So I'm writing a screenplay...

[McC]

Wanna run an idea past everyone.

The diner cook gets shoved into the hole and buried alive. Now the diner has no cook.

The owner--her name is Malibu but everyone calls her Mal--takes over the cooking. And she sucks. As all this is going on, she is losing business. She couldn't care less, the found money and all.

The complaining gets out of control. She decides to have a going out of business sale. All you can eat for a dollar.

BTW, I'm setting the population at 500. Feels like the right number. There is a sign on the road into town, which, incidentally is named Philadelphia, New York, population 500. After each death, the number goes down, sometimes one at a time, sometimes a dozen, etc. Running gag.

So, seemingly half the town pigs out on the dollar pig out, stuffing themselves on poisoned food. If anybody knows what poison would be best, tasteless, but acting slowly enough that people make it partway home, dropping dead on the sidewalks and lawns and porches all over town.