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Sep 05, 2025•1 min

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT A Table Read Podcast Event

Before Duane Jones rewrote cinema history. Before the farmhouse became ground zero for modern horror. Before "They're coming to get you, Barbara" entered the cultural lexicon forever.

There was the script George Romero actually wrote.

And holy shit, it's nothing like what you think you know.

Picture this: Ben wasn't Ben - he was "Truckdriver." Barbara wasn't traumatized - she was practically catatonic from page one. The basement wasn't a refuge - it was barely mentioned. And that ending that scarred you for life? Completely different.

This isn't just some lost draft gathering dust. This is the DNA of every zombie story that followed, in its purest, most unfiltered form.

Jack Daniel narrates this apocalyptic archaeological dig - the SAG-AFTRA powerhouse behind trailers for The Suicide Squad, Ford v Ferrari, and Jackass Forever.

With our killer cast: Zeke Alton as Ben (former Navy Test Pilot, "Eyes of Wakanda") Olivia Graham as Barbara ("Agent") Jim Connor as Harry Tinsdale (the legendary Larry Culpepper!) Wendy Shapero as Helen Cooper ("Robot Chicken") Rob Fitzgerald as Sheriff McClelland (the original "I Love You Man" Johnny) Charlie Bodin as Tom ("Halt and Catch Fire") Adam Pilver as TV Commentator ("Timeless") Natalia Castellanos as Zombies/Ghouls ("Bosch: Legacy") Josh Sterling as Zombies/Ghouls ("Tenants")

Seven strangers. One farmhouse. The birth of modern horror.

But not the way you remember it.

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Transcript

00:03

[SPEAKER_00]: Stop it. [SPEAKER_00]: 1968, America was eating itself alive. [SPEAKER_00]: George A. Romero, just road cameras. [SPEAKER_00]: This Halloween, where dragging his masterpiece back from the grave, raw, unfiltered, and still dangerous as hell. [SPEAKER_00]: Seven strangers, one farmhouse, and the birth of the midnight mayor you've ever heard, and not your neighbors. [SPEAKER_00]: This ain't some people. [SPEAKER_00]: This is America.

00:32

[SPEAKER_00]: Strip to bone and symbiose, where the real monsters carry shankers, and call it a secret. [SPEAKER_00]: Take what we find against business. [SPEAKER_00]: Dick, I mean, you're probably a robber. [SPEAKER_00]: No, they're gonna get you all. [SPEAKER_00]: The living dead dead dead dead. [SPEAKER_00]: The film that made horror honest, and never let it sleep again. [SPEAKER_01]: They're coming for your brother. [SPEAKER_01]: They're going to get you.

00:59

[SPEAKER_01]: They're going to get you, Baba. [SPEAKER_01]: They're coming now. [SPEAKER_01]: They're coming.

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