🌪️Disaster Movie

Setup and Launch

Ask the audience for a disaster type and a location. Populate the location with stock disaster-movie characters — lean hard into the archetypes:

• The fallen hero — ex-cop kicked off the force, retired firefighter, lifeguard with a troubled past. Will rise to the occasion and survive.
• The old couple who've been together forever. They will die.
• The wacko scientist with a miracle escape plan. He will also die.
• A priest or authority figure who tries to lead the survivors. Dead.
• A kid with loving parents (or a troubled teen clashing with them). The kid survives; the parents don't.
• The love interest — a troubled, dysfunctional character set up to pair with the hero.

Open with a foreboding beat: someone senses something wrong, spots a bad omen, or delivers a warning nobody listens to.

Flow

Disaster strikes. Go big — use lighting, sound effects, smoke if you have them. A musician with a distortion guitar adds real punch here.

The middle section follows the survivors' quest to escape. Most characters die spectacularly along the way. Use flashbacks freely to deepen characters mid-crisis — a quick cut to the old couple's wedding day, the hero's fall from grace.

The story ends with the hero, the love interest, and the kid (if still alive) escaping the carnage, ready for their happily-ever-after.