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(THUDDING)

(STONES RUMBLING)

(MAN GRUNTS)

We're in.

Hand me the torch.

Do you feel all right? Any sudden fever, boils, plague?

Forthe Iast time, there is no such thing as a curse.

It is told onlyto keep people Iike us from treasures.

Like that!

(GRUNTING)

(STUTTERING) Perhaps we should Ieave before the curse begins...

Don't be ridiculous.

Some will pay handsomely forthis treasure.

(LAUGHING WICKEDLY)

(WIND HOWLING)

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Coming through.

(SIZZLING)

MAN: Have you tried the witch's brew?

(SIZZLING)

Wax skulls. Get 'em here. Fine quality.

Weird. (GASPS)

So, our guest of honor has finally arrived.

It's good to see you again, Phineus.

(CHUCKLING) Uh, the place Iooks different.

The children have decorated it forthe festival.

Theywanna scare away the ghost of King Cecrops.

The ghost of King Cecrops?

You're not afraid ofthe King's ghost,

even though his dying words were

to swearvengeance against you?

If I worried about everythreat,

I would never Ieave home.

Hey, you!

MAN: Party's over!

And at the moment, home is Iooking pretty good.

Bye.

If I were you, I'd turn around and Ieave now.

Thanks forthe advice, friend, but I was invited.

Well, here is my invitation.

(GRUNTING)

I don't care much foryour stationery.

(MEN SHOUTING)

(GRUNTING)

(MEN GROANING)

(SCREAMING)

(YELLING)

(GROANING)

(GRUNTING)

You better brush up on your etiquette.

On the contrary. (CAT MEOWING)

That was perfect.

Really?

I've always felt that a "Hello. How are you? Nice to meet you,"

is more appropriate.

Hello.

How are you?

Nice to meet you.

Well, actually, we haven't met. I'm...

Hercules, yes, I know.

I'm the Princess Anuket, daughter of Ramses III, Pharaoh of Egypt.

That's a big title.

And this must be your royal welcome wagon.

It was the onlyway for me to make sure

that you are the right one.

The right one forwhat?

To find my mummy.

Your mommy?

Not my mommy. My mummy.

(COUGHING) What do you call this thing again?

A mummy. Yours for 40 dinars.

Forty? It's all wrinkled. And when's the Iast time you washed it?

Look, it's falling apart here.

Fine. 20 dinars.

Nope. Give me 10 dinars and I'II Ieave.

Deal.

Maythe gods protect you.

You too, friend.

(LAUGHS)

This trinket alone is worth more than 10 dinars.

You, my friend, are going to make me a mint.

(LAUGHING)

NARRATOR: This is thestory ofa time long ago,

a time ofmyth andlegend,

when the ancientgods werepettyandcruel

and theyplagued mankind with suffering.

Onlyone man dared to challenge theirpower.

Hercules.

Hercules possessedastrength the worldhadneverseen,

astrength surpassed only bythepowerofhis heart.

Hejourneyed the earth, battling the minions of his wickedstepmother, Hera,

the all-powerful queen ofthe gods.

But wherever there was evil,

whereveran innocent wouldsuffer,

there would be Hercules.

(SCREECHING)

(GROWLING)

(ROARING)

(ALL CHEERING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Kneel before the Princess.

(CAT MEOWS)

Thanks, but I'II stand.

You may go now, Keb.

Yes, Your Highness.

He was only acting on my orders.

Does he do everything you want?

Everybody does.

For someday, I will rule all of Egypt.

Now, we must talk about my mummy.

Sorry, Anuket, but mummies give me the creeps.

How dare you speak in such terms?

This is the body of the great Pharaoh, Ishtar, from who I am descended.

It was stolen from its burial place.

Its trail has Ied us here to Attica.

You are worrying about a dead man

when you're denying real, Iive people their freedom.

You want me to free my slaves?

Surely, the great Hercules cannot be so ignorant.

Have you never Iearned the privileges of royalty?

(SIGHS) No, thankyou.

I've Iost my appetite.

Hercules, come.

Sit.

Enjoy.

Not on your Iife, Iady.

I will not be insulted!

I think you just were.

How can you treat human beings Iike property?

They have good lives.

I feed them, clothe them, shelterthem.

And what ifsomething happens to you?

They are buried with me, ofcourse.

Even though they're still alive?

Their fates are intertwined with mine.

It makes perfect sense.

Uh, no, I'II tell you what makes perfect sense,

my Ieaving.

I command you to stay!

Excuse me?

I want you to find my mummy,

and I want you to find it now!

Manners aren't your strong suit, are they?

Bye-bye, Princess.

(HUFFS)

Keb, come quickly! We have workto do.

Hello!

SALMONEUS: Oh, good, the wax.

Put it down with the other crates.

You are making many candles?

Candles?

Candles, my friend, are a mere utilitarian object.

This will become art.

And the art will become part ofSalmoneus' House of Horrors.

(LAUGHING WICKEDLY)

AII wax, except forthe centerpiece of my exhibit,

my greatest find, (CREAKING)

the part that exhibits man's deepest, darkest nature,

the evil curse that permeates...

(SCREAMING)

What? What?

Everybody's a critic.

What, you've never seen a mummy before?

Don't Iisten to him.

You and I are gonna make

some serious dinars together.

(LAUGHING)

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

WOMAN: Would you Iike to buy a disguise?

You can be anything you please tonight.

PIease excuse me. I wasn't Iooking.

How dare you touch Princess Anuket?

(PHINEUS WHIMPERS) You will die forthis offense.

No, Keb. Release him.

But... Do it now.

(SIGHING IN RELIEF)

That's better.

Much better.

(CHUCKLES) Does he ever relax?

Leave us.

Yes, Your Highness.

He protects me onlywhen I don't want to be touched.

Mmm.

Uh-oh.

(CHUCKLES) I'm sorry, Princess, but I'm not in the market.

But I come seeking your help.

You know, ifthis is about your mummy again, I'm still not interested.

A bodywrapped in cloth. I mean, whywould anyone want such athing?

PIease. You're talking about my ancestors.

(SIGHS)

My apologies.

He's much more powerful as a mummythan he ever was as a pharaoh.

If his crypt is opened, the world is in danger,

forthe mummy will grow hungry.

Hungry? (STAMMERING) In what way?

It hungers for human Iife.

If it kills, its victim's Iife force

will give it unspeakable power.

Then the onlything that can control it is the ankh.

The ankh?

A special pendant made ofgold.

Exactlythe kind ofthing whoever has the mummy is Iikelyto sell.

Oh.

PIease, Hercules, you must find the mummy forthe good ofthe world,

if nothing else.

Right. Uh... Good ofthe world.

(CHUCKLES) I better go find my mommy.

(STAMMERS) Uh, I mean, your mummy.

Oh! Uh, excuse me.

SOKAR: Ah, what refined bone structure, such noble features.

Look at that strong chin,

those commanding eyes.

I take it he was someone of importance.

King Cecrops. It was King Cecrops.

Ah, that explains it.

A king always recognizes a king when he sees one.

You?

You're a king?

Soon!

(MAN SCREAMING IN THE DISTANCE)

So, you know where the mummy is?

It's in the House of Horrors.

The House of... He's Iying. Kill him.

No, I swear bythe gods!

I sawthe mummy when I made a deliverythere.

It was wrapped in bandages,

and it tried to grab me.

It is gaining strength, but it has not yet killed.

This is good.

What of the golden ankh?

The ankh?

(SCOFFS) Don't play dumb. You must have seen it.

Here, it Iooks Iike this.

Yes! The curator was wearing it.

Not for Iong.

And once I have the mummy and the ankh,

I'II finally be pharaoh, and Anuket, my bride!

Unfortunately, you know more than you should.

Me? I won't say anything.

Bring me some wax.

I want to make a contribution to the arts.

No! No!

No, no, no!

You thinkthis is too gaudy forthis outfit?

Nah, you're right. You never can wear too much gold, huh?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Wait a second.

Be right there. Hold it. Wait a second.

Wait a second.

(DOOR OPENING)

Whoa!

I have another delivery foryou. Where do you want it?

Very realistic. Bring it in before it melts.

Come on. Bring it on in. Thankyou.

Bring it on in. Nice horns. Love those horns.

Bring 'em in there, yeah.

Wait a second. Wait a second.

The workmanship is terrific, but I didn't orderthis.

It's a donation from a patron ofthe arts.

It's free? Love those patrons.

(CHUCKLES)

This guy Iooks familiar.

Ah! It'II scare the tunics off'em.

Bring him in, bring him in.

Come on. Go ahead. Bring it in.

Overto the Ieft. Thankyou.

Yes, indeed, theywill faint with pleasure.

Right there is good. Right there is good.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Grand opening is tonight, huh? Tell your friends.

Thankyou. Thankyou.

MAN: AII right.

(SALMONEUS CHUCKLING)

You guys Iookterrific.

Your mothers will be proud you're being immortalized Iike this, huh?

(CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS)

You promised two dinars.

AII right.

(SIGHS) Hi. You need a hand?

(STUTTERS) I'm just trying to help.

I mean, we're all on the same side.

Aren't we?

(ALL GRUNTING)

Apparently not.

Can we talk about this?

(ALL GRUNTING)

I see. (MUFFLED) Oops.

Wrong party.

Good timing.

(WHIP CRACKS)

(ALL SHOUTING)

(MEN STRUGGLING)

Going up.

(ALL GROANING)

(ALL YELLING)

Hey, Sal, how are you?

I'm fine.

Oh, I'm a Iittle Iong in the tooth.

(LAUGHING WHIMSICALLY)

(MEN SHOUTING)

(GROWLING)

What are they hanging around for?

(ALL YELLING)

(ALL GROANING)

Hercules!

Salmoneus?

Excuse me. Coming through. Coming through.

(GROANING CONTINUES)

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

What are you doing here?

Haven't you heard?

No. Everybody's talking about it.

Tonight's the grand opening, but since you're a friend,

I'II give you a special preview.

Ofwhat?

Salmoneus' House of Horrors.

(LAUGHING WICKEDLY)

It's the greatest collection of monsters,

maniacs and murderers ofall time.

And people pay to see that?

Are you kidding? People Iove to be scared to death.

They pay big dinars forthrills and chills.

I prefer a good romantic comedy,

but, hey, they demand, I supply.

And with the endorsement of

(IMITATES FANFARE)

Hercules, gotta be a hit.

Uh, thanks, but I've seen enough fiends for one day.

Now, ifyou'II excuse me, I have a spoiled princess to meet

who needs to Learn some manners.

Spoiled princess. Does she have a sister?

Hercules! Hercules is here!

GUARD: It is said he is halfgod.

I know.

It'II be difficult to get the mummy

if he guards his friend's door.

How powerful would the mummy be

if its thirst for blood

wasjoined with the strength of Hercules?

It would be unstoppable.

Then we must make it so.

Stay.

What is it with you, Anuket?

How dare you speak to a princess so rudely?

Will you tell your men to back off?

I'm spending more time fighting them

than searching forthis mummy.

But I ordered my slaves to stay out ofyourway.

Well, maybe your slaves have minds oftheir own.

They must not have been Egyptians.

Same hair, same clothes.

Maybe not as well dressed as usual, but...

My slaves are always perfectly dressed.

I allow no...

I allow no rags.

Could it be?

It must.

What?

Sokar's here.

Sokar?

He was my father's high priest,

an evil man who asked for my hand in marriage, but my father refused.

So Sokar vowed vengeance.

If he finds the mummy first,

we will all be doomed.

So there's Hercules. (HERCULES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

No doubt his head is filled with dreams.

But he will not have Anuket for Iong,

and he will not deny me the throne of Egypt.

Bring me that mummy.

Now!

You know, boys,

todayyou see me suave, debonair, self-confident.

I wasn't always Iike this.

Oh, no. I had doubts.

Yes, me. I had doubts that this was a good idea.

But nowthat I see you here,

I gottatell you, you Iook fabulous.

(MUMMY GROWLING)

Hello?

You're tricking me, right? (CHUCKLES)

I think I should Learn neverto doubt my own sense of...

(GROWLING)

(SCREAMS)

(MUMMY GROWLING)

(INSECTS SQUEALING)

(GASPS)

(STUTTERING) What do I do? Where...

Yeah.

Yeah.

GUARD: The mummy's in here.

There it is.

(MEN GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

(GIGGLING)

(SALMONEUS GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

(IN A DEEP VOICE) What a relief!

I've been waiting for centuries for someone to do that.

Thankyou. Now, ifyou don't mind, I'II see you Later.

(IN NORMAL VOICE) Or I could see you right now.

Hey!

It Looked Iike a mummy.

A dummy, more Iike it.

Only a pharaoh maywearthis.

Ow!

Then you're a pharaoh, huh?

I will be, soon enough.

And you are the curator of...

Salmoneus' Famous House of Horrors.

Muah...

We offertwo-for-one group discounts and bargain matinees...

Silence!

You have something I want.

Wonderful! Maybe we could work out a deal.

That head of King Cecrops, for instance,

is awonderfully gruesome item.

I've got an extra Harpy back in the shop...

You know of King Cecrops?

Oh, yes. I remember when my good friend, Hercules, (CHUCKLES)

brought about his untimely demise.

What, you mean, Hercules killed him?

Well, technically, Cecrops tripped overthe cliff,

but he blamed Hercules for his downfalI

and vowed to exact revenge,

even from beyond the grave.

(WHISTLES) Evil, huh?

And perfect for my exhibit.

You will bring me the mummy.

I'm sorry. The mummy is worth a Iot more than the bust ofCecrops.

Is it worth your Iife?

Good question.

But we have atiny problem here, sort-of-pharaohship.

(STAMMERING) The mummy is, um... How can I put this?

AIive, and I'm reluctant to...

You will bring it to me or die.

(SMACKS LIPS) Ifyou put it that way.

Take him away.

Nice to meet ya, Mr. AImost Pharaoh.

But, Sokar, ifyou Iet him go, might he bring Hercules?

That's what I'm counting on.

Now come with me. We must work quickly.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

I thinkwe'rejust about out of hiding places.

But my sources say the mummy is definitely here in Attica.

And ifSokar has come, my sources must be accurate.

(ARROW WHIZZES)

Right on the money, I'd say.

Stay here. Stay out ofsight.

(PANTING)

Don't you do anything you're told?

You don't. Why should I? (CAT YOWLS)

(SCREAMS)

I guess it's too Iate to askyou to be quiet.

You're not funny. Now, where are we?

This was King Cecrops' favorite retreat.

It's his war room.

(METAL CLANKING)

Look out! (SCREAMS)

You saved my Iife.

I hope I did it well enough to meet with your approval.

Maywe go now?

You're the one who's on top.

(SCOFFS)

Hercules!

You said we were Iooking for a mummy.

You didn't say anything about a ghost.

A ghost?

I will have my revenge!

I'm going to tear your heart out

and feed it to the vultures.

It's nice to see you again, too.

You don't Iook too good, Cecrops.

I'm dead!

That explains it.

I thinkyou Iookverywell for a dead person.

Maywe go, please?

Wait a minute.

I'm gonna drain the Iife from you, drop by drop,

as you did to mine!

But you fell offa cliff.

(STAMMERING)

Don't! You'II make it angry.

I haven't even started.

What are you doing?

Don't do that!

(GASPS) No!

That should keep me busy for another seven years.

Where's the ghost?

Well, there wasn't one.

It was a simple magician's trick, all done with mirrors.

Who was the magician?

BOTH: Sokar.

Mr. Mummy.

Are you here?

Someone wants to meet you.

(WHIMPERING)

(GASPS) Oh!

(SIGHING) Thankthe gods.

They must have taken him. (CHUCKLES)

(GROWLING)

(GROWLING)

Why don't you hide, and I'II seek?

Guess not.

Uh, Hercules!

My exhibit's trying to kill me. (PANTING)

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about a big, mean mummy.

(STUTTERS) A mummy? You have the mummy? Why didn't you tell me?

Showmanship! It's a surprise.

Besides, he almost got me a moment ago.

And if he doesn't, that Iunatic quasi-pharaoh will.

Quasi-pharaoh... Sokar? You are working for Sokar?

I will have you killed forthis treasonous thievery!

I didn't steal it!

I paid a fair price for it.

A Iow price, but I paid in full.

You are a Iiar as well!

Salmoneus may be a Iot ofthings,

but he's not athief, and he's usually not a Iiar.

You defend him? You bet ya, he does!

If he brings me to the mummy. I could do that.

In fact, I could tell you just where it is while I wait over here.

Show me. Right this way.

(SIGHS) It's not here.

(SIGHS IN RELIEF)

Sokar has the ankh.

Ankh?

Ifthe mummy consumes the Iife force ofa human,

it'II become a monster,

and Sokarwill have complete control.

It's not monster enough as it is?

Nothing compared to what it will be if it kills.

Then we better find it.

What do you mean "we?" Hey!

(PANTS)

(GROWLING)

It didn't even knock. Let's go.

(SQUEALS)

Stay here.

So you wanna play hide and seek.

No, he hates that game.

This is one fast mummy.

What happened to the foot-dragging classic we all know and Iove?

Where's Anuket?

Huh?

(SIGHS) Great.

(BREATHING NERVOUSLY)

Hercules?

Hercules!

(BATS SCREECHING)

(SCREAMS)

(GASPING)

(EXHALES)

(SCREAMS)

Anuket?

Anuket!

Maybe she's off flogging her slaves.

She was right behind us.

You take the Ieft. I'II go up here, all right?

Salmoneus? Salmoneus? Anuket?

Where is everybody?

(GROWLING)

(SQUEAKY VOICE) Help me.

(GROWLING)

(GAGGING)

(GASPS)

(HERCULES GRUNTS)

Yuck.

Whoa!

(GRUNTING) Whoa!

Hercules, watch out!

(SCREAMING)

So much for your friend.

We never really connected on an emotional level. He was always kind ofa stiff.

I knowwhat you mean.

Come on. Let's find Anuket. Yeah.

(ANUKET SCREAMING)

She's in the pit. Uh! That's terrible!

(SCREAMING)

(YELLING)

Sorry.

(GRUNTING)

(SIGHS) Thanks, Salmoneus.

(GROANS)

(GROANING)

(MUMMY GROWLING)

(ROARING)

We have got to stop meeting Iike this.

(ANUKET GRUNTING)

Hercules!

I'm busy.

Welcome, Hercules.

I trust you find your quarters quite comfortable?

Well, I was hoping for something with an ocean view,

and it is a Iittle cramped.

Oh. One ofyou will make room forthe other.

I'm betting on him.

That's a bad bet.

Release both of us immediately, Sokar,

oryou will suffer the consequences.

The onlything I'II suffer from

is the weight ofall the gold

your fatherwill heap upon me

when he sees I control the mummy.

Only a pharaoh maywearthat.

And I will be a pharaoh

as soon as that mummytears Hercules Iimb from Iimb.

It will absorb his Iife force and his strength.

Don't count on it.

Oh, but I am.

Let me go, Sokar!

Certainly.

As soon as we're married.

(STRUGGLING)

(LAUGHING WICKEDLY)

Let me go!

HERCULES: Sokar!

(MUSIC PLAYING) MAN: Here come the spirits!

Release them!

WOMAN: Death to God!

(PEOPLE WHOOPING)

(GASPS) MAN: Hey, there, my pretty.

(LAUGHING)

Hey, friend, trythis on.

It's scary, yet comfortable.

Don't stand around, fret and fumed.

Try one of my new costumes.

Whoa, that's terrific!

Put this on, and your friends will throw up.

And what's more, it's free!

(LAUGHS) It hurts me to saythat.

Friend, here we go! Trythis on.

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

Don't you know anything else?

(GRUNTING) That's better.

Whoa!

(GRUNTING)

Ouch.

(GROWLING)

Shoot.

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTS)

(SCREAMING)

(SIGHS) Don't go anywhere.

Hercules, don't worry! I'm here!

(GUARDS SHOUTING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Lucky me.

Come on. Let's go find Anuket.

(GUARDS GROANING)

WOMAN: At night, we welcome the ghosts!

MAN: Let them come to us ifthey dare!

(PEOPLE WHOOPING)

Walk Iike an Egyptian.

(GROWLS)

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS) Huh?

Where did all these mummies come from, huh?

What is happening here?

I would say you were outnumbered.

Now, Iet her go.

Hercules! (MUMMY GROWLING)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Pretty realistic, don't you think?

Too realistic.

(GUARDS YELLING)

(GRUNTING)

No!

PIease!

(GROANS)

You are a great warrior, Hercules.

I onlywish Egypt could claim you.

As a slave?

You know, there's aworld of potential in these mummy costumes.

Somebody's always trying to dress up Iike somebody else, huh?

Boy! Do I do good work orwhat, huh?

(TEARS BANDAGE) Salmoneus.

(BLOWS NOSE)

Uh, that's no costume.

(GROWLING)

Nice mummy.

(PEOPLE GASPING)

It's not going to be nice until it's back in its crypt.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Quick, the ankh!

It must not work until the mummy has consumed a human's Iife force.

Nowyou tell me!

Are you okay?

No.

Anuket, behind you!

If I can't have Anuket, nobodywill.

(YELLS)

(GROANING) No!

(GROANING)

(COUGHING)

(SOKAR LAUGHING)

(SOBBING) No.

Uh, Sokar, you might want to...

(GASPS) No!

(SCREAMING)

Oh, that's disgusting.

Wow!

This puts my House of Horrors to shame.

(WHIMPERS)

Hey, rag man!

(GROANS)

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING) (SIZZLING)

Ooh!

(SOBBING) Princess, please.

(SNIFFING) Anything, Keb.

Ask anything.

I only wish to die

a free man.

(STRAINED BREATHING)

(SOBBING) You were right, Hercules, but now it's too Iate.

It's never too Iate.

You are a slave no more, Keb.

And I will return to Egypt and work to make sure

that everyone Iike you is freed.

(GROANING)

(EXHALES)

Will you be returning to Egypt right away?

Yes. I have much work to do there.

I hope someday you'II visit my country.

I would Iike that very much.

This is foryou.

I thought only pharaohs were allowed to wearthis.

You're close enough.

Thanks, but,

I can't accept it.

Then,

will you accept this?

You know anybody who's in the market for some cheap thrills?

Uh, it Iooks Iike you're giving up on the House of Horrors.

Yeah, it Iooks Iike. Especially afterthat excitement Iast night.

But I have all this wax Ieft over. About aton of it.

What do I do with it?

I'm thinking crayons, wax candles, chariot wheels' wax.

You could always donate it to a good cause.

Donate it?

Uh, it'sjust athought.

Oh, hey, you'd be a hero.

Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second.

Hero. Wax. Hero. Wax. Hero...

Wax heroes. A house of wax heroes!

No, no, no, no, think about it!

Think of it, celebrities, politicians, gods, sports figures.

Hercules, you would Iook terrific in wax.

What do you think, huh?

Uh, walk me to the front gate.

Huh?

No, really, think of it.

Little dolls in action poses. That could work.

HERCULES: Goodbye, Salmoneus. Wait a second.

Let me talk about this with you, huh?

(MEN GRUNTING)

MAN 1: This thing weighs aton.

MAN 2: Well, at Ieast it's harmless.