Post by Catsmate on Apr 5, 2022 14:02:49 GMT
What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up! is a rather mediocre British, black and white, comedy-horror film from 1962 that I watched in a moment of boredom, and cat-sitting, recently. It stars Sid James and Kenneth Connor, and features Donald Pleasence.
The basic plot is simple, and hackneyed. A wealthy man has died and his relatives are summoned for the reading of the will, become stranded in a remote location, and a sequence of murders (by various bizarre methods) begins.
The punchline is:
After wondering if I could get a refund for the time spent watching this drivel I naturally1 thought about adapting it as a AITAS scenario. Without the coach-and-horses sized plot holes2.....
So. The protagonists arrive. Now if this is a one-off they could indeed be the relatives of the deceased or they could be random strangers who arrive at the remote location where the will is to be read, more-or-less by chance3.
The characters are introduced, the will is read, the weather/downed tree/storm/washed out bridge or other factor strands everyone and people settle down for the night. Probably after arguments, conspiring, drinking, plotting, et cetera.
Some hours later there is a loud scream/crash/shot, people are awakened and investigate.
There's been a murder4.
Or maybe there hasn't but someone has disappeared. (Victim #1)
Suspicion falls, naturally, on the PCs. Accusations fly. Weapons are procured and people 'fort up' for the rest of the night.
The next morning someone (victim #2) has disappeared from their room. Have they keen killed? Fled? Are they responsible?
Continue for victims #3 through #n.
Someone decides to investigate the family crypt to check if the deceased is actually dead. This is a good opportunity for paranoia to build and someone to disappear. There they find the corpse of the deceased testator.
Finally, after pretty much everyone has been picked off (but no bodies have been found) the survivors are confronted by....
The supposedly dead testator.
Or rather his plastic duplicate. You see years earlier he stumbled over equipment salvaged from the remains of a damaged Nestene controlled factory and learned how to transfer his mind to a plastic duplicate using that equipment. There were a few failures of course (if you need more gore the protagonists stumbled over additional corpses in the crypt).
The party try and flee, only to have the exits blocked by enslaved Auton duplicates of the dead heirs. panic
Cue chase scene while the party try and destroy the plastic duplicates.
Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?
1. Naturally for me anyway.
2. In general each of the witnesses to the signing of a will must both be "an independent adult", unrelated to the testator and have "no personal interest in the Will". Hence the will as described was invalid and the solicitor should have known this.
3. Fairly classic for Classic Who.
4. Glaswegian accent optional.
What a Carve Up! is a rather mediocre British, black and white, comedy-horror film from 1962 that I watched in a moment of boredom, and cat-sitting, recently. It stars Sid James and Kenneth Connor, and features Donald Pleasence.
The basic plot is simple, and hackneyed. A wealthy man has died and his relatives are summoned for the reading of the will, become stranded in a remote location, and a sequence of murders (by various bizarre methods) begins.
The punchline is:
The dead man wasn't dead and is killing off his relatives.
After wondering if I could get a refund for the time spent watching this drivel I naturally1 thought about adapting it as a AITAS scenario. Without the coach-and-horses sized plot holes2.....
So. The protagonists arrive. Now if this is a one-off they could indeed be the relatives of the deceased or they could be random strangers who arrive at the remote location where the will is to be read, more-or-less by chance3.
The characters are introduced, the will is read, the weather/downed tree/storm/washed out bridge or other factor strands everyone and people settle down for the night. Probably after arguments, conspiring, drinking, plotting, et cetera.
Some hours later there is a loud scream/crash/shot, people are awakened and investigate.
There's been a murder4.
Or maybe there hasn't but someone has disappeared. (Victim #1)
Suspicion falls, naturally, on the PCs. Accusations fly. Weapons are procured and people 'fort up' for the rest of the night.
- If there's a telephone in the house, of course it's not working.
The next morning someone (victim #2) has disappeared from their room. Have they keen killed? Fled? Are they responsible?
Continue for victims #3 through #n.
Someone decides to investigate the family crypt to check if the deceased is actually dead. This is a good opportunity for paranoia to build and someone to disappear. There they find the corpse of the deceased testator.
Finally, after pretty much everyone has been picked off (but no bodies have been found) the survivors are confronted by....
The supposedly dead testator.
Or rather his plastic duplicate. You see years earlier he stumbled over equipment salvaged from the remains of a damaged Nestene controlled factory and learned how to transfer his mind to a plastic duplicate using that equipment. There were a few failures of course (if you need more gore the protagonists stumbled over additional corpses in the crypt).
The party try and flee, only to have the exits blocked by enslaved Auton duplicates of the dead heirs. panic
- If necessary, for a well armed party, he has some additional minions, and Auton blasters.
Cue chase scene while the party try and destroy the plastic duplicates.
Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?
1. Naturally for me anyway.
2. In general each of the witnesses to the signing of a will must both be "an independent adult", unrelated to the testator and have "no personal interest in the Will". Hence the will as described was invalid and the solicitor should have known this.
3. Fairly classic for Classic Who.
4. Glaswegian accent optional.