed me. He grabbed me and he ripped at me! He held me and he ripped at my clothes.
Oh. Only ten more minutes? We don’t have very long to wait. We can leave. Oh, we better leave soon. It’s ten minutes to eleven.
Ben is just trying to stay alive after witnessing the true extent of the zombie epidemic, the lines will be from the script with stage directions.
- all american accents
- male adult
It’s all right. Don’t worry about them. I can handle them. Probably get a lot more of them as soon as they find out about us. This pump out here is locked. Is there a key? (Picks up the phone.) I suppose you tried this. (He puts the receiver back and tries the cellar door. BARBARA cowers against the wall.) Do you live here? (Sees CORPSE.) Jesus. (Pokes CORPSE with the tire iron.) We gotta get outa here. We have to get where there are some other people. Well, we better take some food. I’ll see if I can find some. (Exits kitchen.)
Well, you’re her father. If you’re stupid enough to go die in that trap, that’s your business. However, I am not stupid enough to follow you. It is tough for the kid that her old man is so stupid. Now get the hell down in the cellar. You can be boss down there. I’m boss up here.
It’s obvious we have to try and get out of here. See, we have that truck. If we can get some gas, then we can get out of here.
The husband of Helen, Harry wants to stay in the cellar of the house when stay upstairs with the zombies, the lines will be from the script with stage directions.
- male adult
- all american accents
And I’m telling you those things turned over our car. We were damn lucky to get away at all. Now you tell me those things can’t get through this lousy pile of wood?
Whatever it is, it isn’t just happening here. It’s some kind of mass murder. It’s going on everywhere. The radio said to stay insi—
I don’t know. I… (BEN down to cellar.) No. It isn’t the fuse. The power lines are down. (To HELEN.) I have to get that gun.
The wife of Harry, Helen just want her daughter Karen to be safe and well in the hard time that they are going through, the lines will be from the script with stage direction.
- female adult
- all american accents
Don’t be afraid of me. I’m Helen Cooper. Harry’s wife
(to BEN) It said the rescue stations have doctors and medical supplies. If we could get help for Karen…
(horrified) Harry! Oh my God, Harry!
Karen is the daughter of Harry and Helen who was bit by one of the zombies, this role only has one line.
- female child
- all american accents
I hurt.
Tom is the boyfriend of Judy who was forced to come into the house and stay after the first reports of the national emergency, the lines will be from the script with stage directions.
- all american accents
- male young adult
(looks out a window.) Oh yeah. It looks like about eight or ten of them now.
Mr. Cooper! Ben found a television set upstairs.
Hey, there’s a can of kerosene and some fruit jars down in the cellar.
The girlfriend of Tom, Judy just doesn’t want anything happening to the two of them, the lines will be from the script with stage direction.
- female young adult
- all american accents
Tom, are you sure about the phone?
If I could only call the folks. They’re going to be so worried about us.
(stands. They embrace.) I just don’t want you to go, that’s all.
A small role in one scene, the lines will be from the script with stage directions and the lines will be shortened.
- all american accents
- male adult
- radio
At this hour, we repeat, these are the facts as we know them: there is an epidemic of mass murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins.
The only other information that reporters have been able to obtain from official sources, Is a warning for all citizens to stay in their homes, behind lock doors.
We urge you to stay tuned to radio and television, and to stay indoors at all cost.
A small role for one scene, the lines are from the script with stage direction.
- male adult
- all american accents
Is there a connection between the radiation from the Venus probe and the recent epidemic of murder?
Well, how long after death, then, can the body become reactivated?
Minutes? Well, that doesn’t give people time to make any arrangements.
A scientist from NASA. A small role for one scene, the lines will be from the script with stage direction.
- male adult
- all american accents
Yes, we have some answers, but first let me stress the importance of seeking medical attention for anyone who’s been injured in any way. We don’t know yet what complications might result from such injuries.
Well, the Venus probe did carry an unusual amount of radiation. Certainly enough to cause mutations. At the university, in the cold room, we had a cadaver. A cadaver from which which all four limbs had been amputated. Sometime early this morning, it opened its eyes and began to move its trunk. It was dead, but it opened its eyes and tried to move. Any dead bodies should be disposed of at once. Preferably by cremation.
We don’t know for sure. It could be a mater of minutes.
A News Reporter. This is a small role that is just in one scene, the lines will be from the script with stage direction.
- all american accents
- male adult
This is Bill Bardough, WICL-TV 11 NEWS, coming to you live. At this hour, officials report the level of mysterious radiation continues to increase steadily. So, as long as this situation remains, government spokesmen warn that dead bodies will continue to be transformed into the flesh-eating ghouls. All person who die during this crisis from whatever causes will come back to life to seek human victims, unless their bodies are first disposed of by cremation. All law enforcement agencies and the military have been organized to search out and destroy the marauding ghouls.
Chief, do you think you’d be able to wrap this up in twenty-four hours?
Thank you very much Chief McClellan. This is Bill Bardough, WICL News. (Lights fade.)
This is a small role in two scenes, the lines are from the script with stage directions.
- male adult
- all american accents
Oh things aren’t going to bad. The men are taking it pretty good.
Yeah, they’re dead. They’re all messed up.
Hey, get in there and check out the house. If you see anything, hit it right between the eyes.
This is a small role with only two lines, the lines will be from the script with stage directions.
- male adult
- all american accents
Chief.
(points). We’re moving down that way.
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