Spookers Page #5

---

but all the rest of the money

would go to start this charity.

Some friends were electricians,

and built the best electrocution chamber

I've ever seen built anywhere

in the world, even to this day.

They put 50,000 volts through it,

so you get this arcing and movement

and made smoke machines

and it was horrible.

And then on dress rehearsal night

I was walking past it and I said,

"Guys, what's that smell?"

And they said, "Oh, we've

got a secret weapon."

And they lifted up the covers and under

the covers of the chair they had

a hot plate and they're cooking bacon.

And you got this sizzle and smell.

And I was like, "No,

you've gone a step too far."

And they'd say, "We could win

it if you let us cook the bacon."

But they did win and...

BETH:
See, bacon makes everything better.

ANDY:
Yeah.

(SIZZLING SOUND)

(SOUND OF AIR ESCAPING)

(GROWLING)

ED:
I've got a mum that

will give me a hiding.

If I get a... Yeah.

'Cause I'm raised up as Samoan so...

got to go the way of the church, eh.

Bless this place.

Got to bless this place, eh.

- Yeah,

- That's cool.

What about you? Do you have a girlfriend?

LOMAKS:
What about me? No,

there's girls but not girlfriend.

Like, they're girls, they're

friends, but they're not girlfriends.

ED:
Oh, hookups.

LOMAKS:
No, not that either. Hookups, no.

- ED:
Don't lie.

- LOMAKS:
Don't do that.

Yeah, I walk in the night.

- ED:
For the hookups.

- LOMAKS:
No.

ED:
Yeah.

(MUSIC)

INTERVIEWER:
How do you think your

parents would react if they saw you as,

like, zombie bride?

DAVID:
They would be, like, tripping out.

They would be...

Like, 'cause they haven't

really seen me in make-up before

but I know one time they did and,

um, they couldn't believe it.

They thought I was a freak.

But the make-up that they did see

me in was quite moderate make-up,

not really compared to the,

like, zombie, you know, for example.

If they saw zombie, you know, I

think my mum would go ballistic.

(MUSIC)

(SCREAMS)

MICHELLE:
Beth was one of

the pretty girls at school.

Lovely blonde hair, great set of legs,

looked super in hot pants.

I do vaguely remember Andy at school

but, you know, we weren't close friends.

I just knew of him.

JULIA:
He was a nerd, wasn't he?

BETH:
He was a nerd.

MICHELLE:
Yeah, probably

worked in (INAUDIBLE) room.

(MUSIC)

BETH:
Andy and I have

been married for 39 years.

It'll be 40 years in February.

One of the things that Andy used to

do for me when we were first married

and for a few years afterwards was,

I loved digging out thistles,

it's one of my favourite things to do

and on the farm he would go

and take the shoes off

or take his boots off

and go and run through the thistles for me

so that I'd have thistles to dig out

a day or two later when they'd

sort of festered a little bit.

DAVID:
They were made for each

other, I think, Beth and Andy.

They just understand each

other on a complex level.

(KISSING)

(MUSIC AND PURRING)

Most guys, they don't actually

find me too attractive.

You know, it's just crazy

'cause I've actually got,

you know, the whole thing going on.

I've got the looks, I've got

the personality... you know,

I'm a fun all-round zombie, you know,

and people just don't take the time to,

you know, learn more about me.

You know, it's like

judging a book by its cover,

that's exactly what they do to me.

And it's just so frustrating.

It's so frustrating, seriously.

INTERVIEWER:
Have you ever been in love?

DAVID:
No, I haven't been in 'love' love.

But, I don't know, maybe one day.

We'll see.

It's easy for people to

say they've been in love.

I think it's a term that

gets thrown round heaps.

But, no, I can honestly say, no, I haven't.

INTERVIEWER:
What do you think

is the hardest thing in your life?

DAVID:
It would probably be...

...not having the ability

to make everyone happy,

I think.

I think you can only make so many people

happy with the things you do in life and...

I think the hardest thing is, yeah,

just not making everyone happy.

Not everyone's going to be happy.

So, yeah...

CLAUDIA:
David?

I know that he acts, he's

like all out there and stuff

but if you really get to

know him, he's pretty private.

Like, he's hidden.

Usually he'll like laughing and stuff

all the time but sometimes he's, like,

actually really angry at

someone or something but,

he's pretty good at hiding

his feelings and his secrets.

He doesn't really tell many secrets,

which is, I guess is all good.

VOICEOVER AND LYRICS FROM

ELECTRIC CITY BY MUSIC

INSTRUCTOR:
Already many of the

mutants disguised as human beings

are walking the streets

of earth's cities...

(MUSIC)

DAVID:
We're here together because of love.

Ultimately my husband

will look past my flaws

and see me for what I truly am,

which is beautiful.

Which is beautiful.

(SCREAMS)

SPEAKER:
There you go.

Got 'em running, Mildred.

Ha ha ha.

- SPEAKER:
OK, ready?

- SPEAKER:
Yeah. One.

- SPEAKER:
Yep.

- SPEAKER:
Two.

- SPEAKER:
Yep.

- SPEAKER:
Three.

(CHAINSAW NOISE)

JUNEEN:
Did you have fun tonight?

Beth and Julia came out and

saw me in hospital and...

I was just blown away by it.

Like, you never get your

boss coming to see you

when you're in any kind of situation

like that, not unless, you know,

you're really, really tight with them.

But even then, they

don't make house visits.

I reckon it would've been scary

if I'd got admitted 30 years ago.

That's terrifying.

If you actually look into the history

of mental health at any asylum,

whether it was Kingseat or any

of the other mental institutions

that New Zealand or even

overseas had, it's scary.

It's really scary.

SPEAKER:
Good luck. I love you.

(SHOUTING AND CROWD NOISE)

(CHEERING)

HUIA:
I'm 21.

There are things that

I could be doing better.

You know, in terms of

my personal health and...

...that's basically the one thing that's

stopping me, is my personal health and...

Oh, just losing weight.

Diabetes is in my family, basically.

One of the things that

I don't want to happen.

But...

you know, I don't necessarily

do anything about it.

'Cause I love to procrastinate.

People think it's weird how I'm able to

compare religion and Spookers together.

But I'm like, Spookers family

has helped me, basically.

I feel comfortable there.

I feel wanted there.

I feel like there's something

I can give there, basically.

And that's the same with my religion...

I feel comfort, I feel wanted,

I feel like there is some

things that I can do there.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

There's two things that I love the most.

One is my religion and two is performing.

And I love performing.

(AVE MARIA PLAYS)

(SINGING CONTINUES)

HUIA:
A couple of months

ago I had this dream about me

basically waking up in

the middle of the sea.

I hopped off the bed and

thought I was going to sink.

And I ended up standing on water.

To my amazement I was

basically walking on water.

(SINGING CONTINUES)

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes