The Mummy PART 6 EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHT Jonathan falls into FRAME. Hits the ground. Eyes wide open. Mouth agape. Clearly dead. A BEAT. And then his eyes close and his mouth widens into a goofy smile. Shit-faced drunk. O'Connell and Evelyn laugh, both half-in-the-bag themselves, the bottle of Seagrams is almost gone. O'Connell offers the bottle to Evelyn, she waves it away, slurring badly-- EVELYN Unlike my brother, sir, I know when to say no. O'Connell polishes off the bottle and chucks it away. O'CONNELL Unlike your brother, Miss, you I don't get. You're a whole new brew. EVELYN I know, you're wondering, what's a place like me doing in a girl like this? O'CONNELL Something like that. EVELYN Egypt is in my blood. My father was a famous explorer, he loved Egypt so much that he married an Egyptian my mother! who was quite an adventurer herself O'CONNELL Okay, I get your father, I get your mother and I get your brother, but what are you doing here? Evelyn is insulted, she staggers to her feet. EVELYN I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure hunter, or a gunfighter! Mister O'Connell But I'm proud of what I am. O'CONNELL And what is that? Evelyn plops back down beside him, really drunk, she grins and proudly lifts her head high. EVELYN ..... am a librarian! She leans in, very close to his face, looks him in the eyes, EVELYN I'm going to kiss you, Mister O'Connell. O'CONNELL No you're not. EVELYN I'm not? O'CONNELL Not unless you call me Rick EVELYN Why would I do that? O'CONNELL Because that's my name. She gives him a goofy smile. He leans forward and KISSES HER. Evelyn's eyes slowly close. And then she passes out, slumping into his arms. O'Connell looks down at her, and just smiles. INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY Evelyn's HAND slips the KEY into the sarcophagus, lock and turns it. A series of STRANGE MECHANICAL-LIKE SOUNDS are heard, and then the sarcophagus unlocks with a GIANT HISS. O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan all look very, very hungover. They start to slide the heavy lid off the sarcophagus. PUSHING, SHOVING and GROANING, the lid budging, inch by inch. EVELYN .I can't believe I allowed the two of you to get me drunk. JONATHAN Don't blame me, I don't even remember being there. EVELYN well neither do I, thank you. O'Connell gives her a hurt look. O'CONNELL You don't? Evelyn gives O'Connell a nervous look. EVELYN No . .... Why? .... Should I? O'CONNELL Gee, yeah, you told me it was the best time you ever had. O'Connell gives her a big cheesy smile. Evelyn's face drops, appalled and embarrassed. And that's when the lid FALLS OFF and LOUDLY CRASHES to the ground. All three of them instantly grab their sore heads and MOAN. INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAY Several fear-filled, sweaty-faced Diggers reach into the secret compartment. Henderson and Burns hold guns on them. Daniels has his arm in a sling. The Diggers slowly pull out the ORNATE CHEST. They set the chest down on the sandy floor. Beni watches as the Egyptologist translates the hieratics. EGYPTOLOGIST There is a curse upon this chest. DANIELS Curse My ass. HENDERSON Yeah, who cares. The Egyptologist gives them the evil-eye EGYPTOLOGIST In these hallowed grounds, that which was set forth in ancient times, is as strong today, as it was then. HENDERSON Yeah, yeah, okay, what's it The Egyptologist slowly and carefully reads the inscription: EGYPTOLOGIST "Death will come on swift wings to whomever opens this chest". A GUST OF WIND blows through the chamber. TORCHES FLICKER All-the Diggers suddenly turn tail and run off SCREAMING. The Americans look at each other, suddenly very nervous. EGYPTOLOGIST It says, there is one, the undead, who if brought back to life, is bound by sacred law to consummate this curse. HENDERSON Yeah, well, let's just make sure we don't bring anybody back from the dead then, huh? The three Americans laugh. EGYPTOLOGIST He will kill all who open this chest, ...and assimilate their organs and fluids. DANIELS Assimilate their organs and fluids? Ya mean eat 'em? EGYPTOLOGIST And in so doing he will regenerate. And no longer be the undead, but a plague upon this earth. The WIND WHISTLES. Torches FLICKER. VERY SPOOKY. Beni and the Egyptologist share a fear-filled look. Henderson just shrugs. HENDERSON Ah hell, let's open it anyways, INT. IMHOTEP'S CHAMBER - DAY WHAM! Imhotep's wooden coffin is DROPPED to the ground next to his stone sarcophagus. Evelyn is very excited. EVELYN Oh my god, love dreamed about this ever since I was a little girl. O'CONNELL You dream about dead guys? Evelyn just gives him a look, then starts brushing dirt and cobwebs off the top of the coffin. Then she freezes. EVELYN Look, all the sacred spells have been chiseled off. The hieratics and hieroglyphs that protect the deceased on his journey into the afterlife, they've been removed. This man was cursed, ....doomed. O'Connell and Jonathan are too excited to care O'CONNELL Tough break. JONATHAN Yes, I'm all tears, now let's see who's inside, shall we? Evelyn can't believe these guys. Jonathan inserts the key/box into the coffin's lock. Turns it. The lid cracks open with a HISS. They all react to the FOUL STENCH. Then O'Connell grabs the lid. It's stuck. He pulls with all his might. Jonathan helps him. It starts to give way. Slowly. Slowly. Slooooowly. And then it suddenly POPS OPEN and THE MOST HIDEOUS, MAGGOT- INFESTED, ROTTEN CORPSE IMAGINABLE JUMPS UP! O'CONNELL/EVELYN/JONATHAN AHHHHH!!! They all jump back. Scared to death. Imhotep is now the 'Elephant Man' of corpses; twisted and deformed. The years have not been kind. He slumps back into his coffin. INT. ANUBIS'-CHAMBER - DAY Henderson and Daniels start to pry at the lid of the wooden chest. Beni and the Egyptologist watch. In the background, Beni starts backing away, filled with fear, sweating buckets. BENI The curse, ....beware the curse! turns and bolts from the chamber. Daniels spits. DANIELS Stupid superstitious bastard. And that's when the seal breaks, --A BLACK VAPOR BLASTS OUT OF THE CHEST. Everybody vanishes into the strange cloud. INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan slowly creep forward and carefully look back inside Imhotep's coffin, creeped-out O'CONNELL is he supposed to look like that? EVELYN No. I've never seen a mummy look like this. He's, he's still... JONATHAN Juicy? EVELYN Yes. He's more than four thousand years old and still decomposing. O'CONNELL And look at this. O'Connell points at the inside of the COFFIN LID, where there are FINGERNAIL SCRATCHES and DRIED BLOOD all over the inside. EVELYN Oh my god, he was buried alive, This sends a chill through everyone. Evelyn leans in closer, EVELYN And he left a message. WE PUSH IN on a grouping of hieratics WRITTEN IN BLOOD. EVELYN It says: 'Death is only the beginning* Jonathan shivers. O'Connell looks around. O'CONNELL Where's my gun? JONATHAN What are you going to do? Shoot him? O'CONNELL If he decides to wakes up, hell yes! INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAY The vapor is settling. The Americans have their guns aimed at the chest. The Egyptologist slowly steps up, reaches inside, and lifts out a heavy burlap bag. Everyone's eyes widen in excitement as he sticks his hand into the bag and slowly pulls out the black BOOK OF THE DEAD, the same book Imhotep used in his attempt to bring Anck-su-namun back to life. EGYPTOLOGIST I have heard told of this book, but I never truly believed it existed. This, good gentlemen, is a most priceless treasure. Henderson kicks the sandy floor in anger. HENDERSON I wouldn't trade ya for a brass spittoon! DANIELS Yeah! It's supposed to be made outta pure gold! Daniels kicks the chest. it breaks open, unfolding to reveal a lower compartment. Inside, are Anck-su-namun's FIVE JEWEL ENCRUSTED CANOPIC JARS (one is shattered and without jewels) EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHT The two camps have now joined together. O'Connell and Beni are roasting chunks of hairy meat over a fire. Jonathan wrinkles his nose, disgusted by the smell. JONATHAN What is this stuff? It smells like our late friend, the warden. O'Connell and Beni both grin. Jonathan looks horrified. JONATHAN You did not!? .... We're not!? O'CONNELL Rat gizzards. They smell bad and taste worse, but that's the best the desert has to offer. The gloating Americans sit down, fondling their jeweled jars. HENDERSON Say O'Connell, whadaya think these honey's'll fetch back home? BURNS we hear you gentlemen found yerselves a nice gooey mummy. Congratulations. DANIELS Ya know if ya dry him out, you can sell him for firewood. The Americans laugh. Evelyn walks up, sits down and drops a pile of big dusty BUG SKELETONS onto the ground. EVELYN Scarabs, flesh eaters, I found them inside our friend's coffin. They can stay alive for years living off the flesh of a corpse, or in this case ........ She shrugs, then looks at the roasting meat EVELYN famished. O'Connell and Jonathan stare at the bug skeletons, disgusted. O'CONNELL Are you saying somebody threw these things in with our guy, and they slowly ate him alive? EVELYN Very slowly. JONATHAN He certainly was not a popular fellow when they planted him. O'CONNELL Must of got a little too frisky with the Pharaoh's daughter. EVELYN According to my readings, our friend suffered the HOM-DAI, the worst of all ancient Egyptian curses, one reserved for only the most evil blasphemers. In all of my research, I've never read of this curse actually having been performed. O'CONNELL That bad huh? EVELYN Yes, they never used it because they feared it so. it's written, that if a victim of the HOM-DAI should ever arise, he would bring with him the ten plagues of Egypt. O'CONNELL The ten plagues? ... You mean all ten plagues. BENI Like what that Moses guy did to that Pharaoh guy? EVELYN That's one way of putting it. JONATHAN Let's see, there was frogs, flies, locusts.... BURNS Hail and fire. HENDERSON The sun turning black. DANIELS Water turning to blood. JONATHAN And my personal favorite: people covered in boils and sores. All the men share nervous looks, really spooked. Evelyn just laughs at them, then pulls a meat stick out of the fire. EVELYN Fried gizzard anyone? LastIndexNext