Ghost & Zombie

fantasy / horror THE VIBE: an odd “buddy” dramedy about a bodiless mind and a mindless body LONG SYNOPSIS: Unhappy with being bound to her zombie body, Vi waits in anticipation for the day when her zombie is killed, believing that her ghost will then be able to “move on”. However, after a chance encounter with a Reverend, she learns that her zombie being killed is not a guaranteed solution to her dilemma. Sometime later, she meets her favourite psychic medium (Asha) and is shocked to learn that all she believed, and paid for, was a lie. She also learns that while she is unable to affect the physical world around her, she can touch other ghosts. Soon after, her zombie is attacked by another zombie which is being directly controlled by its ghost (Max). Vi manages to save her zombie and realises that, as nauseating as it is, she has the ability to direct its movements. Vi then uses her new-found ability to direct her zombie to some cliffs above the ocean, where she hopes it will disintegrate and free her to move-on. However she is distracted by a Young Girl fleeing from a Kidnapper. Vi uses her zombie to rescue the Young Girl, but must then flee when the girl’s rescuers attack Vi’s zombie. Vi manages to walk her zombie off a cliff, to be smashed by the surf against the rocks below. As Vi waits move-on, she enjoys a beautiful sunset and is, for a moment, at peace with the world. NOTE: While the script works as a standalone short, there is a plenty of potential within the premise to expand it into a feature.  --- the ‘logistical’ details: locations 
• suburban streets 
 • expensive house • supermarket • public toilets in park • bridge over river • rural scrubland • ocean cliffs actors
 • Vi’s ghost and zombie (woman, 20s) 
• reverend’s ghost (man, 50s) • Asha’s ghost and zombie (woman, 40s) • Max’s ghost and zombie (man, 40s)
 • Misha (girl, about 12yo) • Kidnapper (man, 40s) • scavengers (3x men, 20s-30s) • sanitation crew (3x men and/or women) • rescuers (4x men and women) • assorted zombies (18x men and women) effects etc
 • floating, translucent ghosts • rotting, shuffling zombies
 • gore and bloody wounds (static, i.e. makeup)
 • gore and gunshot wounds (dynamic)