Ghostbusters II Page #11

VENKMAN:

(to the baby)

This is Joe Namath's old number, you know.

You could get a lot of chicks with this.

Just don't pee in it.

DANA:

Peter, what about the bathtub?

VENKMAN:

(grabs the phone and dials)

We'll take care of that.

(on the phone)

Ray, Pete. Listen, get over to Dana's right

away ... Her bathtub pulled a fast one --

tried to eat the kid.

DANA:

It was full of this awful pink ooze.

VENKMAN:

(to Ray)

Sounds like another slime job ... No,

they're all right. They're here now ...

Right ... Let me know.

He hangs up.

VENKMAN:

They're going over there right now. You

might as well make yourself at home. Let

me show you around.

(he crosses to the kitchen area)

This is the cuisine de maison --

It's an incredible mess. The sink is piled high with dirty dishes and the

counters are littered with all sorts of food trash. He grabs a big open

Hefty bag on the floor and starts throwing garbage into it.

VENKMAN:

(looking at the sink)

We may have to wash some of these if you get

hungry --

(he looks in the fridge)

-- but there's no food anyway so forget

about it. I have all kinds of carry-out

menus if you feel like ordering.

He opens a drawer full of pizza, barbecue and Chinese food menus, then

crosses to the bathroom.

VENKMAN:

Bathroom's right here -- let me just tidy

up a few things.

DANA:

Peter, this is very nice, but you don't have

to do any of this, you know.

He goes into the bathroom and we hear WATER RUNNING, the TOILET FLUSHING

and more items going into the Hefty bag.

VENKMAN (O.S.)

The shower works but it's a little tricky.

They're both marked "Hot." It takes a little

practice, but at least this one won't try

and eat you.

He comes out of the bathroom with the now-loaded Hefty bag over his

shoulder.

VENKMAN:

Be careful on that sofa -- it's a butt-biter.

But the bed's good and I just changed the

sheets so if you get tired, feel free. In

fact, I think you should definitely plan on

spending the night here.

DANA:

Really? And how would we handle the sleeping

arrangements?

VENKMAN:

For me it's best if I sleep on my side and

you spoon up right behind me with your arms

around me. If we go the other way I'm

afraid your hair will be getting in my face

all night.

DANA:

How about you on the sofa and me in bed with

the baby.

VENKMAN:

Or we could do that.

DANA:

Thank you.

(she picks up Oscar)

Poor baby. I think I should put him down

now.

VENKMAN:

I'll put him down for you.

(taking the baby)

You are way too short! And your belly-button

sticks out! You're nothing but a burden to

your poor mother!

Venkman carries the baby into the bedroom leaving Dana in the living

room, feeling more relaxed and a lot safer.

CUT TO:

EXT. MUSEUM - DAY (NEXT MORNING)

Venkman is waiting in front of the building as ECTO-2 pulls up and

Stantz, Spengler and Winston get out and report on Dana's apartment.

VENKMAN:

Did you find anything at Dana's?

STANTZ:

Nothing. Just some mood-slime residue in

and around the bathtub. But we did turn up

some interesting stuff on this Vigo character

you mentioned. I found the name Vigo the

Carpathian in Leon Zundinger's Magicians,

Martyrs and Madmen. Listen to this:

SPENGLER:

(reads from xerox of entry)

"Vigo the Carpathian, born 1505, died 1610 --"

VENKMAN:

A hundred and five years? He really hung

on, didn't he.

STANTZ:

And he didn't die of old age either. He was

poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched,

disemboweled, drawn and quartered.

WINSTON:

I guess he wasn't too popular at the end

there.

SPENGLER:

No, not exactly a man of the people.

(reads)

"Also known as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the

Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the

Unholy."

STANTZ:

This guy was a bad monkey. He dabbled in

all the Black Arts, and listen to this

prophecy. Just before his head died, his

last words were, "Death is but a door, time

is but a window. I'll be back."

VENKMAN:

That's it? "I'll be back?"

SPENGLER:

It's a rough translation from the Moldavian.

They enter the museum carrying their monitoring equipment.

INT. MUSEUM - SECURITY DESK - DAY (CONTINUOUS ACTION)

Rudy the guard looks up in surprise as the Ghostbusters enter.

RUDY:

Hey, Dr. Venkman. What's going on?

VENKMAN:

We're just going up to Restorations for a

minute.

RUDY:

Oh, I can't let you do that. Mr. Poha told

me not to let you up there anymore.

VENKMAN:

(with mock seriousness)

Okay, we were trying to keep this quiet but

I think you can be trusted. Tell him, Ray.

STANTZ:

(very official)

Mister, you have an Ecto-paritic,

subfusionary flux in this building.

RUDY:

We got a flux?

WINSTON:

You got a flux and a half.

STANTZ:

Now if you don't want to be the --

(he counts)

-- fifth person ever to die in meta-shock

from a planar rift, I suggest you get down

behind that desk and don't move until we

give you the signal "Stabilize -- All Clear."

Rudy gulps and starts to hunker down behind the desk as the Ghostbusters

head upstairs.

INT. MUSEUM - RESTORATION STUDIO - DAY (MOMENTS LATER)

Janosz is working on the Vigo painting when the Ghostbusters enter. He

rushes over and stops them at the door.

JANOSZ:

Dr. Venkman? Dana is not here.

VENKMAN:

I know.

JANOSZ:

Then why have you come?

VENKMAN:

We got a major creep alert and we're just

going down the list. Your name was first.

STANTZ:

(to Spengler and Winston)

Let's sweep it, boys.

They deploy and start scanning the studio with their monitoring devices.

VENKMAN:

(to Janosz)

You know, I never got to ask you. Where you

from, Johnny?

JANOSZ:

(nervous)

The Upper West Side.

SPENGLER:

(consulting his PKE meter)

This entire room is extremely hot, Peter.

JANOSZ:

What exactly are you looking for, Dr. Venkman?

VENKMAN:

We'll know when we find it. You just sit

tight. This won't take long.

STANTZ:

Using the Giga-meter, he traces a strong psychomagnetheric reading to

the painting of Vigo in the alcove at the end of the studio. Venkman

comes up behind him with Janosz right on his heels.

VENKMAN:

This is the one that looked at Dana.

JANOSZ:

It must be the chemical fumes in the studio.

People start imagining things --

VENKMAN:

(interrupts)

I'm going to rule out the glue-sniffing

theory. If she says it looked at her, it

looked at her.

(to Vigo)

Hey, you! Vigie! Look at me. I'm talking

to you. Hey! Look at me when I'm talking

to you.

They watch the painting for any sign of movement.

VIGO:

His eyes stare lifelessly into the distance.

STANTZ AND VENKMAN

Venkman starts shooting Polaroids of Vigo.

VENKMAN:

(to Vigo)

Beautiful, beautiful. Work with me, baby.

Just have fun with it.

(to Stantz)

Okay, he's playing it cool. Let's finish

up and get out of here.

STANTZ:

I'll get one more reading.

Venkman walks off leaving Stantz alone with the painting. Stantz scans

the painting with the Giga-meter until his eyes meet Vigo's.

VIGO:

His eyes seems to burn right through to the depths of Stantz's soul.

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