The zombie motif, commonly known as the living dead, is one of the most exploited in pop culture. This fact, however, in no way influences the authors' interest in this subject. One can get the impression that this popularity is not decreasing at all, and sometimes it even increases.
It is enough to do a little research to see what it looks like on our home soil. This year, the second part of the novel Zombie.pl , written by Robert Cichowlas and Łukasz Radecki , has been released for sale . Now is the time for another item in this area, which was created in the binaural technique.
The beginning of the plague
1963. A black pox epidemic breaks out in Wrocław, the capital of the Lower Silesia Province. In the Aeronautical Research Institutes and several other places, isolatories for the sick are being set up. On the surface, the situation does not seem too dangerous. However, when panic breaks out in one of the centers, patients start to flee in panic, one attack another, human bodies fall out of the windows, terrifying events occur. The policemen stationed in the facility for the infected in the canine field, headed by Patryk Mielech, a non-commissioned officer after alcohol rehab, are trying to find out what happened and prevent the situation, informing the services about it. Łukasz Brandys, the deputy commander of the voivodeship headquarters of the Citizens’ Militia, receives many reports of similar incidents in other quarantine zones. He sends platoons to the scene. He has no idea then
Chaos is more than just a regular show
Chaos is an innovative audio series created in binaural technology, using 3D sound, based on the novel by Robert Szmidt Szczura Wrocławia. Chaos . The radio play is a production of Empik Go , an application with 3 episodes currently available. The plot tells about the first twelve hours after the outbreak of the deadly plague. The authentic story of smallpox ruling in Wrocław in 1963 turns into a terrifying fictional nightmare, creating an alternative story straight from World War Z. The action resembles the events of the Second World War. There is a roar of shooting in the streets, ZOMO and KBW units enter the city. On the campus of the Wrocław University of Technology, a quarantine zone is created, where potentially healthy citizens can stay, and the area of Grunwaldzki Square is transformed into a real crematorium for the infected.
Thanks to the technique used with the 3D sound effect, we become eyewitnesses of monstrous events. We passively observe the chaos that grows stronger hour by hour, the almost desperate attempts to contain the plague by the civil militia, and the people who rise from the dead devouring those who are still alive. We experience the effects of the situation first-hand, as participants of the prevailing death around us, we feel permanent fear, putting us in a state of the highest readiness to protect our own life. Chaosis not an ordinary audio series. Thanks to the star cast, the program becomes one great transcendent experience. Our sensory impressions are heightened and the mind is contemplated. During the listening session, we can confidently close our eyes and let ourselves be carried away by the terrifying story. We will hear the slightest murmur of a zombie coming out from behind the bushes, the sound of broken glass, the bang after the shot or the accelerated breathing of militiamen fighting the horde of living dead bodies. The story will be presented first-hand by famous Polish actors who play the main characters. We will hear, among others: Piotr Adamczyk, Jacek Braciak, Marian Dziędziel, Łukasz Simlat and Krzysztof Czeczot. Such a wonderful, talented group ensures good, several hours of entertainment.
Everything started with…
Let’s take a closer look at the first six episodes. As the first character, we meet Patryk Mielech, the commander of the isolatory for the sick located on the premises of the Aviation Research Institute in the dog’s field. He goes to a nurse named Agnieszka, whom he secretly has a crush on. They meet at the barbed wire. First you hear the sound of broken windows. Then the sounds of screams coming from individual pavilions, from which towers human bodies begin to fall out. It might seem that a fall from such a height must end in death, but people get up and move towards our protagonists in an unnatural gait. In front of the NCO, the patients catch up with his beloved and tear her entrails. He announces the alarm and tries to evacuate the facility, informing the provincial headquarters about the events. We don’t have to wait long for the development of the action. The situation in the first minutes of the broadcast is changing dramatically. The tension is rising by leaps and bounds. Crowds of infected patients enter the streets. Similar events take place in other plants. At this point, we meet the next heroes, including: Łukasz Brandys, deputy commander of the provincial headquarters, Krzysztof Niesyto, deputy in the presidium of the national defense council, protege of the first secretary of the KW Jeremiasz Bremer, commander of one of the platoons of Lieutenant Mawet and the chief commander of the Zachorski Civic Militia. Together, they try to work out a plan to fight the epidemic and the living dead. The tension is rising by leaps and bounds. Crowds of infected patients enter the streets. Similar events take place in other plants. At this point, we meet the next heroes, including: Łukasz Brandys, deputy commander of the provincial headquarters, Krzysztof Niesyto, deputy in the presidium of the national defense council, protege of the first secretary of the KW Jeremiasz Bremer, commander of one of the platoons of Lieutenant Mawet and the chief commander of the Zachorski Civic Militia. Together, they try to work out a plan to fight the epidemic and the living dead. The tension is rising by leaps and bounds. Crowds of infected patients enter the streets. Similar events take place in other plants. At this point, we meet other heroes, including: Łukasz Brandys, deputy commander of the provincial headquarters, Krzysztof Niesyto, deputy in the presidium of the national defense council, Jeremiasz Bremer, protégé of the first secretary of the KW Jeremiasz Bremer, commander of one of the platoons of Lieutenant Mawet, and the chief commander of the Zachorski Citizens’ Militia. Together, they try to work out a plan to fight the epidemic and the living dead. protege of the first secretary of KW Jeremiasz Bremer, commander of one of the platoons of Lieutenant Mawet and the main commander of the Citizens’ Militia Zachorski. Together, they try to work out a plan to fight the epidemic and the living dead. protege of the first secretary of KW Jeremiasz Bremer, commander of one of the platoons of Lieutenant Mawet and the main commander of the Citizens’ Militia Zachorski. Together, they try to work out a plan to fight the epidemic and the living dead.
The first half of the series (13 episodes in total) is a real turn towards the classics of the genre, movies and zombist literature. Fast, dynamic action and, above all, accessible, fluid narration are the greatest advantages of this audio horror movie. A definite advantage is also the use of the historical background as a foundation for the story and creating an alternative reality from it. And so this is the real epidemic of smallpox, which broke out in Wrocław in the summer of 1963, became a source of metamorphosis of people into bloodthirsty beasts, hungry for human flesh. Actors, whose voices we hear in this terrifying radio play, play a very important role in the perception of impressions. Piotr Adamczyk and other actors make every effort to revive the mind and authenticate the message. They faithfully reflect their literary counterparts. Their dedication and attempts at an unusual empathy for the characters are additionally intensified thanks to the technique used with 3D sound, which takes the audience literally and figuratively to the land of nightmare. The soundtrack also adds its own, enigmatic, disturbingly ominous, and in moments of direct confrontation it accelerates the heartbeat. The broadcast draws the best from the canvas of Szmidt’s novel, which is a kind of its audio-visualization. Such an efficiently created project has not been around for a long time and let’s hope we will hear more soon. The soundtrack also adds its own, enigmatic, disturbingly ominous, and in moments of direct confrontation it accelerates the heartbeat. The broadcast draws the best from the canvas of Szmidt’s novel, which is a kind of its audio-visualization. Such an efficiently created project has not been around for a long time and hopefully we will hear more soon. The soundtrack also adds its own, enigmatic, disturbingly ominous, and in moments of direct confrontation it accelerates the heartbeat. The broadcast draws the best from the canvas of Szmidt’s novel, which is a kind of its audio-visualization. Such an efficiently created project has not been around for a long time and let’s hope we will hear more soon.
If you are interested in downloading the series, be sure to visit the official website .
