LANCASTER, CA — A film crew ordered a demonic entity broadcasting over channel 1 to use proper walkie-talkie protocol Monday, an instruction the entity complied with immediately.
“We were trying to coordinate logistics, and this ancient entity kept screaming about feasting on our marrow,” said 2nd AD Marcus Ruttenberg, noting that he repeatedly had to ask the beast to clear the channel. “That completely steps on the ADs. I told it to only use the frequency for actionable updates.”
“To its credit, it immediately keyed in to say, ‘Copy that, standing by to harvest the crew,’” added key grip Simone Vang. “It even remembered to call ‘flying in’ before it dragged a PA into the underworld.”
At press time, Ruttenberg had asked the demon to wait until after wrap before unleashing the darkness of the eternal underworld. "We just won't have time to get to that before we lose light," Ruttenberg told the demon, who appeared to be understanding of the schedule conflict.
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