Half-Way Horrible story
Roger Lassen, the ruthless president of a chemical company, discovers that his key partners are being murdered one by one. He is also told that the FDA have contacted his company, which is currently developing a new long-lasting preservative known as Xenthion-B, to announce that they are considering suspending the preservative's release because of the murders. Thinking back to when he and his friends traveled to Brazil on a business trip, Roger remembers that he offered his best friend, Alex, as a human sacrifice in exchange for receiving samples of the plant Xenthion-B is created from an indigenous tribe. Concluding that Alex is the one responsible, Roger is suddenly visited by his undead former friend, who reveals that the actual killer may be closer to Roger than he thinks. Also starring Cheech Marin and Costas Mandylor Directed by: Gregory Widen. Story by: William Gaines.
16 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire for vengeance | choice | The story turned on Alex being out to take revenge on Roger because Roger having left him to a fate worse than death in the Brazilian jungle. |
| betrayal | major | Roger left his best friend to a fate worse than death in the Brazilian jungle to get his hands on a valuable plant extract. |
| friendship | major | Roger left his best friend, Alex, to a fate worse than death in the Brazilian jungle. Six years later, Alex returned in a quasi-zombified state to confront Roger over the betrayal. |
| greed for riches | major | Roger exchanged his best friend to an Amazonian tribe for a plant extract that would be the basis for a revolutionary and highly profitable food preservative. |
| hexes and curses | major | Alex placed Roger under a voodoo curse in an act of retribution. |
| living corpse | major | Alex was turned into a zombie-like being by exposure to a bluish plant extract with astonishing preservative properties. The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| murder | major | Roger cut a deal with an Amazonian tribe to let them sacrifice Alex. Unbeknownst to Roger, Alex survived the ordeal and came back as a zombie, and used voodoo magic to make Roger murder Dan and Colin. |
| speculative technology | major | A glowing blue plant extract that formed the basis for a revolutionary preservative was a main novelty of the story. Apples treated with the preservative two years prior were found to be as fresh as the day they were picked. It worked on humans, too. |
| the human capacity for good and evil | major | Alex had placed a voodoo curse on Roger that allowed Roger's evil side to escape his conscious control and perform several murders. This underpinned the entire plot. |
| voodoo magic | major | Alex placed Roger under a voodoo curse in an act of retribution. |