The Movie That Makes Audiences Kill | Audio Drama

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0:27 Speaker 4: With this key, you unlock the world to your dreams. What lies beyond could be the doorway to nightmare. Come in. Welcome. I'm your host through the doorway to nightmare. I have always considered myself a connoisseur of that genre of film that elicit emotions of fear and horror. In other words, the scary movie. Yet it seems as the years roll along, we are bombarded with reworkings of films, sequels, and continuations of stories that should have ended long ago.

1:41 Speaker 1: Do you realize the cost of the special effects alone?

1:44 Speaker 2: I don't care what the cost is. I want it.

1:48 Speaker 1: Emma, the studio can't afford to.

1:52 Speaker 2: Look, Leonard, how much are we really talking to produce my movie?

1:56 Speaker 1: Nobody has that kind of money. Now, why can't you just put another sequel out and.

2:01 Speaker 2: How much?

2:05 Speaker 1: All right, with all of the effects, not to mention the actors that you want, we're talking at least seven million dollars.

2:15 Speaker 2: Who do I make the check out to?

2:20 Speaker 4: Our mystery drama, It Will Drive You Crazy, was written especially for Doorway to Nightmare by Winslow Swan and edited by Crimson McKenzie. Our stars, Crimson McKenzie, Dave Arkapov, and Winslow Swan. It is sponsored in part by Swanage Press. I'll be back shortly with Act One. Mystery. Horror.

2:50 Speaker 1: Thriller, suspense.

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3:14 Speaker 4: It can be the most thrilling ride that you have ever been on without ever leaving your chair.

3:22 Speaker 1: The horror movie.

3:25 Speaker 4: There are many different types, from the slow-moving, suspenseful film to the in-your-face graphic showing of blood and gore. But essentially, they are all the same. A piece of film flashing before your eyes and scaring the wits out of you.

3:55 Speaker 2: Set me up, Ray.

4:02 Speaker 5: There you go, Miss Greenberg.

4:04 Speaker 2: Here is to another banner year for Gateway Pictures.

4:09 Speaker 5: That bad, huh?

4:11 Speaker 6: Bad?

4:12 Speaker 2: My last picture only cost 10 mil to make and brought 140 mil at the box office, but, you know, that was just domestic.

4:20 Speaker 5: So, why are you so down?

4:23 Speaker 2: Because it's the same old crap. Same storylines, same killers, the same special effects. I mean, how many ways can you dismember a body on film?

4:33 Speaker 5: They can't all be bad, can they?

4:36 Speaker 2: Name one.

4:37 Speaker 5: What about Terror on Heathrow? That was pretty.

4:40 Speaker 1: Crap! Crap!

4:42 Speaker 2: It's all garbage now. And God help you if you try to have an original idea. Oh no, it gets shot down quick. Oh, great movie. Now how about a sequel? We could take this to part 27. It's all crap that gets shoved down the throats of audiences.

4:59 Speaker 5: As long as they keep buying tickets, who cares?

5:03 Speaker 2: I care. Pour me another one, please.

5:11 Speaker 5: So why don't you write a movie?

5:12 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. I don't think that I heard you.

5:15 Speaker 5: You keep complaining about the bad movies. Why don't you write one and make it?

5:21 Speaker 2: Because I'm a producer. I find the money. I make sure the actors are happy.

5:27 Speaker 7: I check out the.

5:28 Speaker 2: Scenery and the music. It's all up to me. But will anyone remember my name?

5:33 Speaker 5: So write a script and do it.

5:36 Speaker 2: I'm not a writer!

5:37 Speaker 6: Not! Not!

5:39 Speaker 2: At all!

5:39 Speaker 5: And what are you complaining about?

5:48 Speaker 1: Ah, great return so far, Emma. The shareholders are very happy. Yeah, whatever. So, we need to start working on, uh.

5:58 Speaker 4: On, um.

6:00 Speaker 1: What part are we on now? 117.

6:01 Speaker 2: You....

6:06 Speaker 1: You always can make me laugh.

6:08 Speaker 2: I mean, does the public really want Slime Bag Part 8.

6:12 Speaker 1: A new beginning? Emma, they will eat it up.

6:16 Speaker 2: Why not something original for a change?

6:19 Speaker 1: Ah, because originality is overrated.

6:21 Speaker 2: And it's not guaranteed profits.

6:25 Speaker 1: Exactly.

6:26 Speaker 2: Leonard, what if I were to bring you an original script? Completely different story. Would the studio back me?

6:34 Speaker 4: Uh, well, uh.

6:37 Speaker 1: Gee, I don't know, Emma. I mean, we are very happy with your returns. Your last 15 movies have shown a profit every time.

6:48 Speaker 2: But 13 of them were sequels!

6:51 Speaker 1: I tell you what. You bring me a script, let me take a look, and we will see what we can do.

7:00 Speaker 2: And you, you will read it?

7:04 Speaker 6: Emma.

7:05 Speaker 1: Have I ever lied to you?

7:08 Speaker 2: Only when your lips are moving.

7:11 Speaker 6: Yep.

7:12 Speaker 1: Always makes me laugh.

7:20 Speaker 2: Now.

7:24 Speaker 2: To come up with a story... Who am I kidding? I'm not a writer! Now stop it, Emma! Emma Greenberg! Emma Greenberg! You can do this. You just need a little inspiration. I mean, how hard could it be? Hey, set me up, Bray.

7:51 Speaker 5: Hey, Miss Greenberg. Haven't seen you in here for a few weeks. Working on another blockbuster?

7:57 Speaker 2: I suppose you could call it that. I actually took your advice and I wrote a script. Hey!

8:03 Speaker 6: That's great.

8:05 Speaker 5: Any chance of letting me read it?

8:07 Speaker 2: Actually, I was kind of hoping that you would. I need an outsider's opinion before I show it to anyone else.

8:13 Speaker 5: So you're asking for my honest opinion?

8:17 Speaker 2: I would not expect any lies from you.

8:20 Speaker 5: Miss Greenberg, I consider you a friend. I wouldn't want to hurt your feelings if.

8:26 Speaker 4: If.

8:28 Speaker 2: It's not any good.

8:29 Speaker 4: What?

8:31 Speaker 2: When you're a producer, you don't have any go to brews. Don't worry, Ray. No matter what you think of it, you'll still be my friend. I mean, of course, if you don't like it, you may have to keep the drinks coming until I pass out.

8:45 Speaker 4: It's a deal.

8:46 Speaker 5: Hello?

8:59 Speaker 6: Emma!

9:01 Speaker 2: Ray, what time is it?

9:03 Speaker 6: It doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore.

9:07 Speaker 2: Ray? It's three in the morning. What's wrong?

9:11 Speaker 6: I just wanted to warn you. Don't come down to the bar.

9:16 Speaker 2: It's three in the morning. I have no intention of.

9:19 Speaker 6: Blood. It's everywhere. So much blood.

9:22 Speaker 2: Ray, are you okay?

9:25 Speaker 6: I read your script. It really got to me. It Made me do things. Horrible things. I used an axe. I can't believe all the blood. No, no, no.

9:38 Speaker 2: Ray, Ray, what are you saying?

9:40 Speaker 6: Terrible, horrible things. I can't bear it.

9:44 Speaker 2: No!

9:45 Speaker 1: Ray!

9:52 Speaker 4: Emma looks at the phone in horror. She quickly begins to get dressed and heads to the bar. to find out what has happened. You find out by returning with me for Act 2.

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10:38 Speaker 4: The first movie that was considered to be horror was filmed in 1896 by French director Georges Millet. Titled, The House of the Devil. It ran three minutes. And the genre of horror in films was born.

11:00 Speaker 1: And you say he did all of this just by reading your script.

11:04 Speaker 2: That's why he told me. Oh, Leonard, it was horrible. The police were all over the place. 27 people dead, including Ray, who shot himself in the head. No matter how they tried to cover the scene, you couldn't help but see the blood. It was flowing into the street like a river.

11:26 Speaker 6: Wow.

11:27 Speaker 1: What a gimmick.

11:28 Speaker 2: What are you talking about?

11:30 Speaker 1: Oh, Emma, I think this is the best advertising gimmick that you have ever come up with.

11:38 Speaker 2: It's no damn gimmick. Ray killed those people and himself just from reading the damn script.

11:45 Speaker 1: Okay, okay. Don't get angry. I read it, and it didn't affect me.

11:51 Speaker 2: That's true.

11:52 Speaker 1: Yeah, the only problem is.

11:55 Speaker 2: Why did I not see this coming?

11:57 Speaker 1: Now, don't be like that. Have you considered the cost?

12:02 Speaker 2: Of course I have.

12:05 Speaker 1: Just the special effects alone will cost it.

12:09 Speaker 2: Don't worry about that.

12:11 Speaker 1: Emma, it's the only thing that I do worry about.

12:14 Speaker 2: What if I put the money up?

12:16 Speaker 1: Do you have $ 7 million just lying around? I mean, that's the bare cost that we can come up with.

12:25 Speaker 2: Wow. Who do I make the check out to?

12:27 Speaker 1: Why do I feel stipulations coming on?

12:31 Speaker 2: Of course there are stipulations. I retain all rights to this film, including any pay-per-view or home sales, and I get 50% of the take for the first run.

12:41 Speaker 1: You must be out of your ever-living mind.

12:44 Speaker 2: You said it yourself. It's the best advertising gimmick of all time. So, who do I make the check out to?

12:55 Speaker 4: Come in, Emma.

12:58 Speaker 1: You want a drink?

12:58 Speaker 2: Of course, but look, Leonard. I'm sorry I wasn't at the screening, but there were.

13:04 Speaker 1: Never mind, never mind.

13:05 Speaker 4: It's okay. So.

13:08 Speaker 1: You don't know what happened.

13:09 Speaker 2: They didn't like it?

13:11 Speaker 1: Oh, no. On the contrary. It drove the test audience right over the edge.

13:17 Speaker 2: That's fantastic! So when do we release?

13:20 Speaker 4: We don't.

13:21 Speaker 1: What?

13:21 Speaker 4: We never will.

13:23 Speaker 2: You can't do that. To me.

13:25 Speaker 1: It's already been decided.

13:26 Speaker 2: Leo! What happened?

13:29 Speaker 1: I only saw the first few minutes of the film. I had a phone call that I had to take. Well, it lasted longer than I would have liked, but. When I got back to the auditorium, I almost threw up.

13:44 Speaker 2: Quit dragging this out and just tell me!

13:47 Speaker 1: Everybody. The entire audience. They were dead. They had used whatever they could find and.

13:56 Speaker 4: They tore each other up.

13:59 Speaker 1: You wouldn't have believed the blood.

14:02 Speaker 2: Then this is wonderful!

14:04 Speaker 5: Wonderful? Have you lost your mind?

14:07 Speaker 1: Think about it, Leo.

14:08 Speaker 2: I can see the poster now. We have the title and directly under it, in blood-splattered letters, it says, It will drive you crazy!

14:20 Speaker 1: We can't do that. I've already ordered all the prints to be destroyed.

14:26 Speaker 6: What?

14:28 Speaker 2: I knew it! I knew that if anyone, including me, had come up with something original, you would find a way to shoot it down.

14:35 Speaker 1: But calm down, Emma. I like making money just as much as the next person. But this film, there is something about it that, well, it really does drive people insane.

14:50 Speaker 2: So based on one, count them.

14:52 Speaker 6: One.

14:53 Speaker 4: One.

14:54 Speaker 2: Audience reaction? You're ready to destroy something that I worked so hard on?

14:58 Speaker 1: No, it's not just me. It's the studio, the shareholders, the other producers and directors that work here. Look, I have a responsibility.

15:09 Speaker 2: No. Well, it's a damn good thing that I kept a print of the film.

15:14 Speaker 1: What are you talking about?

15:16 Speaker 2: Simply this, Mr. Leonard Stone. I'm going to distribute the film myself. I paid for it to be made. So now I will pay for it to be released and you and your studio can go to hell!

15:36 Speaker 4: There have been stories about movies, music, books, and even plays that have seemingly caused a violent reaction in certain people. But I have never heard of a film making an entire audience insane. I'll return shortly with Act 3.

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16:26 Speaker 4: The author Ray Bradbury once said that there was more than one way to burn a book, and the world is full of people with lit matches.

16:38 Speaker 2: Just make sure that the billboards are correct. I don't want to have to drive down the street again and see, it will drive you hazy. Again.

16:47 Speaker 1: Crazy!

16:48 Speaker 6: Crazy!

16:48 Speaker 2: Well, you take.

16:50 Speaker 1: Care of it!

16:53 Speaker 2: Come in. Emma?

16:57 Speaker 1: Is it okay? No firing squad waiting?

17:03 Speaker 2: Leonard, come on in. It's okay.

17:07 Speaker 1: I understand that you got your film into 120 theaters. Not bad.

17:11 Speaker 6: Oh.

17:16 Speaker 2: After the premiere tonight, it's only going to get bigger.

17:20 Speaker 1: And it's a pretty good gimmick. Not starting any premiere until midnight.

17:25 Speaker 2: Exactly at midnight. Across all time zones.

17:29 Speaker 7: I don't follow.

17:30 Speaker 2: Midnight on the East Coast, 11 Central Time, 10 Mountain Time, and 9 on the West Coast.

17:37 Speaker 1: So no matter where you are, the film is going to start at the same time.

17:42 Speaker 2: Exactly!

17:43 Speaker 1: Emma, have you... Watch the movie.

17:46 Speaker 2: I don't have to. I wrote the damn thing.

17:49 Speaker 6: Remember?

17:50 Speaker 4: Oh, yes.

17:51 Speaker 1: I remember very well. Have you seen this?

17:55 Speaker 2: What's this?

17:56 Speaker 1: Apparently, some theater in Denver did not adhere to your rules of not showing the film until the designated time. They decided to have a special showing this afternoon for a select group.

18:11 Speaker 6: No. No. No.

18:13 Speaker 2: That's bull.

18:14 Speaker 6: So.

18:15 Speaker 1: Read the article.

18:16 Speaker 2: 30 people thought that they were going to see a simple horror film in Denver today. What they got was a bloodbath? 25 hand-picked people were invited to a special showing of the upcoming film from Saturn Pictures, a new company headed by Emma Greenberg. All 25, including the manager and four employees, were slaughtered by what? One person described as a frenzy of mass murder?

18:47 Speaker 1: I tried to warn you, Emma. I did warn you. There is something about that film that actually drives people crazy. You've got to stop the premiere.

18:58 Speaker 2: Now! Andrew? Get me the marketing department. Marketing?

19:07 Speaker 1: Get me the.

19:08 Speaker 2: What paper is this? The Denver Herald. Afternoon edition. There's a story in there on the front page. Now listen close. I want you to plaster that story everywhere. All social media, buy as much time on TV and radio as you can. Don't let up. Push this as hard as you can.

19:27 Speaker 1: Emma, what in God's name are you doing?

19:33 Speaker 2: Don't you see, Leonard? I have it set up so that it's going out at the same time. In every time zone around the world. On every platform that the internet is connected to. They will all see it at the same time. The same time. Something original. Something so terrifying that it will drive them insane.

19:55 Speaker 1: Emma, have you lost your.

19:58 Speaker 5: Oh, Lord, no.

20:01 Speaker 4: No, Emma, no.

20:02 Speaker 2: Think of it, Leonard. I wrote it. Produced it. And now I'm distributing it. It's my baby.

20:09 Speaker 1: Mine.

20:10 Speaker 6: Mine. Mine. Alone.

20:12 Speaker 2: And the audience, the people who are foolish enough to watch it for free, will pay with their lives and their souls.

20:20 Speaker 4: God, what have you done?

20:23 Speaker 6: We.

20:25 Speaker 2: We. Put killers up on the screen. Show people the inhumanity of murder in its most barbaric, basic form. Do people care?

20:36 Speaker 6: No.

20:38 Speaker 2: They just keep wanting more.

20:40 Speaker 6: And more.

20:41 Speaker 2: More blood. More killings. More violence. I'm giving them exactly what they want. And this is a movie that will not have a sequel.

21:06 Speaker 4: Leonard shakes his head in disbelief. He sees the insanity in the eyes of Emma Greenberg, and he realizes that what she is saying is right. I'll be back shortly with a final word.

21:25 Speaker 2: Hi, it's Crimson. We're hoping you're enjoying these stories, and do you want to hear some more? Join us on our YouTube channel, Doorway to Nightmare, if you dare.

21:48 Speaker 4: Is there such a thing as a film that drives someone mad? Police files say a boy and his cousin in LA, obsessed over a film, murdered his mother by stabbing her 45 times. A man wearing a mask shot and killed a.

22:06 Speaker 1: Woman in Florida.

22:08 Speaker 4: And in England, a pair of boys repeatedly stabbed a third one, claiming a film had prompted them. Perhaps it all is just a coincidence. Right? Our cast included Crimson McKenzie, Dave Arkapov, and Winslow Swan. The story was edited by Clemson McKenzie, and the entire production was under the direction of Winslow Swan. And now, a preview of our next tale.

22:45 Speaker 7: You people are insane. I didn't do it.

22:49 Speaker 1: Do you deny that you were at the Harlan Ranch on Saturday?

22:53 Speaker 7: I was nowhere near the Harlan Ranch. You've got to believe me. I had no reason to kill her. I loved her. You people, you can't do this.

23:04 Speaker 3: Then, by the power vested in me, I sentence you to be hanged by the.

23:09 Speaker 6: Neck until dead.

23:16 Speaker 4: Doorway to Nightmare is brought to you in part by Swanage Press. This is your host inviting you to return with us through the doorway to nightmare for another adventure into the world of your terrifying imagination. Until next time, slumber peacefully. Epilogue. The butler did it.

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