Manhattan Baby (1982) Movie Script
[wind blowing]
[Egyptian music ]
It's, uh... for Susie.
She's never seen
a real Egyptian scorpion.
[grunts]
Don't forget to tell her
it's a symbol of death here.
Yeah.
Well, I think it's a bit heavy
to spring on a nine-year-old.
You go on
back to the camp.
- Allah be with you, Professor.
- See you later.
[Emily]
Don't slouch like that.
Look happy.
Smile?
There.
The torture's almost over,
but then I have to take some
more scenic for the magazine.
[shutter clicks]
[shutter clicks]
[ominous music ]
Susie?
What is it?
You all right, hon?
[rumbling]
[Egyptian music ]
[man singing prayer
in the distance ]
[Susie giggles]
[shutter clicks]
[Emily]
If you're tired,
you wait for me here, okay?
Uh-huh.
[sung prayer continues ]
- Be right back!
- Okay.
[camera shutter clicking]
[magical sounding chimes]
[mysterious music ]
[wind blowing]
[Susie gasps]
[woman]
Tombs are for the dead.
[silence]
[rock scraping]
[man]
Slowly! Don't let it swing!
Hey, hey,
you got what you wanted.
Thanks. You've done
a real fine job, Dr. Aziz.
Simply a matter
of cleaning it now.
Though, in my opinion, it was...
...best to leave it alone
down there.
Well, it might be
the answer to a...
...to an ancient riddle.
The inscription on it's
my main interest, though.
The message chiseled
all those many centuries ago.
[workers chattering]
Well, Professor,
have you anything exciting
to tell me?
Just bits and pieces.
But there's no doubt in my mind
that stone holds the key
to mysteries that have stymied
cryptologists for years.
It might be the answer
to that Tomb of Habnumenor.
No one's entered so far.
You want to enter,
you will have no company.
The excavation was a mistake,
the workers say.
They believe that
old Habnumenor's tomb
has a terrible curse on it.
[man]
I'll go with you.
[Dr. Aziz]
We'll return for you
at sundown.
[George]
Right, see you later.
[mysterious music ]
[music fades ]
[suspenseful music ]
[clatter]
[stone scraping]
[loud hissing]
Hassan!
[hissing]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
[suspenseful music ]
Look at this.
Incredible.
Watch out!
[screaming]
[screaming]
[squish]
[thud]
[Egyptian music ]
[eerie ambience builds]
[screaming]
[zapping]
Susie, it's late!
Come along!
Susie!
Susie?
Where are you?
Susie!
Susie!
Susie?!
Susie, where are you?!
[echoing]
Susie!
Susie!
Susie!
Susie!
Answer me, Susie!
Susie!
Susie!
[sobs]
[Susie]
Mama. Mama.
I'm here.
Were you afraid?
Susie.
Oh.
[musical sting ]
[Egyptian music ]
[grunts]
[music fades ]
All right.
I'm through, George.
When's the sun coming up?
Do you wanna know
how it happened?
I know how it happened.
Will I regain my sight?
In a year, or so.
You'll keep the bandages on
for six months,
and you'll have to avoid
bright white lights
for quite a while thereafter.
Put in three of these drops
every evening.
Make sure he does.
I bet the children enjoyed
the trip to Egypt, didn't they?
In fact, it was only Susie.
Tommy stayed in New York
with our au pair girl.
[Susie]
Okay, Tommy,
here comes the pitch!
No!
I hate to tell you this, kiddo,
but there's no way you'll
ever be a Major League player.
Well, I didn't ask you, did I?
Lousy lesbian.
You shouldn't make your little
brother so angry, you know?
He's an incorrigible
little rat, and he's stupid.
I just happen to be
an excellent ball player,
you know.
And being a girl,
it makes men furious.
Okay, but right now, why don't
you go and get him back?
We're expected at the house.
Thank you.
Tommy...
Tommy, where do you think
you're going?
None of your business.
Jamie Lee says we have to
go home now.
If you don't come, you'll get
on her nerves as well.
Screw her, too.
[soft jazz music ]
[George's voice fades in
on tape recorder]
...in recent centuries.
The peculiarity
of all of its aspects...
...does not exclude
the possibility that other...
...foreign civilizations...
...had their influence
on the Nile Valley.
I brought you
some nice hot tea.
Thank you.
[recording continues faintly]
[Emily]
I'll do it.
Hmm...
Thanks.
Don't sound so bitter.
Hmm.
That's easy for you to say
'cause you're not blind!
I mean, what the hell do you
have to worry about?!
Look, Plummer is certain you're
going to regain your vision!
And then, in the mean time,
I can...
...well, I can take shorthand,
you can dictate.
Yeah.
You're right.
It was, uh, just a moment
of weakness.
Emily, it won't happen again.
I'm sorry.
Now, I've gotta go.
Will you be in the office?
Yes, I'll be there
if you need to call.
You okay?
You want anything?
No, no.
Where are the kids?
Gone out with Jamie Lee.
They'll return soon.
Oh.
So long.
See you.
Okay, Tommy, I take back
what I said.
You'll be a great
Major Leaguer.
- Swear it.
- On what?
On your cross.
That's pretty.
Where'd you buy it, Sue?
It's a very Egyptian design.
I got it there.
[eerie ambience]
[overlapping chatter,
greetings]
Hello, buffoon.
Emily!
Welcome back.
We heard about George.
How... how is he?
A bit better.
The doctor says it'll be
approximately ten months.
I know you won't mind, Luke.
Another time.
Yeah.
[man on phone]
What?
Did you say yoga or yogurt?
Now...
The big bad world.
[musical sting ]
Did you see...
any mummies in Egypt?
- Yeah.
- And were they, like, scary?
- Rather.
- Were they scary as zombies?
Even more.
I've got dinner
ready, children!
Let's eat, huh?
Man, I'm starving!
Susie, is anything the matter?
I don't know.
It's a premonition
or something.
Tonight there's gonna be
lightning and thunder.
No, no, your premonition
is just a wild fantasy.
It's gonna be a lovely evening.
Now go and wash your hands.
[thunder crashing]
[softly whimpering]
[Susie screaming]
[thunder continues]
[mysterious music ]
[Susie gasps]
Mama, Papa.
Susie, what's wrong?
I can't sleep.
It's only a storm, hon.
I'm awful scared.
Susie... Susie, there's nothing
to be afraid of.
Go on back to bed.
Please, may I get in your bed?
You're being silly now.
Go to bed. Goodnight.
[whimpering]
[thunder continues]
[gasps]
[eerie ambience building]
[screams]
Susie!
Oh, no!
Susie!
What is it?
What did you see?
Susie.
[soft jazz music ]
[distant siren]
[George]
The two symbols
were not the same,
but they were sculpted
by the same hand.
I saw the design
on the stone
and the one on the door
of the inner tomb
complimented each other
perfectly.
I'd found the key that
would lead to the truth.
I was about to solve the riddle
at last.
It was at that very instant
of discovery
that my vision failed.
It's almost like the temple
where I had my accident...
...could've been
a consecrated temple...
...whose members worshipped...
...the forces of evil.
[Tommy whistling]
[mysterious music ]
[tape rewinding]
[eerie ambience building]
[man screaming on recording]
[ghostly whisper]
[overlapping screams]
[eerie growls]
[ghostly whispers]
[whistle]
[thud]
[door creaking]
[tense music ]
[high-pitched sound]
No!
Stop, Tommy!
No!
[echoing]
Mama! Papa!
[Tommy and Susie screaming]
Tommy?
Susie?
What... What is it?
Susie!
Tommy, where are you?
Tommy?! Susie?!
[eerie ambience]
What's wrong?!
Tommy!
Susanne!
Tommy!
Where are you?!
[zapping]
[cries out]
[groans]
[distant siren]
[Emily]
What happened?
[George]
The kids, where are they?
[Emily]
They're with Jamie Lee.
- Emily!
- Yes, dear?
I see shadows.
Outlines.
It's not much...
...but I can see.
Oh, George.
[jazz music ]
[Emily]
Are you gonna talk to Wiler?
[George]
Yeah, I'm resuming the search.
Sure you should?
Emily...
I have to find out what it was
that I saw in that tomb.
[eerie music ]
Jamie Lee, I think
we should play, huh?
All right, captain,
you choose the game.
What about hide and go seek?
Hide and go seek you say?
Very well.
You stay here and count
up to 30 while we go and hide.
[Jamie Lee]
Okay, here I go.
One, two, three...
It's more or lddd like that,
I'd say.
Mm-hmm.
What color was the stone?
It was blue...
...but a very bright blue.
I'm not 100% sure of this,
George,
but do you know
what comes to mind?
The sacred symbol
of the Grand Shadow.
A God named Habnumenor,
who was worshipped
more than 5,000 years ago.
Very little
is known about it...
...except...
Except what?
Except a certain notoriety...
...for tremendous cruelty
and utter evil, yes.
At the time when the Pharaohs
were erecting these monuments,
the Tomb of Habnumenor
was extant already.
Oh.
[projector clicks]
Indeed, the Sepulcher of Evil
had, by then, been in existence
for nearly 2,000 years.
And now, we look
at a symbol that, I think,
closely resembles your drawing.
That's it.
That's what I saw in the tomb.
[George]
Do you know
what's written on it?
[Wiler]
He who could read its message,
George,
would solve many,
many mysteries.
[children giggling]
Tommy?
Susie?
[muffled giggling]
You really disappeared
yourselves this time...
...but I'll find you anyhow!
Ah?
[switch clicks]
Hmm.
Mind you, it's not fair
to fool with the light.
[[muffled giggling]
[muffled giggling]
[clatter]
[gasps]
Susie?
Tommy?! Susie?!
Susie?! Tommy?!
Susie, open the door!
I'm not playing anymore!
Open it! Please, open it!
I don't want--
[screeching]
[muffled giggling]
[Jamie Lee gasping]
[intense music ]
[screeching]
[Jamie Lee moaning]
[screaming]
[gasping]
Security
[man on phone]
Yes, ma'am.
623, hurry.
Be right up.
Hurry.
[yawns]
[elevator beeping]
[elevator clatters]
[buttons buzzing]
[rumbling]
[alarm bell ringing]
[door creaking]
[cries out]
[screaming]
[giggles]
T-Tommy.
Honest, I didn't mean to have
frightened you like that.
[buttons buzzing]
[rumbling]
[intense music ]
[grunts]
[rumbling, buzzing continues]
[grunting]
[whimpering, gasping]
[crying out]
[screaming]
Yes, Jamie Lee, tell me.
Huh?
Could be the lock.
Perhaps it broke.
I don't know.
No. Of course I'll be there.
Right over, okay?
You're somewhat annoyed.
You're so cute, but yes,
you're right, I am.
That was our sitter, Jamie.
Apparently the kids' door
won't open.
Why didn't she think
to call security?
[whistling sound]
Guess she was much too upset.
She's a nervous young woman.
Luke, would you mind
putting your toys aside
for a little while?
and come with me
to see what happened?
Woman, there is naught
I wouldn't do for thee.
Actually, it's a test
of your fealty to me.
The au pair is a pretty blond.
You're on.
[projector clicking]
I'm sorry for disturbing you,
but I really was afraid.
With that door locked,
I guess I panicked.
I didn't know what to think.
What are they doing now?
Well, now they're upstairs
watching a kiddie show.
- [Tommy] Hi, Mama.
- [Susie] Hi, Mama.
Mama.
[grunts]
Did you hear?
Did she tell you?
It won't open, the door.
I heard.
[in an exaggerated accent]
I will open it up
with one of my magic tricks.
I know I'm a small kid,
but I bet a buck you won't
open that door with magic.
Right, Mama?
Wait...
...and I will
show you something.
Abracadabra!
Hocus pocus!
Pinecone focus!
Locus mocus!
Where is the door?
Brokus doorkus!
Abracadabra!
Locus mocus!
Pocus pocus!
Abracadabra.
Locus cadabra!
Open sesame!
[thunderous crash]
[Luke screaming]
[gasps]
Luke!
[ominous music ]
[glass shattering]
[wind blowing]
[crunching sound]
[Jamie Lee screams]
[wind howling]
[Tommy]
Jamie Lee?
I'm famished.
When do we eat?
You want to eat?
Me too, Jamie Lee.
Thanks.
[scoffs]
[eerie ambience building]
[whimpering]
[screams]
Luke?
Luke?!
If this is another
of your jokes, stop it!
You're acting like
an utter idiot!
[wind blowing]
[soft jazz music ]
If you ask me, you better
get the police here.
What for?
To say that Luke Anderson,
a colleague of yours,
came up here
to the kids' room...
...and disappeared
into thin air?
George...
...tell me at least
what we've got to do, huh?
First we'll call your office
and see that he's there.
That he's not playing
some stupid joke.
It's a very elaborate
kind of joke.
Well, it makes a hell of
a lot more sense
than him disappearing.
Turning into a pile of sand.
George, am I crazy?
[breathing fitfully]
[ominous music ]
[soft jazz music ]
[traffic noise]
Hi.
A little calmer?
A little.
Was Luke there?
No.
He didn't show at all
at the office.
And at his house, no answer.
It might be some joke,
but I doubt it.
He always was an idiot.
I know you disapproved
of Luke...
All right,
he's a frivolous guy,
but this is serious.
Watch how I do the spin,
okay?!
Amazing grace!
There.
I hope you didn't
take my picture
when I was falling down.
In a moment I'll show you.
Is it ready?
I wanna see it too, okay?
Hold your horses.
But a moment to go.
The picture's a dud.
Defective stock.
Got film?
Let's try it again.
It's finished.
We don't have any more.
I'm sorry, guys.
And anyhow, I think we better
get back to the hacienda.
[mysterious music ]
[telephone rings]
Hello?
What's that?
Are you sure?
I'll wait.
It'd be better
to call the others first.
Call me back in an hour.
[music fades ]
[large clock ticking]
"According to an Arab traveler
of the third century,
this ancient jewel symbolizes
the Eye of Evil...
The negative counterpoint
of Aleph,
the principle of All Being."
Habnumenor.
[soft jazz music ]
[wind blowing]
[woman]
Mrs. Hacker.
Mrs. Hacker!
This is for you.
It concerns your children.
[screeching]
[ominous music ]
[music fades ]
Where'd you get it?
A woman called out to me
on 10th Street.
Said it was something
that had to do with the kids.
There's a name written on it.
Adrian Marcato.
Huh.
I see.
Mind if I take it
to the laboratory?
If you find
anything interesting,
give me a buzz, okay?
I'll be sure to, George.
Now I'll get going.
Try to relax, Emily.
Yes, Robert.
What was this lady like?
It was curious.
She appeared normal to me.
Normal as any other.
But... I felt very strange,
anyhow.
There was something about her.
Well... did she give the
impression that she knew you?
No... but I did
get the impression...
...an impression that somehow
she knew the children.
And there's something else,
George.
Olaf Steiner analyzed a sample
of that sand on the carpet.
This morning I got the report.
A lot of silt from the Nile.
This sand comes from... Egypt.
[mysterious music ]
[Tommy]
No! Susie, no!
[yells]
That sounds like Tommy.
[large clock ticking]
[woman]
I made the contact.
Now it's only a matter of time.
[soft jazz music ]
[mysterious piano music ]
Let's go check the kids' room.
Incredible.
What do you think happened?
I don't know.
Maybe we better ask Jamie Lee
and the kids.
[Tommy]
Ask us what?
Hello, Papa.
Ask us, go ahead.
Where are your toys, Tommy?
Hidden somewhere by Susie.
Where's Jamie Lee?
Answer your father.
Where is Jamie Lee?
She hasn't returned yet.
Returned from where?
Her voyage.
She went on a trip?
[soft jazz music ]
Susie, are you awake?
Susie.
Yeah.
It wasn't my fault.
Please go to sleep now.
Poor Jamie Lee.
[sharp hiss]
Huh...
[ominous music ]
[hissing]
[screaming]
[screaming]
It's gonna be all right.
Susie, relax.
[screaming]
Susie, please!
Just relax!
[screaming]
Susie! Susie!
[screaming]
Relax!
You're gonna be all right.
[suspenseful ambience]
This is the photograph
I gave Wiler.
But if that's the photo,
how could Susie've--
That's a good question.
Marcato.
Would you call your magazine?
See what they're able
to find out about him.
Yeah. Shall do.
Papa, Susie always screams
when she goes on a voyage.
What do you mean?
It's a part of the rules.
The rules?
The game she invented.
Susie.
Tommy...
Tell me about this game.
Nah.
This is very, very important.
Do you know how to play
this game?
Yes or no?
Have you ever played it?
- Uh-huh.
- Have you made a voyage?
Yeah.
How far'd you go?
I really don't know, Dad.
It's a place
I didn't know at all.
Oh, but, um,
on one of the voyages,
I came back with
a real nice souvenir.
Wanna have a look at it?
Show me.
This is my souvenir.
I found it on the trip
that I took last week.
What is it?
This is... it's Anubis
from the Third Dynasty.
Ah, his name is Anubis.
Where'd you get this?
I found it on the riverbank.
Tommy, are you lying to me?
I knew it.
I knew I would end up
getting yelled at.
I'm gonna go to sleep.
What do you think it means?
[gasping]
[soft jazz music ]
[bell jingles]
[large clock ticking]
[Adrian Marcato]
I've been waiting for you.
I knew you'd come...
...sooner or later.
What can I do for you?
Are you Mr. Marcato?
You didn't come here
to discuss names.
[mysterious music ]
I just wanna know how you're
involved with that photograph
and what it has to do
with our children.
What do you know
about parapsychology?
[sighs]
As much as anybody else.
I think that that much means...
...little or nothing.
The jewel that...
...appears in this photo...
...was discovered many
thousands of years ago.
It symbolizes evil.
[Emily]
Excuse me, but...
...I don't see what my daughter
has to do with this jewel.
[George]
Oh, come on, come on.
Are you trying to tell us
that Susie was grabbed
by some unearthly spirit?
She's got the evil eye on her
and all that stuff?
Hmm.
It's quite possible that
your daughter has absorbed
the energy radiated by the gem.
Silly superstition.
Earthly objects also
have their spirituality.
Objects that gather,
concentrate and assimilate
the constant variables
in humans.
You've seen, I'm sure,
the gems that...
...change color
according to the humors,
the personality,
the spirituality
of the wearer.
Yes, of course.
I own one.
Your daughter...
is in great danger.
Then you're out of step
with reality, Mr. Marcato.
You come on like
some kind of oracle...
...but you're trying to scare us
and I don't know why.
If you think
I am just a quack...
...you can leave now...
...but don't come back later...
...because I shan't help you.
Whatever...
whatever you do...
...make sure
that your daughter...
...doesn't have the jewel.
[funky mysterious music ]
Do you think we ought
to try calling Mr. Marcato?
It's hard
to take him seriously.
Better, at this point,
to get back to science.
Wiler's our best bet right now.
He's an Egyptologist, as well.
He'll come up with something.
[telephone ringing]
I'll get it.
[picks up phone]
Hello?
Yeah, yeah.
How?
What?
Thanks for callin'.
Who was it?
The university.
What did they want?
It seems Wiler was killed
by a poisonous snake.
George, Wiler had the photo.
That's exactly
what I was thinking.
We better call Marcato.
I got--
- [Tommy] Mama! Papa! Help!
[eerie ambience]
[glass shattering]
[eerie ambience resumes]
Leave me alone with her.
[gasping]
No.
[whimpering]
Why is this happening to us?
I don't understand it.
We're powerless
and it's frightening.
And then the death of Wiler...
And where did Luke go,
and Jamie Lee?
And this illness of Susie's.
I tell you, it's unnatural.
- Emily, listen--
- No!
Please, I've listened
all I intend to.
I've heard too much
about parapsychology,
and about tombs in the desert.
And the university calling,
it's like an omen.
You must understand.
And I'm frightened to death
of the man upstairs, George.
I don't want his voodoo.
The man's perverse.
But you wanted
to call him, too.
Well, it was a mistake.
Phone a medical doctor.
That's what we should do.
Phone the police.
Phone, at least,
someone we know,
and whom we can trust.
[Susie's voice]
Mama! Mama!
[Susie's voice]
Mama!
[Susie's voice
gasping, choking]
Help me!
[Susie's voice
gasping, choking]
[Susie's voice]
Help!
Your daughter is a prisoner.
A prisoner of what?
Of this stone.
This gem is endowed
with evil powers.
The force that has seized
your daughter's mind...
...and is now using her
as a medium...
...for it's-it's own dark...
...and wicked malefactions.
What do you mean?
The power within this gem...
...can open the infernal gate
of time and space,
and work miracles of evil
beyond all...
...arcane dimensions.
That's impossible.
Is it really?
Look at it, George.
It's a-it's a desert stone.
Now... give me your hand.
We shall journey together...
...to the land...
of that stone's origin.
[mysterious music building ]
[Emily]
George, she's dying!
Susie!
Susie?
Our prayers are rejected.
What can I do?
Let me...
Please let me go.
Maybe I can...
still do something...
...to save your daughter.
Mama...
...I'm so cold.
Cold...
I'm cold.
So cold...
- Darling.
[sirens blaring]
[woman on PA]
Doctor Sanders
to operating theater two.
Doctor Sanders
to operating theater two.
[monitor beeping]
I'd feel a lot better
if you were at the house
seeing to Tommy.
I spoke to Aunt Dorothy.
He'll be expected around now.
I'll take him.
[monitor beeping]
It's inexplicable.
I'm for running
an X-Ray scan, Phil.
[mysterious music ]
Punish me.
Punish me.
[silence]
Dr. Foster, the girl's X-Rays.
[mysterious music ]
[monitor beeping rapidly]
[high-pitched ringing]
[eerie music ]
[Tommy]
Poor Jamie Lee.
[high-pitched ringing]
[eerie music ]
[gasping]
[monitor chirping wildly]
[eerie music ]
Mama...
Oh, Susie.
Susie.
Sweetheart.
Darling.
Marcato.
Marcato, where are you?
[Marcato]
Mr. Hacker.
I think...
I think your daughter is
out of harm's way for now.
What?
You mean...
You mean she's...
There has been a transference.
I have substituted
for your daughter.
What?
[chuckles]
It's useless that I explain.
You would never understand.
What do I have to do?
You've nothing to worry about.
Your daughter is redeemed.
If you wish to
do something for me...
...throw this into the deepest
and darkest part of the river.
Mama...
...I'm scared.
I know, darling.
Only now, you're all right.
Mama, were you worried?
You have to rest for a while.
You're gonna be yourself again.
Oh, Susie, you're gonna
be yourself again.
[distant siren]
[large clock ticking]
[wings flapping]
[ghostly whisper]
[wings flapping]
[ghostly whisper]
[birds screeching]
[crying out]
[screeching continues]
[screeching]
[eerie ambience]
[birds flapping, squawking]
[screaming]
You can take my life
with stuffed birds,
but you shall not have
my immortal soul, Habnumenor!
[grunting]
Birds of darkness,
consume me!
[grunting]
[flapping, screeching]
[jazz music ]
[mysterious music ]
[man singing prayer]
[chatter]
[Egyptian music ]
It's, uh... for Susie.
She's never seen
a real Egyptian scorpion.
[grunts]
Don't forget to tell her
it's a symbol of death here.
Yeah.
Well, I think it's a bit heavy
to spring on a nine-year-old.
You go on
back to the camp.
- Allah be with you, Professor.
- See you later.
[Emily]
Don't slouch like that.
Look happy.
Smile?
There.
The torture's almost over,
but then I have to take some
more scenic for the magazine.
[shutter clicks]
[shutter clicks]
[ominous music ]
Susie?
What is it?
You all right, hon?
[rumbling]
[Egyptian music ]
[man singing prayer
in the distance ]
[Susie giggles]
[shutter clicks]
[Emily]
If you're tired,
you wait for me here, okay?
Uh-huh.
[sung prayer continues ]
- Be right back!
- Okay.
[camera shutter clicking]
[magical sounding chimes]
[mysterious music ]
[wind blowing]
[Susie gasps]
[woman]
Tombs are for the dead.
[silence]
[rock scraping]
[man]
Slowly! Don't let it swing!
Hey, hey,
you got what you wanted.
Thanks. You've done
a real fine job, Dr. Aziz.
Simply a matter
of cleaning it now.
Though, in my opinion, it was...
...best to leave it alone
down there.
Well, it might be
the answer to a...
...to an ancient riddle.
The inscription on it's
my main interest, though.
The message chiseled
all those many centuries ago.
[workers chattering]
Well, Professor,
have you anything exciting
to tell me?
Just bits and pieces.
But there's no doubt in my mind
that stone holds the key
to mysteries that have stymied
cryptologists for years.
It might be the answer
to that Tomb of Habnumenor.
No one's entered so far.
You want to enter,
you will have no company.
The excavation was a mistake,
the workers say.
They believe that
old Habnumenor's tomb
has a terrible curse on it.
[man]
I'll go with you.
[Dr. Aziz]
We'll return for you
at sundown.
[George]
Right, see you later.
[mysterious music ]
[music fades ]
[suspenseful music ]
[clatter]
[stone scraping]
[loud hissing]
Hassan!
[hissing]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
[suspenseful music ]
Look at this.
Incredible.
Watch out!
[screaming]
[screaming]
[squish]
[thud]
[Egyptian music ]
[eerie ambience builds]
[screaming]
[zapping]
Susie, it's late!
Come along!
Susie!
Susie?
Where are you?
Susie!
Susie!
Susie?!
Susie, where are you?!
[echoing]
Susie!
Susie!
Susie!
Susie!
Answer me, Susie!
Susie!
Susie!
[sobs]
[Susie]
Mama. Mama.
I'm here.
Were you afraid?
Susie.
Oh.
[musical sting ]
[Egyptian music ]
[grunts]
[music fades ]
All right.
I'm through, George.
When's the sun coming up?
Do you wanna know
how it happened?
I know how it happened.
Will I regain my sight?
In a year, or so.
You'll keep the bandages on
for six months,
and you'll have to avoid
bright white lights
for quite a while thereafter.
Put in three of these drops
every evening.
Make sure he does.
I bet the children enjoyed
the trip to Egypt, didn't they?
In fact, it was only Susie.
Tommy stayed in New York
with our au pair girl.
[Susie]
Okay, Tommy,
here comes the pitch!
No!
I hate to tell you this, kiddo,
but there's no way you'll
ever be a Major League player.
Well, I didn't ask you, did I?
Lousy lesbian.
You shouldn't make your little
brother so angry, you know?
He's an incorrigible
little rat, and he's stupid.
I just happen to be
an excellent ball player,
you know.
And being a girl,
it makes men furious.
Okay, but right now, why don't
you go and get him back?
We're expected at the house.
Thank you.
Tommy...
Tommy, where do you think
you're going?
None of your business.
Jamie Lee says we have to
go home now.
If you don't come, you'll get
on her nerves as well.
Screw her, too.
[soft jazz music ]
[George's voice fades in
on tape recorder]
...in recent centuries.
The peculiarity
of all of its aspects...
...does not exclude
the possibility that other...
...foreign civilizations...
...had their influence
on the Nile Valley.
I brought you
some nice hot tea.
Thank you.
[recording continues faintly]
[Emily]
I'll do it.
Hmm...
Thanks.
Don't sound so bitter.
Hmm.
That's easy for you to say
'cause you're not blind!
I mean, what the hell do you
have to worry about?!
Look, Plummer is certain you're
going to regain your vision!
And then, in the mean time,
I can...
...well, I can take shorthand,
you can dictate.
Yeah.
You're right.
It was, uh, just a moment
of weakness.
Emily, it won't happen again.
I'm sorry.
Now, I've gotta go.
Will you be in the office?
Yes, I'll be there
if you need to call.
You okay?
You want anything?
No, no.
Where are the kids?
Gone out with Jamie Lee.
They'll return soon.
Oh.
So long.
See you.
Okay, Tommy, I take back
what I said.
You'll be a great
Major Leaguer.
- Swear it.
- On what?
On your cross.
That's pretty.
Where'd you buy it, Sue?
It's a very Egyptian design.
I got it there.
[eerie ambience]
[overlapping chatter,
greetings]
Hello, buffoon.
Emily!
Welcome back.
We heard about George.
How... how is he?
A bit better.
The doctor says it'll be
approximately ten months.
I know you won't mind, Luke.
Another time.
Yeah.
[man on phone]
What?
Did you say yoga or yogurt?
Now...
The big bad world.
[musical sting ]
Did you see...
any mummies in Egypt?
- Yeah.
- And were they, like, scary?
- Rather.
- Were they scary as zombies?
Even more.
I've got dinner
ready, children!
Let's eat, huh?
Man, I'm starving!
Susie, is anything the matter?
I don't know.
It's a premonition
or something.
Tonight there's gonna be
lightning and thunder.
No, no, your premonition
is just a wild fantasy.
It's gonna be a lovely evening.
Now go and wash your hands.
[thunder crashing]
[softly whimpering]
[Susie screaming]
[thunder continues]
[mysterious music ]
[Susie gasps]
Mama, Papa.
Susie, what's wrong?
I can't sleep.
It's only a storm, hon.
I'm awful scared.
Susie... Susie, there's nothing
to be afraid of.
Go on back to bed.
Please, may I get in your bed?
You're being silly now.
Go to bed. Goodnight.
[whimpering]
[thunder continues]
[gasps]
[eerie ambience building]
[screams]
Susie!
Oh, no!
Susie!
What is it?
What did you see?
Susie.
[soft jazz music ]
[distant siren]
[George]
The two symbols
were not the same,
but they were sculpted
by the same hand.
I saw the design
on the stone
and the one on the door
of the inner tomb
complimented each other
perfectly.
I'd found the key that
would lead to the truth.
I was about to solve the riddle
at last.
It was at that very instant
of discovery
that my vision failed.
It's almost like the temple
where I had my accident...
...could've been
a consecrated temple...
...whose members worshipped...
...the forces of evil.
[Tommy whistling]
[mysterious music ]
[tape rewinding]
[eerie ambience building]
[man screaming on recording]
[ghostly whisper]
[overlapping screams]
[eerie growls]
[ghostly whispers]
[whistle]
[thud]
[door creaking]
[tense music ]
[high-pitched sound]
No!
Stop, Tommy!
No!
[echoing]
Mama! Papa!
[Tommy and Susie screaming]
Tommy?
Susie?
What... What is it?
Susie!
Tommy, where are you?
Tommy?! Susie?!
[eerie ambience]
What's wrong?!
Tommy!
Susanne!
Tommy!
Where are you?!
[zapping]
[cries out]
[groans]
[distant siren]
[Emily]
What happened?
[George]
The kids, where are they?
[Emily]
They're with Jamie Lee.
- Emily!
- Yes, dear?
I see shadows.
Outlines.
It's not much...
...but I can see.
Oh, George.
[jazz music ]
[Emily]
Are you gonna talk to Wiler?
[George]
Yeah, I'm resuming the search.
Sure you should?
Emily...
I have to find out what it was
that I saw in that tomb.
[eerie music ]
Jamie Lee, I think
we should play, huh?
All right, captain,
you choose the game.
What about hide and go seek?
Hide and go seek you say?
Very well.
You stay here and count
up to 30 while we go and hide.
[Jamie Lee]
Okay, here I go.
One, two, three...
It's more or lddd like that,
I'd say.
Mm-hmm.
What color was the stone?
It was blue...
...but a very bright blue.
I'm not 100% sure of this,
George,
but do you know
what comes to mind?
The sacred symbol
of the Grand Shadow.
A God named Habnumenor,
who was worshipped
more than 5,000 years ago.
Very little
is known about it...
...except...
Except what?
Except a certain notoriety...
...for tremendous cruelty
and utter evil, yes.
At the time when the Pharaohs
were erecting these monuments,
the Tomb of Habnumenor
was extant already.
Oh.
[projector clicks]
Indeed, the Sepulcher of Evil
had, by then, been in existence
for nearly 2,000 years.
And now, we look
at a symbol that, I think,
closely resembles your drawing.
That's it.
That's what I saw in the tomb.
[George]
Do you know
what's written on it?
[Wiler]
He who could read its message,
George,
would solve many,
many mysteries.
[children giggling]
Tommy?
Susie?
[muffled giggling]
You really disappeared
yourselves this time...
...but I'll find you anyhow!
Ah?
[switch clicks]
Hmm.
Mind you, it's not fair
to fool with the light.
[[muffled giggling]
[muffled giggling]
[clatter]
[gasps]
Susie?
Tommy?! Susie?!
Susie?! Tommy?!
Susie, open the door!
I'm not playing anymore!
Open it! Please, open it!
I don't want--
[screeching]
[muffled giggling]
[Jamie Lee gasping]
[intense music ]
[screeching]
[Jamie Lee moaning]
[screaming]
[gasping]
Security
[man on phone]
Yes, ma'am.
623, hurry.
Be right up.
Hurry.
[yawns]
[elevator beeping]
[elevator clatters]
[buttons buzzing]
[rumbling]
[alarm bell ringing]
[door creaking]
[cries out]
[screaming]
[giggles]
T-Tommy.
Honest, I didn't mean to have
frightened you like that.
[buttons buzzing]
[rumbling]
[intense music ]
[grunts]
[rumbling, buzzing continues]
[grunting]
[whimpering, gasping]
[crying out]
[screaming]
Yes, Jamie Lee, tell me.
Huh?
Could be the lock.
Perhaps it broke.
I don't know.
No. Of course I'll be there.
Right over, okay?
You're somewhat annoyed.
You're so cute, but yes,
you're right, I am.
That was our sitter, Jamie.
Apparently the kids' door
won't open.
Why didn't she think
to call security?
[whistling sound]
Guess she was much too upset.
She's a nervous young woman.
Luke, would you mind
putting your toys aside
for a little while?
and come with me
to see what happened?
Woman, there is naught
I wouldn't do for thee.
Actually, it's a test
of your fealty to me.
The au pair is a pretty blond.
You're on.
[projector clicking]
I'm sorry for disturbing you,
but I really was afraid.
With that door locked,
I guess I panicked.
I didn't know what to think.
What are they doing now?
Well, now they're upstairs
watching a kiddie show.
- [Tommy] Hi, Mama.
- [Susie] Hi, Mama.
Mama.
[grunts]
Did you hear?
Did she tell you?
It won't open, the door.
I heard.
[in an exaggerated accent]
I will open it up
with one of my magic tricks.
I know I'm a small kid,
but I bet a buck you won't
open that door with magic.
Right, Mama?
Wait...
...and I will
show you something.
Abracadabra!
Hocus pocus!
Pinecone focus!
Locus mocus!
Where is the door?
Brokus doorkus!
Abracadabra!
Locus mocus!
Pocus pocus!
Abracadabra.
Locus cadabra!
Open sesame!
[thunderous crash]
[Luke screaming]
[gasps]
Luke!
[ominous music ]
[glass shattering]
[wind blowing]
[crunching sound]
[Jamie Lee screams]
[wind howling]
[Tommy]
Jamie Lee?
I'm famished.
When do we eat?
You want to eat?
Me too, Jamie Lee.
Thanks.
[scoffs]
[eerie ambience building]
[whimpering]
[screams]
Luke?
Luke?!
If this is another
of your jokes, stop it!
You're acting like
an utter idiot!
[wind blowing]
[soft jazz music ]
If you ask me, you better
get the police here.
What for?
To say that Luke Anderson,
a colleague of yours,
came up here
to the kids' room...
...and disappeared
into thin air?
George...
...tell me at least
what we've got to do, huh?
First we'll call your office
and see that he's there.
That he's not playing
some stupid joke.
It's a very elaborate
kind of joke.
Well, it makes a hell of
a lot more sense
than him disappearing.
Turning into a pile of sand.
George, am I crazy?
[breathing fitfully]
[ominous music ]
[soft jazz music ]
[traffic noise]
Hi.
A little calmer?
A little.
Was Luke there?
No.
He didn't show at all
at the office.
And at his house, no answer.
It might be some joke,
but I doubt it.
He always was an idiot.
I know you disapproved
of Luke...
All right,
he's a frivolous guy,
but this is serious.
Watch how I do the spin,
okay?!
Amazing grace!
There.
I hope you didn't
take my picture
when I was falling down.
In a moment I'll show you.
Is it ready?
I wanna see it too, okay?
Hold your horses.
But a moment to go.
The picture's a dud.
Defective stock.
Got film?
Let's try it again.
It's finished.
We don't have any more.
I'm sorry, guys.
And anyhow, I think we better
get back to the hacienda.
[mysterious music ]
[telephone rings]
Hello?
What's that?
Are you sure?
I'll wait.
It'd be better
to call the others first.
Call me back in an hour.
[music fades ]
[large clock ticking]
"According to an Arab traveler
of the third century,
this ancient jewel symbolizes
the Eye of Evil...
The negative counterpoint
of Aleph,
the principle of All Being."
Habnumenor.
[soft jazz music ]
[wind blowing]
[woman]
Mrs. Hacker.
Mrs. Hacker!
This is for you.
It concerns your children.
[screeching]
[ominous music ]
[music fades ]
Where'd you get it?
A woman called out to me
on 10th Street.
Said it was something
that had to do with the kids.
There's a name written on it.
Adrian Marcato.
Huh.
I see.
Mind if I take it
to the laboratory?
If you find
anything interesting,
give me a buzz, okay?
I'll be sure to, George.
Now I'll get going.
Try to relax, Emily.
Yes, Robert.
What was this lady like?
It was curious.
She appeared normal to me.
Normal as any other.
But... I felt very strange,
anyhow.
There was something about her.
Well... did she give the
impression that she knew you?
No... but I did
get the impression...
...an impression that somehow
she knew the children.
And there's something else,
George.
Olaf Steiner analyzed a sample
of that sand on the carpet.
This morning I got the report.
A lot of silt from the Nile.
This sand comes from... Egypt.
[mysterious music ]
[Tommy]
No! Susie, no!
[yells]
That sounds like Tommy.
[large clock ticking]
[woman]
I made the contact.
Now it's only a matter of time.
[soft jazz music ]
[mysterious piano music ]
Let's go check the kids' room.
Incredible.
What do you think happened?
I don't know.
Maybe we better ask Jamie Lee
and the kids.
[Tommy]
Ask us what?
Hello, Papa.
Ask us, go ahead.
Where are your toys, Tommy?
Hidden somewhere by Susie.
Where's Jamie Lee?
Answer your father.
Where is Jamie Lee?
She hasn't returned yet.
Returned from where?
Her voyage.
She went on a trip?
[soft jazz music ]
Susie, are you awake?
Susie.
Yeah.
It wasn't my fault.
Please go to sleep now.
Poor Jamie Lee.
[sharp hiss]
Huh...
[ominous music ]
[hissing]
[screaming]
[screaming]
It's gonna be all right.
Susie, relax.
[screaming]
Susie, please!
Just relax!
[screaming]
Susie! Susie!
[screaming]
Relax!
You're gonna be all right.
[suspenseful ambience]
This is the photograph
I gave Wiler.
But if that's the photo,
how could Susie've--
That's a good question.
Marcato.
Would you call your magazine?
See what they're able
to find out about him.
Yeah. Shall do.
Papa, Susie always screams
when she goes on a voyage.
What do you mean?
It's a part of the rules.
The rules?
The game she invented.
Susie.
Tommy...
Tell me about this game.
Nah.
This is very, very important.
Do you know how to play
this game?
Yes or no?
Have you ever played it?
- Uh-huh.
- Have you made a voyage?
Yeah.
How far'd you go?
I really don't know, Dad.
It's a place
I didn't know at all.
Oh, but, um,
on one of the voyages,
I came back with
a real nice souvenir.
Wanna have a look at it?
Show me.
This is my souvenir.
I found it on the trip
that I took last week.
What is it?
This is... it's Anubis
from the Third Dynasty.
Ah, his name is Anubis.
Where'd you get this?
I found it on the riverbank.
Tommy, are you lying to me?
I knew it.
I knew I would end up
getting yelled at.
I'm gonna go to sleep.
What do you think it means?
[gasping]
[soft jazz music ]
[bell jingles]
[large clock ticking]
[Adrian Marcato]
I've been waiting for you.
I knew you'd come...
...sooner or later.
What can I do for you?
Are you Mr. Marcato?
You didn't come here
to discuss names.
[mysterious music ]
I just wanna know how you're
involved with that photograph
and what it has to do
with our children.
What do you know
about parapsychology?
[sighs]
As much as anybody else.
I think that that much means...
...little or nothing.
The jewel that...
...appears in this photo...
...was discovered many
thousands of years ago.
It symbolizes evil.
[Emily]
Excuse me, but...
...I don't see what my daughter
has to do with this jewel.
[George]
Oh, come on, come on.
Are you trying to tell us
that Susie was grabbed
by some unearthly spirit?
She's got the evil eye on her
and all that stuff?
Hmm.
It's quite possible that
your daughter has absorbed
the energy radiated by the gem.
Silly superstition.
Earthly objects also
have their spirituality.
Objects that gather,
concentrate and assimilate
the constant variables
in humans.
You've seen, I'm sure,
the gems that...
...change color
according to the humors,
the personality,
the spirituality
of the wearer.
Yes, of course.
I own one.
Your daughter...
is in great danger.
Then you're out of step
with reality, Mr. Marcato.
You come on like
some kind of oracle...
...but you're trying to scare us
and I don't know why.
If you think
I am just a quack...
...you can leave now...
...but don't come back later...
...because I shan't help you.
Whatever...
whatever you do...
...make sure
that your daughter...
...doesn't have the jewel.
[funky mysterious music ]
Do you think we ought
to try calling Mr. Marcato?
It's hard
to take him seriously.
Better, at this point,
to get back to science.
Wiler's our best bet right now.
He's an Egyptologist, as well.
He'll come up with something.
[telephone ringing]
I'll get it.
[picks up phone]
Hello?
Yeah, yeah.
How?
What?
Thanks for callin'.
Who was it?
The university.
What did they want?
It seems Wiler was killed
by a poisonous snake.
George, Wiler had the photo.
That's exactly
what I was thinking.
We better call Marcato.
I got--
- [Tommy] Mama! Papa! Help!
[eerie ambience]
[glass shattering]
[eerie ambience resumes]
Leave me alone with her.
[gasping]
No.
[whimpering]
Why is this happening to us?
I don't understand it.
We're powerless
and it's frightening.
And then the death of Wiler...
And where did Luke go,
and Jamie Lee?
And this illness of Susie's.
I tell you, it's unnatural.
- Emily, listen--
- No!
Please, I've listened
all I intend to.
I've heard too much
about parapsychology,
and about tombs in the desert.
And the university calling,
it's like an omen.
You must understand.
And I'm frightened to death
of the man upstairs, George.
I don't want his voodoo.
The man's perverse.
But you wanted
to call him, too.
Well, it was a mistake.
Phone a medical doctor.
That's what we should do.
Phone the police.
Phone, at least,
someone we know,
and whom we can trust.
[Susie's voice]
Mama! Mama!
[Susie's voice]
Mama!
[Susie's voice
gasping, choking]
Help me!
[Susie's voice
gasping, choking]
[Susie's voice]
Help!
Your daughter is a prisoner.
A prisoner of what?
Of this stone.
This gem is endowed
with evil powers.
The force that has seized
your daughter's mind...
...and is now using her
as a medium...
...for it's-it's own dark...
...and wicked malefactions.
What do you mean?
The power within this gem...
...can open the infernal gate
of time and space,
and work miracles of evil
beyond all...
...arcane dimensions.
That's impossible.
Is it really?
Look at it, George.
It's a-it's a desert stone.
Now... give me your hand.
We shall journey together...
...to the land...
of that stone's origin.
[mysterious music building ]
[Emily]
George, she's dying!
Susie!
Susie?
Our prayers are rejected.
What can I do?
Let me...
Please let me go.
Maybe I can...
still do something...
...to save your daughter.
Mama...
...I'm so cold.
Cold...
I'm cold.
So cold...
- Darling.
[sirens blaring]
[woman on PA]
Doctor Sanders
to operating theater two.
Doctor Sanders
to operating theater two.
[monitor beeping]
I'd feel a lot better
if you were at the house
seeing to Tommy.
I spoke to Aunt Dorothy.
He'll be expected around now.
I'll take him.
[monitor beeping]
It's inexplicable.
I'm for running
an X-Ray scan, Phil.
[mysterious music ]
Punish me.
Punish me.
[silence]
Dr. Foster, the girl's X-Rays.
[mysterious music ]
[monitor beeping rapidly]
[high-pitched ringing]
[eerie music ]
[Tommy]
Poor Jamie Lee.
[high-pitched ringing]
[eerie music ]
[gasping]
[monitor chirping wildly]
[eerie music ]
Mama...
Oh, Susie.
Susie.
Sweetheart.
Darling.
Marcato.
Marcato, where are you?
[Marcato]
Mr. Hacker.
I think...
I think your daughter is
out of harm's way for now.
What?
You mean...
You mean she's...
There has been a transference.
I have substituted
for your daughter.
What?
[chuckles]
It's useless that I explain.
You would never understand.
What do I have to do?
You've nothing to worry about.
Your daughter is redeemed.
If you wish to
do something for me...
...throw this into the deepest
and darkest part of the river.
Mama...
...I'm scared.
I know, darling.
Only now, you're all right.
Mama, were you worried?
You have to rest for a while.
You're gonna be yourself again.
Oh, Susie, you're gonna
be yourself again.
[distant siren]
[large clock ticking]
[wings flapping]
[ghostly whisper]
[wings flapping]
[ghostly whisper]
[birds screeching]
[crying out]
[screeching continues]
[screeching]
[eerie ambience]
[birds flapping, squawking]
[screaming]
You can take my life
with stuffed birds,
but you shall not have
my immortal soul, Habnumenor!
[grunting]
Birds of darkness,
consume me!
[grunting]
[flapping, screeching]
[jazz music ]
[mysterious music ]
[man singing prayer]
[chatter]