The Mummy Page #21

ARDETH BAY:

My turn.

Ardeth Bay OPENS UP with the Lewis gun. BLASTING the sh*t out

of the mummies. They keep on coming. Even more now. O'Connell

OPENS FIRE with the elephant gun, pumping and FIRING as all

three of the men back away and haul-ass. The mummies and

mummy pieces follow them into the passageway.

Then Beni creeps into the chamber. He stares in wonder at all

the treasure. Then falls backwards into a pile of jewels and

rolls about.

INT. CEMETERY - DAY

Evelyn-wakes up, lying chained to the top of the altar.

She blink!, then turns her head, --and looks right into

the ROTTED FACE of Anck-su-namun's corpse. Evelyn SCREAMS.

INT. LABYRINTH PASSAGEWAYS - DAY

The elephant gun FIRES, blasting FLAME and SMOKE right into

the LENS. O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay race down a

passageway, a dozen mummies striding after them.

O'CONNELL

This whole place is comin, alive!

The men race around a corner. More mummies. They race around

another corner. More mummies. Onward they come. Methodical.

Relentless. Boxing in our heroes. O'Connell and Ardeth Bay

FIRING as they go. Ardeth Bay goes empty.

ARDETH BAY:

I'm out

He throws the machine-gun down and they all race into--

HORUS CHAMBER - DAY

--A small chamber. The lower half of the giant statue of

HORUS stands in the middle of the chamber.

JONATHAN:

There he is!

They run up to the base of the statue,

JONATHAN:

Hello Horus old boy.

O'Connell looks back at the mummies coming down the

passageway. He reaches into his gunny-sack and pulls out

a stick of dynamite. Ardeth Bay taps him on the shoulder.

ARDETH BAY:

Allow me.

O'Connell hands him the dynamite and a match, then turns to

look at the statue. Ardeth Bay reaches forward and strikes

the match off O'Connell's stubbly face. O'Connell YELPS.

Ardeth Bay lights the dynamite and throws it down the

passageway. They all hit the deck. The dynamite EXPLODES.

Ripping apart the creatures, causing a CAVE-IN and sealing

the passageway with rock and dirt. Now there's only one way

out, --another dark, creepy passageway.

INT. CEMETERY

Chained tight to the top of the altar, Evelyn hopelessly

struggles to free herself. She stops as Priest mummies start

surrounding the altar. Evelyn is horrified as the hideous

mummies kneel down and begin to CHANT, --which now sounds

even more horrific due to the lack of tongues, jaws and

mouths in the room.

Imhotep steps up carrying the black Book Of The Dead.

His hand reaches out and lovingly caresses Anck-su-namun's

decayed cheek.

INT. HORUS CHAMBER - DAY

O'Connell and Jonathan are digging away at the seams of the

secret compartment, it starts to give. And that's when Ardeth

Bay spots another group of rotting mummies coming down the

dark passageway, heading right for them. O'Connell looks up.

O'CONNELL

These guys just don't quit.

Ardeth Bay grabs the elephant gun and a handful of shells and

runs off towards the mummies.

ARDETH BAY:

Keep digging!

O'Connell and Jonathan redouble their efforts, pulling harder

on the seam. The compartment starts to loosen. About to give.

The last time this happened, salt acid sprayed out, remember?

Our heroes keep tugging. The tension mounts ................

And that's when a SKELETAL HAND BURSTS UP OUT OF THE GROUND

and grabs O'Connell's ankle. Several more moldy hands BURST

up out of the ground. O'Connell and Jonathan struggle with

the mummies as they crawl up out of the dirt floor.

One of the mummies violently shoves O'Connell away. Another

grabs Jonathan by the throat and starts to strangle him. A

third mummy grabs at the secret compartment and pulls hard.

AN INTENSE BURST OF ACID SPRAYS OUT OF THE SEAM AND HITS ALL

THREE OF THE MUMMIES. The one strangling Jonathan gets it in

the back and drops him. All three mummies melt horribly.

INT. CEMETERY

Imhotep begins to read from The Book Of The Dead.

A large SWIRLING HOLE starts to open in the detritus bog.

Evelyn's eyes widen in amazement and horror.

IINT. HORUS CHAMBER - DAY

Ardeth Bay BLASTS AWAY at the oncoming mummies.

over at the base of the statue, O'Connell and Jonathan pull

an ornate chest out of the secret compartment. O'Connell rips

off the lid, reaches inside and pulls out a heavy burlap bag.

He and Jonathan exchange nervous, excited looks. Then he

reaches into the bag and slowly pulls out the SOLID GOLD Book

Of The Living- GOLDEN LIGHT reflects off their faces as they

stare at it in wonder.

The elephant gun goes empty. Ardeth Bay takes it by the

barrel and wades into the remaining mummies swinging.

ARDETH BAY:

Save the girl! Kill the creature!

The mummies quickly overwhelm and start to tear him apart.

O'Connell lights the last stick of dynamite and throws it

against the far wall. He and Jonathan hit the deck.

O'CONNELL

That's the last one, we better

get lucky.

The wall BLOWS. Debris COLLAPSES, --but now here's a hole for

them to get out. O'Connell and Jonathan race out through the

hole just as the remaining mummies enter the chamber.

EXT. HAMUNAPTRA RUINS - DAY

Outside, Beni staggers across the sand with a saddlebag

filled with treasure. He throws it over the rear of a camel.

Starts to climb up. Hesitates. Looks back at the temple door.

Licks his lips. And then his greed gets the better of him and

he quickly climbs down and scurries back towards the door.

INT. CEMETERY - DAY

Imhotep READS from the Book. The rotten Priest-mummies rock

back and forth, CHANTING. Evelyn struggles.

Then suddenly, the strange MIST wafts up out of the swirling

hole and over to the sacred jars, it passes through them and

into Evelyn. Evelyn JERKS as though she's been electrified.

The MIST passes through her and into Anck-su-namun's body.

The CHANTING PRIESTS, SWIRLING HOLE, WAFTING MIST and

IMHOTEPIS READINGS reach a crescendo. Anck-su-namun's crusty

EYELIDS suddenly POP OPEN. Evelyn stares at her in disbelief.

Anck-su-namun's rotted head turns and looks at Evelyn with

empty sockets. Evelyn freaks out and struggles wildly, then

she notices Imhotep holding the ancient sacrificial knife.

IMHOTEP (subtitled)

with your death, my love and

I will be invincible!

He raises it up over Evelyn's chest, about to plunge it down.

Evelyn's eyes widen in horror And that's when O'Connell

and Jonathan BURST IN. Imhotep spins around and faces them.

Jonathan beams as he holds up the golden Book Of The Living.

JONATHAN:

I found it, Evy! I found it

EVELYN:

Shut-up and get me off of here!

O'Connell grabs an ancient sword out of a statue's hand,

jumps up onto a gravestone and leaps out over the Priests.

The Priest-mummies stop chanting. The MIST vanishes.

Imhotep steps forward. O'Connell STRIKES the sacrificial

knife out of his hand. Imhotep BELLOWS a command. The Priests

stand up, swords and knives in hand, they ATTACK O'Connell.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT ONCE, READ FASTER:

EVELYN:

Open the book, Jonathan! Open

the book! That's the only way

to kill him!

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