Persephone in the Underworld by dQ Kaufman | Script Revolution

Persephone in the Underworld

After growing up in a survival bunker, a woman sets out across a post-apocalyptic landscape to find her estranged mother.

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Reader's note: this script is free of zombies, infected, and many other modern post-apocalyptic tropes. It's really a character based horror/drama with a light sci-fi backdrop.

Submitted: February 27, 2023
Last Updated: March 25, 2023

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The Writer: dQ Kaufman

I want to be a director/writer when I grow up. I have a dark, dark sense of humor in my writing and a fine mix of experiences with a fine mix of people. I enjoy writing the kind of scripts that pull the rug out, both in plot points and tone. Any moments of emotional realism and truth are loving snuggled down into brassy genre stories. You know, stuff like when Nux points at Capable at the end of Fury Road and says "Witness me" and he's really meaning it for the first time, because he's finally found something worth dying for, but, also, what he's really saying is "please remember me" because he loves her and would do anything for her, and then, after so many others have, he sacrifices... Go to bio

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