The Mummy Page #17

EXT. BAZAAR - DAY FOR NIGHT

Down in the bazaar, people are SCREAMING and quickly backing

away from the SHRIVELLED CORPSE OF THE EGYPTOLOGIST.

A partially decayed HAND reaches down and takes the sacred

canopic jar out of the Egyptologist's shriveled hand. It's

Imhotep, having regenerated even further. He looks up and

catches eyes with O'Connell. Imhotep grins, then UNHINGES; his

jaw, his mouth stretches to an inhuman size, and then a huge

SWARM OF FLIES comes out of his mouth and races straight up

at O'Connell and Jonathan. They both SLAM the shutters.

The flies SLAM into the closed window and immediately spread

throughout the bazaar. Sending people SCREAMING and running.

EGYPTOLOGISTS OFFICE - DAY FOR NIGHT

O'Connell and Jonathan look at each other, panicked

O'CONNELL

Damn-it! That's two down and

only two to go.

JONATHAN:

And then he'll be coming after Evy.

They turn and race out of the office.

BRITISH FORT - WINDOW --NIGHT

Daniels stares out a window, watching the British Guards at

the front gate. more Soldiers march the encircling parapet.

SOLDIER:

Ten O'clock! All is well!

The lights and MUSIC from the Casbah come up from below

INT. EVELYN'S FOYER - NIGHT

Daniels turns from the window. Henderson sits in a chair next

to Evelyn's door, chain smoking. Both look wired with fear.

DANIELS:

The hell with this. I'm goin,

downstairs to get me a drink.

You want somethin,?

HENDERSON:

Yeah, get me a glass of bourbon, a

shot of bourbon and a bourbon chaser

Daniels nods and heads out. Henderson just sits there, alone,

smoking. He reaches into his jacket pocket, pulls out his

SACRED CANOPIC JAR and fondles it. A BREEZE suddenly comes in

through the open window. The curtains flutter. Henderson gets

up and goes over to shut it. He looks out the window.

The CAMERA races over the compound, into the window and HITS

Henderson square in the FACE just as he's about to scream.

Henderson is lifted into the air by a mass of SWIRLING SAND.

His body TWISTS and TURNS and Slowly SHRIVELS as the life is

SUCKED out of him. Then he COLLAPSES to the floor. On the

wall above him, the SHADOW of the SWIRLING SAND condenses,

forming a SHADOW of a human body. The SHADOW CONVULSES as the

body REGENERATES. And then it's over.

Imhotep steps into view. He's regenerated even further and

looks almost normal now, his face no longer decayed. He steps

over Henderson's shriveled body and up to Evelyn's door,

rattles the knob. it's locked. Imhotep grins.

EVELYN'S ROOM - NIGHT

Evelyn is asleep in her bed as SAND begins streaming in through

the keyhole, pouring onto the floor, forming a large mound. Evelyn

starts to toss and turn. WE PAN BACK OVER TO THE DOOR: The mound

of sand is gone and in it's place is Imhotep.

INT. FOYER - NIGHT

O'Connell and Jonathan race into the foyer and skid to a

stop as they see Henderson's shriveled body on the floor.

O'Connell runs up to Evelyn's door and rattles the knob,

still locked. He bends down and looks in through the KEYHOLE.

EVELYN'S ROOM - NIGHT

Imhotep leans down towards Evelyn, about to kiss her as she

sleeps. The door starts to CRASH and BANG from O'Connell.

Imhotep ignores it. And KISSES Evelyn. His lips and mouth

instantly start to DEGENERATE and DECAY. Right down to the

bone. The door BURSTS OPEN. Evelyn wakes-up. Sees Imhotep's

rotted mouth kissing her. She SCREAMS and shoves him away.

Imhotep's putrid mouth grimaces in sadness.

O'CONNELL

Get your hands off my girl, pal.

Imhotep's sadness turns to anger as he spins around and faces

O'Connell. Imhotep licks his fetid lips. O'Connell smirks.

O'CONNELL

Nice lips.

Imhotep starts to move for O'Connell.

O'CONNELL

I figured you might be here,

so I brought a friend.

He throws the white cat at Imhotep. Imhotep instinctively

catches it. He SHRIEKS, drops the cat and stumbles back

towards the window, --which suddenly BLOWS OPEN. Imhotep

spins like a dervish and BURSTS INTO A WHIRLWIND OF SAND.

Everybody covers their eyes. The Imhotep/sand-devil EXPLODES

out the window and vanishes over the compound.

Jonathan aims his gun at the window, his hand shaking badly.

O'Connell hugs Evelyn as she wipes her mouth in disgust.

Daniels walks in, looks at Henderson's shriveled body on

the floor . .... and drops the martini glasses.

INT. 1923 CONVERTIBLE DUSSENBERG - NIGHT

Jonathan races his big convertible through the streets,

HONKING constantly. Evelyn sits between him and O'Connell,

looking scared and nervous, then she gives O'Connell a look.

EVELYN:

You called me your girl?

O'CONNELL

What? ... Oh yeah, that was just

um, you know, figure a speech.

EVELYN:

I think you were jealous

O'CONNELL

Jealous? You kiddin' me? Did

you see that guy's face?

Daniels leans forward from the back seat, filled with fear,

DANIELS:

Shut-up! JUST SHUT-UP! We gotta

do somethin'! we gotta do somethin,

NOW! Before it's too late!

They race into the driveway of the museum of Antiquities.

EXT. CAIRO BAZAAR - NIGHT

A FULL MOON now shines down on the bazaar, still bustling

with activity. Suddenly, a BREEZE kicks-in. GREEN MIST begins

to SWIRL down the street and through the stalls. The people

begin to CHOKE and COUGH and RETCH, as if being hit by a

severe sickness. --It's already too late.

Imhotep strolls through the sickened mob, his face half

rotted off, his deformed mouth grinning happily. Beni is

at his side, looking very nervous. And then, one-by-one',

the people silently begin to follow Imhotep, their skin

now covered in disgustingly hideous BOILS AND SORES.

INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - NIGHT

O'Connell., Jonathan, Daniels, the Curator and Ardeth Bay

fo11ow Evelyn as she strides through the museum.

EVELYN:

Last month I came across an

inscription that mentioned

The Book Of The Dead.

DANIELS:

That book we found at Hamunaptra?

EVELYN:

Yes. I dismissed it, because it

talked about bringing people

back from the dead. A notion

I was unwilling to believe.

O'CONNELL

Believe it, sister. That's what

brought our buddy back to life.

JONATHAN:

And now he's going to use it

to bring his girlfriend back

ARDETH BAY:

And if he succeeds, the two of

them together will bring about

the apocalypse.

The Curator joins Evelyn at her side as she heads up the

stairs, everyone else in hot pursuit.

THE CURATOR:

The plagues we have seen so far,

are merely Imhotep flexing his

muscles. only at the moment of

Anck-su-namun's resurrection

will he be truly invincible.

They reach the display cases. Evelyn quickly opens them.

EVELYN:

I'm thinking that if the black

Book Of The Dead can bring people

back to life--

CURATOR:

--then perhaps, the golden Book

Of The Living can return them

to the underworld.

EVELYN:

Exactly -

O'CONNELL

So your sayin', if we find the

book made outta gold--

CURATOR:

--And read the sacred incantations

contained inside it.

O'CONNELL

You think it'll send this guy

back to hell?

CURATOR:

Correct,

And that's when LOUD CHANTING is heard coming from outside

They all rush over to the upper windows and look down--

OUTSIDE:
A large, CRAZED MOB covered in hideous boils and sores

comes CHANTING up the driveway: 'Anck-su-namun! Anck-su-namun!

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