Flash Gordon Page #13

Season #8

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ANGLE ON:
FLASH looking BACK UP the LONG STEEP STAIR. A BUBBLING HISS can be heard. There is CREAKING as some great JOINTED THING moves with slow purpose in the DARK.

LOW ANGLE ON:
The LIGHT instantly REVEALS a HUGE LOATHSOME SPIDER/CRAB THING towering over FLASH!

CLOSE ON:
GORGOTH HISSES at FLASH! TWO great clusters of many-windowed EYES protrude from its bulbous head. Its CRAB-LIKE LEGS are bent, with a 10 FOOT SPAN and HAIRS that stick out like steel spines. ITS HUGE, SWOLLEN BODY, a vast bloated bag, sways and sags between ITS legs. THE BEASTS’ age-old BLACK HIDE is knobby and pitted, blotchy with LIVID SCARS and BOILS OF PUS.

GORGOTH beats the air with ITS ENORMOUS PINCERS.

ANGLE ON:
Calling up all his remaining STRENGTH and RESOLUTION, FLASH forces his LEGS to MOVE. He backs away - keeping his EYES on GORGOTH. GORGOTH creeps SLOWLY towards him ... then, with sudden hideous SPEED, IT ATTACKS!

GORGOTH lashes out with its FRONT MANDIBLES ... FLASH is flung back... the SWORD clatters to the stone floor.

GORGOTH squats above FLASH, its EYE CLUSTERS fidgeting with hideous delight, gloating over a prey trapped beyond all hope of escape.

SUDDENLY! FLASH grabs the SWORD! He slashes wildly at the GIANT MUTANT BEAST; hewing off the TIP of A LEG!

GORGOTH SPASMS a WILD BLUR of thrashing LEGS!

ANGLE ON:
FLASH leaps to his feet and RUNS - not even pausing!

TRACKING BACK:
with FLASH as he careens blindly down NARROW TUNNELS, gasping in the DANK AIR looking back over his shoulder for any sign of GORGOTH.

ANGLE ON:
FLASH sees the TUNNEL EXIT ahead. . . just as he runs straight into GORGOTH!

ANGLE ON:
GORGOTH HISSES and REARS above FLASH, its MOUTH wide open revealing a jagged row of long, pointed teeth! FLASH ducks inside the arch of its LEGS and STABS into one of its EYE CLUSTERS!

CLOSE ON:
GORGOTH SCREAMS, its MANDIBLES thrashing wildly, GREEN OOZE trickling from its WOUNDED EYE.

With its HUGE PINCERS, GORGOTH snatches FLASH up off the ground by his right leg. THE BEAST opens its WIDE, FANGED MOUTH, and ROARS. FLASH struggles to pry the PINCERS apart as he is DANGLED by one leg over GORGOTH’S slavering maw...

WHIPE TO:

A TITLE CARD appears, white on black:

“To be continued in the next exciting chapter:

THE LAIR OF THE SHARKMEN!”

Fade out.

Credits.

 

FLASH GORDON:

EPISODE 3

THE LAIR OF THE SHARKMEN

 

 

A triumphant Wagnerian-like theme plays over OPENING CREDITS. A vast sea of stars serves as the backdrop for the main title as a roll-up slowly crawls into infinity.

Chapter Three:

THE LAIR OF THE SHARKMEN

Pursued by enemy soldiers, Flash Gordon, aided by the cunning Princess Aura, hid in a rocketship beneath the palace. The crafty princess locked Flash within the rocket as the gyro-ships of the lionmen attacked the palace where Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov were being held prisoners by Ming the Merciless. Fearing for his friends, Flash took control of the rocket and attacked the gyros, bringing down their leader, Prince Thun.

Finding Flash also an enemy of Ming, Thun agreed to assist him, and through a secret catacomb, they entered Ming’s palace only to learn that Dale was being tortured by the High Priest and his sadistic minion. Flash, in an attempt to rescue Dale from their vile clutches, runs headlong into the tunnel of terror and...

WHIPE TO:

INT. TUNNEL OF TERROR – MINGO CITY

FLASH runs blindly down the ANCIENT STAIRS.

CLOSE ON:
FLASH'S FOOT slips... SUDDENLY, as if the ground has given way beneath him, FLASH is slipping and sliding dangerously OUT OF CONTROL.

ANGLE ON:
FLASH thudding into the BONE-COVERED rock floor, which saves him from tumbling headlong over a DEEP PRECIPICE.

ANGLE ON:
FLASH looking BACK UP the LONG STEEP STAIR. A BUBBLING HISS can be heard. There is a CREAKING as some great JOINTED THING moves with slow purpose in the DARK.

LOW ANGLE ON:
The LIGHT instantly REVEALS a HUGE LOATHSOME SPIDER/CRAB THING towering over FLASH!

CLOSE ON:
GORGOTH HISSES at FLASH! TWO great clusters of many-windowed EYES protrude from its bulbous head. Its CRAB-LIKE LEGS are bent, with a 10-FOOT SPAN and HAIRS that stick out like steel spines. ITS HUGE, SWOLLEN BODY, a vast bloated bag, sways, and sags between ITS legs. THE BEASTS’ age-old BLACK HIDE is pitted with LIVID SCARS and BOILS OF PUS.

GORGOTH snaps the air with ITS ENORMOUS PINCERS.

ANGLE ON:
Calling up all his remaining STRENGTH and RESOLUTION, FLASH forces his LEGS to MOVE. He backs away - keeping his EYES on GORGOTH.

GORGOTH crawls SLOWLY towards him ... then, with sudden hideous SPEED, IT ATTACKS!

GORGOTH lashes out with its FRONT MANDIBLES ... FLASH is flung back... the SWORD clatters to the stone floor.

GORGOTH squats above FLASH, its EYE CLUSTERS fidgeting with hideous delight, gloating over a prey trapped beyond all hope of escape.

SUDDENLY! FLASH grabs the SWORD! He slashes wildly at the GIANT MUTATED BEAST hewing off the TIP of A LEG!

GORGOTH SPASMS a WILD BLUR of thrashing LEGS!

ANGLE ON:
FLASH leaps to his feet and RUNS - not even pausing!

TRACKING BACK:
with FLASH as he careers blindly down NARROW TUNNELS, gasping in the DANK AIR looking back over his shoulder for any sign of GORGOTH.

ANGLE ON:
FLASH sees the TUNNEL EXIT ahead. . . just as he runs straight into GORGOTH!

ANGLE ON:
GORGOTH HISSES and REARS above FLASH, its MOUTH wide open revealing a jagged row of long, pointed teeth! FLASH ducks inside the arch of its LEGS and STABS into one of its EYE CLUSTERS!

CLOSE ON:
GORGOTH SCREAMS, its MANDIBLES thrashing wildly, GREEN OOZE trickling from its WOUNDED EYE.

With its HUGE PINCERS, GORGOTH picks FLASH up off the ground by his right leg. THE BEAST opens its WIDE, FANGED MOUTH, and ROARS. FLASH struggles to pry the PINCERS apart as he is DANGLED by one leg over GORGOTH’S slavering maw. Suddenly! A red energy beam cuts the pincer holding FLASH clean off.

Off-screen, we hear a THUNDEROUS ROAR.

FLASH falls to the stone floor.

CUT TO:
Thun stands at the entrance to the hall. He tosses the rifle onto the ground. The lionman hurtles himself at GORGOTH, all the while drawing his sword in mid-leap.

Landing ON TOP of the howling, hissing beast, the lionman begins HACKING into GORGOTH’S face and multiple eyes. Foul green slime spatters as THUN violently buries his blade to the HILT into GORGOTH’S SKULL.

THUN is flung off the SCREAMING BEAST as it THRASHES and FLAILS violently in its final death throes. GORGOTH falls to the stone floor - DEAD.

THUN picks up the laser rifle and runs over to FLASH who is dazed and squatting on one knee. THUN helps him stand.

FLASH:

You showed up just in the nick of time, my friend.

THUN:

Are you injured, earthman?

FLASH:

I’m okay, I owe you, Thun. I’m alive, thanks to you.

THUN:

We are now even, earthman. A life for a life. However, I will remain and aid you in your fight against Ming.

FLASH:

That’s good. I appreciate it.

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