Welcome friend. Have a seat by the fire... Make yourself comfortable.
And so opens our little anthology of spooky tales and things that go bump in the night. Campfire Radio Theater is something of a throwback to classic radio drama from the 30s and 40s but in many respects has more in common with a modern film soundtrack than those crackling recordings from a bygone golden era. It's a project I've wanted to do for a long time and we've had loads of fun putting it all together. I hope you enjoy our twisted tales and if possible listen with headphones in the dead of night.
Rookie FBI agent Sara Gowan must locate the missing victims of serial killer Wesley Morrow before his looming execution. Complicating matters... a pair of mysterious eyeglasses belonging to Morrow that may allow one to see a frightful truth lurking in our midst.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Diane Gilbert
Alan Pierce
John Ballentine
Blaine Hicklin
Teresa Ballentine
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Running time 32:36
Justin and Jill were content in their new home before the unexplained noises, the icy rooms... and a terrifying dead of night visitor.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
John Ballentine
Allison Manley
Shelby Sessler
Blaine Hicklin
Larry Perkins
Music by Kevin MacLeod
The song "Lullaby" created and performed by _ghost
Running time 29:58
I'm pleased to announce our most recent episode "Night Chills" won the Splattercast award for best horror audio drama! Many thanks to the guys over at the Splattercast podcast and all those that voted for us! Special thanks to Julie Hoverson of 19 Nocturne Blvd for nominating "Night Chills" and of course the spectacular voice talents of a stellar cast including Allison Manley, Shelby Sessler, Blaine Hicklin and Larry Perkins!
http://www.deadlantern.com/the-fifth-annual-splatcademy-awards/
As World War 2 draws to a close, a squad of bullying Nazis occupy a remote Romanian village populated by old men, women and livestock. But all is not as it appears as a bitter Winter night falls and the Germans find themselves stalked by something far more bloodthirsty than the pursuing Red Army.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
John Ballentine
Blaine Hicklin
Dennis Kacsur
Tanja Milojevic
Glenn Hascall
Music by Kevin MacLeod
"Mournful Strings" by Hammerklavier
Running time 31:55
Skeeter Dempsey went to the electric chair for murder and now they say when the lights are out in the old county jail, he comes back to visit his favorite cell. Locked up all alone in the dark, who would know if their cell mate was just a new arrival... or a dead man?
A re-creation of the LIGHTS OUT classic!
Written by Wyllis Cooper
Series produced and directed by John Ballentine
Cast
Rob McCue
Blaine Hicklin
John Ballentine
Glenn Hascall
Scott Spaulding
Music by Tom Cusack and Kevin MacLeod
Running time 26:41
A young woman, pronounced dead hours earlier, springs to life on the embalming table. Haunted by disembodied voices and recollections of a shadowy afterlife, Cerina is desperate to escape the ghoulish confines of the city morgue. Might she suffer delusions due to her accident or is something far more grisly amiss?
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Diane Gilbert
Shelby Sessler
John Ballentine
Blaine Hicklin
Alex Pinnock
Teresa Ballentine
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Richard Lainhart, Tom Cusack, Ambient Fabric and Still Water
Running time 27:01
On a weekend camping trip, three boyhood friends rescue an enchanting young hiker lost in the mountains but soon find themselves pawns in a dark ritual as old as the hills with lethal consequences. And as shadows grow longer, a hideous truth emerges regarding the campfire legends of a wrathful old woman said to inhabit the valley.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Blaine Hicklin
Shelby Sessler
John Ballentine
Alan Wells
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Zero V, Richard Lainhart, Cormi and Setuniman
Running time 31:10
A new dental assistant is drawn into a perplexing mystery as many of Dr. Stewart's patients emerge from the office in a dazed stupor... a dead look in their eyes. Paranoia and dread soon take hold as she begins to suspect her kindly boss may be engaging in a terrifyingly macabre practice.
Adapted from the NIGHTFALL classic!
Written by Bill Gray
Series produced and directed by John Ballentine
Cast
Kellie Floyd
Nathan Lowell
John Ballentine
Julie Hoverson
Tanja Milojevic
Jack Ward
Music by Kevin MacLeod, John Carl Toth and Frankum
Show Notes:
Special thanks to Bill Gray for allowing us to adapt his wonderfully chilling audio play from one of my favorite radio dramas of all time.
Please check out the websites of some of our friends who volunteered their time and remarkable voice talents.
Nathan Lowell http://nathanlowell.com/
Julie Hoverson http://19nocturneboulevard.net/
Tanja Milojevic http://lightningbolttheater.com/
Jack Ward http://www.evicuna.com/
Composer John Carl Toth http://johnietoth.weebly.com/
Running time 29:58
A young woman's cell phone diary chronicles the end of days first hand as deadly alien war machines emerge from fallen meteorites and rain fiery destruction upon an unsuspecting populace.
A new adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic!
Warning: May contain explicit language and graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.
Adapted, produced and directed for this series by John Ballentine
Cast
Shelby Sessler http://www.youtube.com/user/shelbeanie143?feature=watch
Joe Stofko http://www.harvestaudio.joestofko.com/home/
Jack Kincaid http://edictzero.wordpress.com/
Glenn Hascall http://www.freewebs.com/glennhascall/
John Ballentine
Blaine Hicklin
Julie Hoverson http://www.19nocturneboulevard.net/
Teresa Ballentine
Catherine Rinella http://midnightaudiotheatre.com/
Scott Spaulding http://decoratedair.com/
Music by Kevin MacLeod and Setuniman
Running time 37:07
Two college coeds returning home for the holidays unwittingly unleash a zombie outbreak at a truck-stop after running over a mysterious man on a desolate country road.
Warning: May contain explicit language and graphic content not suitable for younger audiences.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Tanja Milojevic
Shelby Sessler
John Ballentine
Teresa Ballentine
Blaine Hicklin
Joe Stofko
Music by Kevin MacLeod and Michael Hoffman
Songs by The Experiments, Reigning Sound, The Ravonettes, Out of Orion and Dott
Running time 29:22
