Carrion Death story
Earl Raymond Diggs, a murderer that has recently escaped prison, is running for the Mexican border. He is pursued by a state trooper that ends up slapping the handcuffs on him. Diggs manages to kill the trooper, but the trooper manages to swallow the key before dying. With no other options to remove the cuffs, Diggs is forced to drag the trooper's corpse across the desert to freedom, all the while being stalked by a hungry vulture. Directed by: Steven E. de Souza. Story by: Steven E. de Souza.
12 total · 5 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| being on the run from the law | major | The escaped death row inmate Earl Raymond Diggs trekked across the desert first while being pursued by a very determined motorcycle cop, and later handcuffed the very same law enforcement officer's dead body. |
| fortitude | major | The escaped death row inmate Earl Raymond Diggs was determined to trek through the desert to reach the Mexican border, just as the motorcycle cop was determined to apprehend him. |
| human vs. desert environment | major | The story follows the escaped death row inmate Earl Raymond Diggs on his trek across a desert (much of the way handcuffed to a dead motorcycle cop) to the Mexican border, and freedom. |
| law enforcement | major | The escaped death row inmate Earl Raymond Diggs was pursued across a desert by a determined motorcycle cop. In his monologue, the Crypt Keeper was dressed up as a motorcycle cop. |
| the desire for justice | major | The motor cycle cop went above and beyond the call of duty because he had a personal desire to see Earl brought to justice. |
| bank robbery | minor | The story opens with a gun toting Earl fleeing a small town bank with bags on money in hand. |
| capital punishment | minor | Earl escaped from death row hours before his scheduled execution. |
| living corpse | minor | The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| mass murder | minor | Earl was on death row for having brutally murdered three nurses, and spoke of having gotten away with murdering five other women. |
| misogyny | minor | Earl, a convicted serial killer of women, quipped to himself about not being able to live with women, and not being able to fit more than one of them at a time into an automobile trunk. |