Question/Possible Spoiler
The way that I understood it was that the only one to survive was Jill? (little girl) So through the whole movie, she was limbo? Correct?
Really?? I thought the only survivor was the guy in the coach.
In the end, when George and the undertaker are talking by Margo's grave, the undertaker asks something like "How's the guy?" or something like that and George replies "He's gonna be fine".
Good story, awfully told.
You are right. It's the guy on the couch at the end who is the only one left alive. In the script I wrote that he is never to be touched by anyone else in the Morgue so that we know that he is of this world and not of their purgatory world.
I thank you for your compliment on the story.
- Drew Pletcher
Drew, I take it you're the screenwriter. My question is this though, in the way it was filmed, it appeared as the ones that died had a run-in with the reaper at the morgue. They all had cuts, etc while the autopsies were being performed. If you noticed that during the movie, the little girl never had a full blown attack from the reaper. The two Detectives hinted that Jill was missing at the beginning of the movie and they either didn't show that they had found her body at the crash site, OR, she really WAS missing or in the hospital at the end of the movie. I have to agree though, I write stories and this was intriguing and amazing
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>> Good story....
Thanks a bunch for the "Good story" compliment. "The Morgue" recieved very favorable reviews from fellow writers at a screenwriters workshop I belong to before I sold story/screenplay rights to Reef Pictures. I enjoyed crafting it very much.
Cheers,
Najla Ann Al-Doori
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Najla is a talented storyteller.
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shareDrew & Najla Ann,
I just finished watching "The Morgue". I always try to support Indy Horror filmmakers by going to see or renting their films. The granddaddy of all Indy Horror is of course Romero's "Night of the Living Dead". Getting back to your film, I honestly did see the ending coming from a mile away. This was the same twist as Jean-Baptiste Andrea's "Dead End".
I appreciate what you were trying to accomplish with the script. I would also be relunctant to leave the world I knew unexpectedly. A kinda "WTF?" The characters were interesting, expecially the female lead (who gave a fine performance, BTW). The breakup with her boyfriend at the beginning sets up the emotional regret at the end. Also the married couple arguing over probably something petty. That's the true horror: leaving this world without reconciling with loved ones.
Keep plugging away. Both your futures should be bright.
"...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."
Thank you, Zombizilla.
Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" scared the living daylights out of me. I had watched it outside, late at night - scary.
Best, Najla
SPOILER
I just wish we could have seen Nan experience getting cremated. I mean, we saw Margo experience her death via the reaper dude/Dark Figure, (and we saw Nan's experience as well by getting the gasoline down her throat) but then we saw Margo experience being burried "alive" as well. So I wish we could have seen Margo burned "alive" in the same manner. But I'm gross like that. :D
Cool movie none the less. :D