Original subtitles

(CHILDREN SHOUT)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

Here, pass guys. Guys, pass here.

Over here, I'm open. To me, guys, to me.

Didn't get picked, eh? I don't care.

What you drawing? Nothing.

Let me see.

Not very good.

You are not kidding.

(BURPS)

Oh.

Sorry, what's it supposed to be?

You wouldn't get it.

Fine.

It's a posse of vampires who sleep by day but fight crime at night.

Kind of like Galadriel the Immortal?

Yes, exactly like Galadriel the Immortal.

You know Neville Moore? He's my favourite.

Zombie Scares From Mars, best comic ever.

Have you ever played the game?

I'm not good at video games.

But I was the Asphodel Heights

junior go-karting champion three years running.

So, it's not like I can't do stuff.

That's cool, I guess.

So, you're making a comic?

Yeah, but my pictures blow.

Well, my writing sucks, can I...

So, who is this guy?

Chick Flint, vampire from the outback,

forced to move to the city

because he's run out of people to eat.

Does he like the city? Hates it.

Too noisy, dirty, all the skyscrapers.

Like this?

This is everything.

Want to get out of here?

What's your name?

Chester. Mapplethorpe.

(THEME MUSIC)

Welcome to Crazy Fun Park.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Is it really you?

Oh, hey. It's OK.

Yeah, you really, uh, really scared me.

(LAUGHS) Yeah.

We got you good.

(CLANGS)

Who do we have here?

He's cool, I got him.

He's seen us, Maggot Boy.

He can keep a secret.

Can't you?

I-I-I don't know what's going on.

Am I dead?

(LAUGHS) No.

(ALL LAUGH)

No. But we are.

You're all... Been six feet under since '79.

Nimrod? '84.

'99. '97.

How, but, I mean, that's...

Rod, show him.

No, no, no.

Thank you, thank you, just back down, back...

The park claims who it claims.

Name? Chester.

Fester?

Chester. That's what I said, Fester.

(ALL LAUGH)

Here's how it works, Fester...

..this place...

..this is our home.

And we don't really want the living messing with our home.

I mean, how do we know

that you're not going to mess with our standard of living...

..so to speak.

He's cool.

Yeah, right?

Right? Chester, tell him you're cool.

Who's up for paintball?

Yeah. Paintball?

I'm not gonna tell anyone.

Mm. Promises are easily broken.

And the living can be very disappointing.

Come on, Remus, he could be useful.

Exactly.

He can bring us more food.

You guys were complaining about the lack of variety.

I miss sausage rolls, I think.

Shouldn't we ask Baba?

Seems fair, right?

Are you ready to learn the truth?

(CLINK)

Hey! Ow.

Get out.

"Get off your high horse, giddy up, partner,

it's time to ride or die."

I don't get it.

Does it mean I can stay?

Obviously.

Who wants Cheerios, yeah?

Not so fast.

"Get off your high horse."

High horse.

Ah. (LAUGHS)

High horse. Huh?

High horse.

(ALL LAUGH)

Can someone tell me what's going on?

Yeah.

A video game.

Ready for your worst nightmare?

Get it, knight-mare?

Yeah, I get it. Very ready.

Ready for the rules?

Try to win.

Got it?

Super helpful.

You win, you stay.

You lose, you walka-walka-walka your way out of here,

you never see any of us every again,

including Maggot Boy.

(VIDEO GAME MUSIC)

Come on.

Go!

(ALL CHEER)

Go, go!

You're falling behind.

Ride! Come on, ride!

I'm riding, I'm riding.

Why are you stopping? Come on! I'm not stopping!

Oh, you weren't lying, you really suck at these things.

Come on, ride faster!

Come on, get that!

Come on!

(ALL CHEER)

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Remus rules again.

And you know what that means?

Nice knowing you. Wait, wait.

See you, homey. No. Mapplethorpe.

Later, gator.

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)

Come back.

Your mum's not gonna let you wear a T-shirt, mate.

It's the only black shirt I have.

Why don't you wear one of mine?

They're too big.

We'll just have to make it work. Here.

(SIGHS)

Yeah, right.

Kind of looks like an art smock, doesn't it?

It's alright, you've just got to try and make it work.

Here.

How you doing?

You OK?

You know, it's normal to feel scared or...

Dad, I'm fine.

I'm just...

I'm just, I'm so sorry, Ches.

Come here.

Well, um, I'll let you have a moment and then we'll go, OK?

(BELL TOLLS)

You two go inside.

I just need to go to the bathroom.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

Hope you can hear me...

..if you're still there.

If you were ever really there.

Am I going crazy or did that night actually happen?

This week's been weird.

Everyone's been super nice to me.

Treating me like, I don't know, a first edition comic or something.

Handling me with gloves and tweezers.

I don't know what I'm meant to do right now.

I can't even finish this.

I don't know what happens next,

and I don't want to know what happens next

if it's not with you.

He spits fire.

I mean, you always knew exactly what should happen

and what we should say and where to look.

So, tell me what happens next.

Because I need you.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

So, the Education Department have decided that every school

needs a "wellbeing" coordinator.

Apparently, being fire warden isn't enough.

So, it's natural to feel a little out of sorts when someone...

Moves on? Yes, thank you.

I remember when my father moved on.

I didn't cry at his funeral.

Wanted to...

..but couldn't.

(SIGHS)

Maybe there might be some online resources he can take a look at.

Yes. I'll just bring this up here.

Are you experiencing any or all of the following emotions -

grief, anger, confusion, curiosity, disturbed sleep, decreased appetite,

poor school performance, or physical reactions,

for example, headaches?

It's common to sometimes have strange dreams.

Honey, is there something you want to say?

You can ask us anything.

Of course, that's why I'm here.

I've got some literature that might help.

I know they've brought me a lot of comfort over the years.

Are you sure there's nothing you want to ask?

If you were a zombie and, and you just won a major battle,

what would you say to your slaves?

VOICEOVER: Because he's in denial,

Connor attempts to make things appear normal.

This just leads to difficult situations with his family

because they're attempting to prepare him for his mother's...

Let's just pick it up at page, page 137, Yew Trees.

(SPEAKS JAPANESE)

Ah, thank you...

Dad? Mmm?

How do you know what to say to comfort people?

I watched my chichioya and his chichioya before him.

Over a thousand funerals, you know,

we come from a long line of nokanshi.

Yeah, you may have mentioned it before.

(LAUGHS) When I was a boy, the attitudes were very different.

Some thought we were unclean and polluted by our work.

That's awful.

Well, people aren't always kind, especially when they're hurting.

We learnt just let people know we are there if they need us.

Everyone must deal with their own feeling in their own way.

And what if they're not... dealing with it?

Grief is not about death.

It's about change.

The end of what might have been.

You cannot force someone to make peace with something

if they're not ready.

Hey.

I know you probably don't wanna talk to me right now, and that's OK.

I just wanted to give you this.

I digitised the photos we took with Mapplethorpe.

I can't imagine what you're going through right now,

so you don't have to say anything, but if you wanna talk, I'm here.

And if you don't, I'm still here

because...he'll only be gone if you let him go.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

The butt tree.

What about our own pride rock?

Rah!

Ambiguous pole.

Hello?

Anybody there?

I want another chance.

Alright.

If you guys don't let me in, I'll tell everyone you're ghosts

and then people will come and they'll bust you.

I brought sausage rolls.

(GATE SQUEAKS)

You said sausage rolls.

Mmm. Give me that.

What's in there? I love these.

Yo. These are so yum.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Wait up.

So, do all those suckers miss me?

They better not have played that Green Day song at my funeral.

Um...I didn't go.

Excuse me!

Something more important on?

I was trying to finish this.

What, Zombie Joan!

Couldn't figure out what she'd say.

It's easy.

She'd say, "Sayonara, buzzkills. Tonight, we leave forever."

And she'd run off into the sunset.

Well, stagger off.

She moves weird, being dead and all.

(LAUGHS) Of course.

Oh, and before I forget...

..I believe a certain someone will be missing this.

Mapplethorpe, fixer of lives.

What happened?

VOICEOVER: I remember I found the film roll.

I knew how happy you'd be.

And then...

And then? Accidents happen.

And speaking of bad accidents, who let you back in, Fester?

He bought us snacks.

Sausage rolls. We don't have them.

It's because you can't eat

because you don't have a digestive system...

..because you're dead.

Still tastes good but.

I want to race again.

Do you? Yeah.

Give me another chance. Why?

Because, because Mapplethorpe's my friend.

I'm not ready to say goodbye.

OK, Fester.

But this time if you lose, you don't get to go home...ever.

You sure you want to do this?

(CLINK)

A good test of any friendship

is how quickly they speed to be by your side.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC)

It looks like we feel the need.

The need for speed.

What?

This is a place to go hard because you can never go home.

You wanna know the rules? There are none.

The more you risk, the more alive you'll feel.

Want me to drive? Nope.

I got this. It is not safe.

You will get hurt.

You might even cop a few scars.

(SIGHS)

What's that for?

You'll see.

And I promise you, embrace the night

and there will be a huge smile on your face.

(ROCK MUSIC)

Go. Come on.

(ALL CHEER)

Keep any body parts you want to keep inside the vehicles at all times.

(LAUGHS)

Remus is vain but Fester is getting antsy.

Come on, we got this, go!

Driver right up our tail.

He's taking those epic turns like a fever drink

on a hot February night.

Whoa.

He's gaining speed. Stay down.

Oh.

Wanna give up?

He was Asphodel High's

Junior go-kart champion three years running.

Is that supposed to impress us?

No, but this was. Oh!

Off with his head.

Yeah.

And Fester takes the lead.

He passes the finish line.

(ALL CHEER)

That tickles. We have a winner.

It turns out the living kid not only has a pulse but also a giant...

Can it, Gonzo!

So?

(LAUGHS)

ALL CHANT: One of us, one of us.

(ALL CHEER)

You did it!

I wouldn't be so sure.

Remus doesn't like to lose.

I'd watch my back if I were you.

She loves you. You a big softie.

(THEY CHEER)

# Ever get that feeling you could go on

# Just remember the side that you're on

# You've got friends with you till the end

(ALL CHEER)

# If you're ever in a tough situation

# We'll be there, no hesitation

# Brotherhood's our rule we cannot break! #

(ALL CHEER)

Got to be out by sunrise. Why?

What happens if I don't?

Them's the rules.

You'll come back, yeah?

(LAUGHS) Someone's got to bring you snacks.

Don't forget extra sausage rolls.

Don't skip on the sauce.

The dead must be fed.

Time to die.

Guess you've gotta come back now.

This isn't one of those too-good-to-be-true dreams.

You miss me that much, huh?

What? No!

Your mom does. Ah.

You need a better comeback.

We'll be here at sunset.

Every day.

Friends for another day.

Friends for another day.

(ROOSTER CROWS)

(ALL CHEER)

(GATE SQUEAKS)

(ALL CROW LIKE A ROOSTER)

Come on.

(ALARM BEEPS)

(SIGHS)

(THEME MUSIC)

Captions by Red Bee Media

Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation