Mummy vs. Bigfoot (2026) Movie Script
[audio logo]
Welcome to another
Breaking the Code podcast
with your host, the incredible,
the incomparable Mack Knowles.
I know I've been talking about
this for the past two weeks,
but the sarcophagus of the Sekhenfu mummy
is in the museum downtown.
I fully expect someone will
try to steal it before it moves
on next week to another museum.
I suspect it will be two or
three seasoned thieves who
break in, disable the security camera,
and drive off with the sarcophagus.
They will most likely be driving
a nondescript van of some sort
and meet up with the brains of
the operation in some isolated
area.
What concerns me the most
is what if one of the thieves
knows what the true treasure is.
Not the astounding treasure
inside the sarcophagus
but the actual mummy itself.
The name of Sekhenfu
means he who strikes down
or the great avenger.
He carried with him to the afterlife
a pouch of tana leaves.
And it is said that by their power,
Sekhenfu may be resurrected
to wreak his awful vengeance.
TOM: When is she supposed
to come with the money?
Don't worry about it.
We got 10 minutes.
She'll be here.
You trust her?
She just wants the
treasure, but she doesn't
care what we do with the mummy.
So we just dump it, right?
There's a legend that if we burn
the tana leaves in the sarcophagus
a third at a time, that we can
bring the mummy back to life.
It'll be weak at first,
but after the third time,
it remains alive with superhuman strength.
That's insane.
Even if I believe a word
of what you just said,
how do we make money from a living mummy?
I'll sort it out.
Come on, let's start loading the loot.
[discordant music]
Jesus!
Well?
All right, hold your ponies.
JACKIE: Are you talking to me?
What if I am?
I put this job together.
When you work for me, I expect two things...
Competence and respect.
I can make you disappear
with the snap of my fingers.
If you want to get rich and
live to spend your money,
you'll remember those two things.
Got it, boss.
Competence and respect.
Is that everything?
Yeah, except for the mummy.
JACKIE: You wouldn't mind
if I take a look, would you?
Go ahead.
But I burned some of the tana leaves.
The mummy might come back to life.
Don't be an ass Get out of my way Was
that some idiotic attempt
to make me not look inside?
You think I would actually think
the mummy would come back
to life?
I'm no fool.
No, I think it really could be possible.
We're done here.
I never want to see
either of you ever again.
Is that clear?
[thwack]
STEVE: Damn!
It really happened.
You brought it back to life.
You think it'll come back to life again?
TOM: I don't think so.
STEVE: You don't think so.
I say we dump the mummy
where Jackie said to,
then get the hell back to the city.
Yeah.
[car doors thud]
NOLES: I've heard reports,
and they're incredible, folks.
Unsubstantiated so credit them as you will.
But reports of an
Egyptian death cult. [Beep]
The mummy of Sekhenfu, the
very mummy stolen from the museum
yesterday.
They can revive Sekhenfu and
use him to achieve their evil ends.
Revived, Sekhenfu would
have superhuman strength
so the cult could easily...
[click]
Daddy?
Daddy?
I'm sorry, Melly Mel.
I was trying not to wake you.
[guitar strumming]
I have to go meet with our new tenants.
They just arrived.
Can't they wait?
I have their keys.
And besides, we need the money.
So I cleaned the house
up since you were last here.
My daughter and I are perfectly
happy in the guest house
while my brother's away for several months,
so it's all good.
Thank you, Mr. Lambert.
Claud.
Now, you may recall that the grounds
feed into the woods of
these two paths right here.
Gets pretty dense back there.
It's easy to get lost.
But both paths ultimately lead out
to the beach, so no problems.
Oh, and I'm currently
conducting surveillance
in this part of the woods.
So there are cameras up in the trees,
and I've set out lures to
attract alpha predators.
Lures?
What kind of lures?
CLAUD: Oh, food mostly.
Yeah.
Animal carcasses.
We also rotate the areas that we're
surveying so I'll let you
know when we do that.
You said the street side
doesn't get much traffic, right?
CLAUD: No, no, not too
much traffic around here,
but we do hear random noises from time
to time from God knows where.
It's not too bad.
You get used to it.
Now, you do remember my one rule, yes?
Of course, leave the guest house alone.
You live there with your daughter?
Melissa.
What a beautiful name.
We won't disturb you.
This is for the front gate
and that's for the house.
Got it.
Thank you, Claud.
I assure you, we will be very private.
Daddy, how'd it go?
CLAUD: Fine.
Gave him their keys.
Went over all the house rules again.
I'm fixing your favorite, sausage sandwich.
What would I do without you?
But I'm going to have to
take a rain check, I'm afraid.
That conversation with our new tenants
took much longer than I thought it would.
And now I got to get going.
But it'll be ready in a minute.
You're going to need some energy.
Oh, no no, no, no, I have to...
I have to fix the door of the cage,
clean up all the leaves that are in there,
um, collect the video from
last week or so and any
other worthwhile evidentiary
material, bring it back here,
view it all, catalog it.
No no, no.
Besides, isn't that friend
of yours coming by today?
What's her name?
Debbie.
We're supposed to go to the beach.
Debbie.
She the one with the...
Yes, Dad.
You don't like her.
No, I like her.
I just don't...
I don't like the nose ring.
But hey, you two, you go
to the beach, you have fun.
Don't you worry about your old man.
Oh!
[relaxing music]
I feel like somebody's watching me.
Out here?
Come on.
I have a sixth sense about these things.
I always have.
Really?
Like ESP?
Are you sure this is the way to the beach?
This way or that path,
either one will get us there.
Or we could have just
driven there in a car on a road
and be there by now.
Well, I was thinking we could
take a break and do something
we don't want to do on the
road or on the beach or in public
at all.
AMY: Oh!
[eerie music]
[leaves crunch]
Did you hear that?
Hear what?
I didn't hear anything.
Someone's coming.
That was me.
Very funny.
Get your shit together.
We're going on the beach.
[grunt, choke]
What are you doing?
[screams]
No, no!
Please don't hurt me.
Please don't hurt me.
[shrieks]
[squelch]
[thud]
[frenetic music]
[humming]
Debbie, you scared me.
I didn't hear you come in.
Yeah, headphones.
I've been here for, like, two minutes.
It could have been two hours.
Mom was so beautiful.
I know you miss her.
I do too.
Yeah.
She was a great mom.
I remember she was
always so nice with the...
Can you stay for dinner?
Do you need any snacks?
Do you need a ride to the movies?
You girls need some spending cash?
Your mom was cool, too.
I'm glad you still have her.
All right.
We're like cats and dogs,
like cobra and mongooses.
We never stop fighting.
And she wears all those
weird clothes all the time.
It's honestly embarrassing
to go anywhere with her.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Yeah.
I never got to that point when my mom,
but it's normal to have
issues as you get older.
Yeah, she just doesn't get that.
Like, not a little kid anymore.
She still thinks that I'm 12.
Actually, she gave this to me.
It was my great grandmother's.
And honestly, I should get rid of it.
I don't want to own anything.
That's my mom's.
No, it's beautiful.
You should keep it.
You and your mom will
patch things up eventually.
I guess.
Now let's go to the beach.
Let's go.
[giggles]
[eerie music]
What you doing, Daddy?
Oh, just finishing the clean out here.
Then I'm going to go collect
the videos and anything
else of evidentiary interest.
Can we help?
Well, oh, no no no no.
No.
Thank you for the offer, but
you guys go down to the beach
and have some fun, OK?
We can switch the memory
cards, save you some time.
CLAUD: Oh, no no no no no.
Oh, but what you could do is, on your way
down there, keep your eye on the foliage.
If you see any hair, bits
of trash, you know the drill.
Collect it, and we can
analyze it later, right?
Oh, and also if you see any
unusual footprints on the way,
ideally, we cast those, right, honey?
But at the very least, we
want to measure them, right?
And... and take photographs.
Yeah, it's a lot.
Yeah, I think I want to just do it myself.
And I want the two of you
to go down to the beach
and have a great time.
OK.
[light music]
DEBBIE: Why did you volunteer
us to work with your dad.
I'm not here to work.
I'm here to beach.
Because I knew he'd say no.
He always says no.
Don't worry.
Not in any danger of
ruining your plan in the sun.
What's in the picnic basket?
Nothing for us.
Hey, watch where I'm going.
Look, you're my friend, right?
Besties.
So if I tell you something
that is super secret,
you can keep it secret?
No, I'll probably tell
everybody that I know.
You're aware of this.
OK.
We're going to make a stop
before we go to the beach.
I got someone to show you.
Unless you don't want to go.
I can bring Susie out here instead.
[gasp] Susie?
No, I want to know.
I'll keep quiet.
MELISSA: OK.
We're going this way.
[unsettling music]
This is what you were peeing
in your pants to show me?
Oh, my gosh.
Be patient.
Watch what happens.
I don't hear anything.
What the hell is that?
Is it broken?
Nope.
It worked just fine.
Is that a dog whistle like
the ones that you can't hear?
Are you telling me that you got a dog?
Are you hiding that dog from your dad?
Kind of.
It's just not a dog.
How do you know this thing even works?
My dad has a whole
collection of calls and whistles
for all the animals.
This was the only one that worked.
Well, what else is going to come running?
I don't know.
Come on.
[relaxing music]
Wow!
This is really something.
OK.
I'm glad you brought me here.
It's not... it's behind me, isn't it?
[growls]
Thank you for agreeing to
see me on such short notice.
NOLES: You did make it
sound urgent on the phone,
and much more important to me, interesting.
Well, I've heard your little radio show.
I know you present yourself as, sort of,
a self-styled expert on ancient Egypt.
I am.
I have a degree in ancient civilizations.
Pseudoscience.
And yes, you have a degree, but it's
from a fake online university.
You're rather harsh
for a... a cryptozoologist.
I'd say you and I labor
in the same vineyards.
Now, what have you got for me?
White cloth?
Looks very old.
May I take it out?
CLAUD: Be my guest.
Definitely Egyptian cotton.
Very old.
The weave pattern is reminiscent of that
used prior to the Old Kingdom.
Probably the very first dynasty
pharaoh's Menes Narmer, I'd say.
I would date this cloth back past 3,000 BC.
That old?
I would have thought that
3,000 BC predates mummification
techniques.
NOLES: You know, that
was originally the thought.
But we now believe
Egyptians developed methods
of preservation and
mummification as early as 4,000.
BC.
So you see, the mummy business
was going gangbusters by 3,000.
You didn't come all the way over here just
to show me this little
piece of cloth, did you?
This was a test.
And I really hope I passed because I
want to know what you found
out that's gotten you so hot
and bothered.
You could have warned me.
True, but it wouldn't
have been as much fun.
Come on.
You scared him too.
He just has to get used to you.
He is kind of cute.
You scared Debbie.
You're a bad boy.
Come on.
He doesn't bite.
Look, scratch behind his ears.
He loves that.
[groans, babbles]
Uh, what is he?
A Bigfoot?
OK.
How did you find him and him not eat you?
I was walking in the woods
four or five months ago.
I used to take a lot of nature walks.
Ugh, why?
I don't know.
I guess to find something
that would impress my dad.
He never lets me help him.
Hardly at all.
I never found anything until I scored
the biggest one of them all.
[laugh]
What happened?
Some idiot hunters put
a bunch of bear traps
and he'd gotten caught.
[growls, roars]
MELISSA (VOICE OVER):
I was scared to death,
but I couldn't take my eyes off of him.
[roars, whimpers]
[bear trap crack]
He opened the trap and tore it apart.
These guys are very strong.
[metallic snap]
I thought he might attack.
Animals get very
defensive when they're hurt.
Not this one.
He tried to run away, but
he couldn't put any weight
on that leg.
And after a step or two, he
just collapsed to the ground.
[guitar strumming]
When I go hiking, I
always bring my first aid kit.
The one I got when I was
taking those nursing classes.
I cleaned his wound and
applied some analgesic.
Gave him some amoxicillin,
ivermectin, Diazepam,
and wrapped him up.
I was always good at wrapping in class.
Changed it every two
days until he healed up.
OK.
You'll see it here in
another second or two.
There, there.
NOLES: What am I looking at.
It's a mummy.
No, that's someone dressed
up as a mummy walking around.
You see, mummies are dead.
That is a fraud, a prankster.
I don't know if you're just
a gullible fool or maybe
you're the prankster yourself.
But the glove.
It's a cloth, yes.
And it appears to be from
the correct time period.
Again, so what?
Believe it or not, mummies are
available on the black market,
but they're all dead mummies.
I thought a mummy was
just stolen from the museum.
I heard about it on your little podcast.
Yeah, Sekhenfu.
Yes.
But he's a dead mummy.
But they said that the
thieves might try to resurrect it
and it happened.
OK, we're done here.
That should be obvious to you
that I want a bigger audience
for my podcast so I say whatever
I think I can get away with.
Look, Doc, I appreciate
a good grift, I really do.
Just not in my expense.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Check this out.
There, that amulet.
That's your proof.
Each high priest had an amulet made.
Only one was created
and its design was unique.
That is a design for Sekhenfu.
The mummy that was stolen from the museum?
Yep, downtown.
Here make a new friend.
DEBBIE: What's this?
MELISSA: Jerky.
He mostly eats the nuts and the berries.
One day, I just found he just loves jerky.
For real?
MELISSA: Yeah, he
goes crazy over that stuff.
Like I said, he doesn't eat people.
No, stop that.
No, bad Dave.
Eat the right way.
Hey!
There you go.
Smart Dave.
You're such a good boy.
You're such a good boy.
Dave?
Did you just call him Dave?
I had to call him something.
That is a stupidest name
for a pet that I've ever heard.
What is he?
MELISSA: I don't know.
Dad knows more about the morphology.
Why haven't you told him yet?
I mean, this is what
he's looking for, right?
With all the cameras and the trees.
And you've got him right here.
At first, I wanted to
wait until he healed up.
And then I thought, I don't
want to just hand him off to Dad.
I want to prove that I can
find stuff out about him,
train him, and test his limits.
OK.
Well, it seems like
you've done all of that.
So why haven't you told your dad yet?
Because he'll put him in a cage.
He'll become a research
subject for the rest of his life.
And I built trust with him.
He'll think I abandoned him.
[growls]
What... what is it doing?
He does this.
He hears something, and he goes nuclear.
It's OK.
It's OK, Dave.
It's OK, darling.
It's OK.
It's OK, Dave.
Yes, thank you for warning us.
Um, I don't see anything around here.
Dave's hearing is a lot better than ours.
There's probably a grizzly or cougar.
A what?
What are we even doing out here?
OK.
You know what, just in
case your big boy's right,
this should scare it off, whatever it is.
[thwack]
[eerie music]
Sounds like a false alarm.
You OK?
I'm kind of freaking out.
MELISSA: Why don't you go
back to the house and shower
or whatever?
And I'll stay here and calm Dave down.
No, but I'll leave you by yourself.
[pee splashing]
Oh, my God!
MELISSA: Yeah, he does that.
You get used to it, the
smell, sort of, eventually.
OK, why don't you just leave this to me?
You being a stranger might
make Dave more nervous.
You know what?
I am going to go back to
the house and take a shower.
I have a date with Jason later.
Jason?
I thought you were hanging out with Robert.
Mom likes Robert.
She hates Jason.
I don't know.
Maybe you're right.
This has to be fake, right?
Just some kid fooling around or something.
No, no, no, Doc.
Trust me on this.
Almost no one, and I mean no
one, knows that amulet exists.
It could be the real deal
stolen with the mummy.
If it is, it's worth a fortune
on the black market.
I personally know a guy who
would pay you $5 mil for it,
no questions asked.
Look, Dr. Lambert, there really is a cult,
an Egyptian death cult in town.
They know the rites to
resurrect that mummy.
All they need is Sekhenfu,
a human sacrifice
and the tana leaves that were
hidden in the sarcophagus.
Tana leaves?
A tana leaf.
Where did you get that?
At my house.
On... on the steps by my rental property.
We just had new tenants move in.
I don't know anything about them,
and there are quite a few of them.
That's very ominous.
Ominous indeed.
Today, you said?
They're moving faster than I thought.
I mentioned human sacrifice.
Don't you have a daughter, Dr. Lambert?
Oh, there's no answer.
She and her friend are down at the beach.
They might be getting a signal.
If I were you, I'd go straight
home, go to the beach,
wherever, get my daughter,
and get the hell out of there.
Go straight to the cops
and don't look back.
But I do want the whole
story when it's over.
Noles, those ancient scrolls you mentioned,
do they give any instructions on how
to destroy a resurrected mummy?
NOLES: Yeah, dismember the bitch.
In other words tear him
apart before he tears you apart.
[frenetic music]
[screams, thumps]
MELISSA: Oh, Debbie.
Hey, Debbie?
What time do you want...
Debbie?
Oh my God!
Debbie, Debbie.
Debbie, Debbie!
Debbie?
Debbie, Debbie!
Mel, is that you?
Yeah, I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Debbie, I'm right here.
What happened?
What happened?
Tell Mom I'm sorry.
MELISSA: I will.
I will.
I'm so sorry, Debbie.
I will, Debbie.
I will, I will.
No!
No!
[screams]
And you remember my main rule?
Of course, leave the guest house alone.
You live there with your daughter.
Melissa.
What a beautiful name.
We won't disturb you.
This is for the front gate
and that's for the house.
We all have a place in
this world changing event.
We will be resurrecting
the mummy of Sekhenfu.
This is Esraa, descendant of Sekhenfu.
She has a psychic link to
him and she will guide us
through our journey.
I look forward to changing
the world at last, my sisters.
Blossom comes from a family who has
given very much to this cause.
I don't seek personal wealth.
I'm all about nature.
What the Earth gives us is a gift.
What's that supposed to mean?
You should learn to
relax like the sunflower.
Bask in the sunlight.
[sigh] Clearly, you've never heard
of the power of the flower.
Clearly, you never heard of
the power of my fucking fists.
MARION: That's enough, Pam.
Pam is here to do whatever
it takes to reach our goals.
And finally, this is Faith.
She will be making the
greatest contribution of all us.
I serve humbly.
MARION: She will be the first sacrifice
to the resurrection of
Sekhenfu when the time comes.
[gasp] The time is now.
I know where he is.
[unsettling music]
Something I can help you with?
I've already got a smoke.
What?
I don't smoke those anyway.
Oh, this?
This is just my first aid kit.
You expect me to injure
myself working on flowers?
It won't happen.
I'm just looking for a good
place to stash this box.
Maybe someone will want it
after I... you know, I'm gone.
Yeah, nobody ever looks in there.
Is Blossom your real name?
It's real to me.
Is Faith your real name?
I don't know my real name.
I moved around in the foster system.
I've been called a lot of
things, none of them good.
If it was up to me, I would call you Iris.
Oh, Iris is the elegance of a
rainbow personified, the most
beautiful flower of them all.
It made me sad when Pam crushed
that flower you gave her.
[sigh] Take this.
It's a chrysanthemum.
It gives you positive energy.
Thank you.
No one usually gives me anything.
I got a friendship
bracelet once from Emily.
She was my foster sister.
I hope it brings you good
fortune on your journey.
I wonder when they'll want to sacrifice me.
No one's making you do this, right?
No, no no, no, I want to.
I... I tried to, you know, do
it myself a couple of times.
I always screw it up.
I like the idea of doing it
for some cause, you know.
Yeah.
And I'm sure you'll
know if it's right for you
when the time comes.
[stirring music]
Don't just sit there.
This thing's fucking heavy.
Oh, Lord, you're fucking useless.
At last.
The time is here.
Today is the day.
We light a third of the tana leaves
and present Sekhenfu with our sacrifice.
It will be our first step
toward his reclamation.
Faith, are you ready
for your time to shine?
Yes, I want to do this.
Can I help you?
Does that book say anything
about where I'll go after the...
Your sacrifice?
Not specifically.
Do you have any guesses?
I don't guess.
But I'll be helping, right?
We shall see.
What do you mean?
You ladies are having a party in here?
Why wasn't I invited?
I was just trying to figure
out a little more before...
You're having doubts and you
wanted more info from Esraa.
She seems to know
the most about the ritual.
Well, she knows about the structure,
but I'm the one who
understands the meaning.
Who's spiritual gift you
are giving to this world.
Can you tell me more?
You spend your life searching for answers,
searching for purpose.
You tried more than once to
end your life and end it without.
Meaning But your
sacrifice will resurrect a god.
And without question, you will
be rewarded within the next life
by the god of all gods.
And every story that
documents this movement
will begin with your
name and your gift, Faith.
You are the greatest of us all.
Thank you, Marion.
I'm ready.
Blossom is preparing a meal.
Why don't you go and tell her what you
would like to eat tonight, hm?
You really know what to say to people, huh.
[giggle] You won't find it in any book.
One last cigar before the big sacrifice.
I told you...
Oh, you said that's your first aid kit.
That's right.
How about a last meal?
Can you make lasagne?
I had it once.
This blonde girl, one of my
foster sisters, snuck me some.
It was frozen but still
probably one of the best things
I ever ate.
A blonde girl.
Emily.
Your foster sister, you mentioned her.
She was the closest
thing I had to a family.
BLOSSOM: I think I can make lasagne
if you're OK with dairy-free
cheese and gluten-free noodles
and soy for the protein.
I'm vegan.
I'm not hungry.
Did I hear you making motherfucking lasagne
with motherfucking fake meats?
She's not hungry.
I'd rather starve and die than
whatever hippie shit you make.
Oh, is that a last smoke?
I can respect that.
I'm ready for the ceremony.
Repeat after me.
Splinter of life, take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
ALL: Splinter of life,
take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
[drum beats]
Splinter of life, take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
Splinter of life, take haste, take hold.
Quicken the path to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
Splinter of light, life,
take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
[eerie music]
ESRAA: Repeat the chant.
ALL: Splinter of life,
take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's life.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
Splinter of life take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
We offer the sacrifice to
resurrect your soul O great one.
Prepare yourself, Faith.
[groans]
Sekhenfu, are you ready to lead us?
[non-English]
What did you say to him?
I said you will lead us to glory.
He is weak now.
He needs another night of
exposure to the tana leaves.
For now he rests.
Hey, you!
You can do this.
This needs washing.
Our members are only
going to grow so we need
to get as many ropes as we can.
OK.
[dramatic music]
Are you still searching
that book for answers?
I wish I knew more.
The book helps, but
there are several details
that aren't clear.
What do you mean?
Um, so I'm reading something that
makes me believe we
will need another sacrifice.
MARION: We didn't plan for that.
Would Blossom or Pam be willing?
They are not options.
Why not?
I thought you would do anything
necessary to restore Sekhenfu
to power.
Within reason.
I rely on Pam and Blossom's
money to fund what we do.
Once the resurrection is complete,
then we won't have to rely on
those two so much anymore.
And then I won't care what happens to them.
Do you understand?
No.
I'm a true believer.
We all should be.
Any one of us should
be willing to sacrifice.
You trust me, don't you?
Yes.
If we need to sacrifice someone else,
I will make sure you have another subject.
As many of you know, I was planning
on giving you all the dirt on
fluoride in the water tonight.
And I'll still do that, but first
I want to move in a different direction.
I lost someone a while back.
She was a bit older than me so not young.
But she died alone, almost
no friends in this world.
I won't go into our relationship,
but I'm honored that I was someone
that she could, in fact,
call a friend, someone
who appreciated what she
stood for, what she lived for.
Her name was Genevieve,
and today is her birthday.
I strongly suspect that many of you
out there have a Genevieve in your life.
So I am raising a glass to you, Genevieve,
and to all you stood for.
May you live on in my heart for as long
as I remain on this Earth.
[piano music]
Marion, I want to be clear.
I feel a strong connection to Sekhenfu.
I get that you want to run a cult.
It's not a cult.
I believe in the warrior.
His blood runs through my veins.
I will do anything to bring
him back fully to the living,
to be our ruler.
I will do whatever it takes.
Will you really change the world for good?
I've trusted the wrong
powerful people more than once.
[somber music]
[frantic music]
PAM: I'm home, fuckers!
Stop the mummy, Pam.
[whack, clatter]
Pam, Pam!
Ow!
What did you do?
Nothing.
The leaves just started smoking.
I didn't realize until it was too late.
Maybe we should go after him.
What?
No, the fuck is strong.
I'm not doing that.
Fuck.
You need to knock.
Oh.
[knocks on bed]
What do you want, Blossom?
Something really bad happened.
What?
I swear the leaves just
started smoking by themselves.
What have you done, fools?
You didn't really expect
us to stop him, did you?
He was really fucking strong.
I thought he needed
three exposures to the leaf.
Someone must have burned
the leaves once before us.
[eerie music]
Esraa, can't you just use your psychic link
to call back Sekhenfu.
[ominous music]
I'm not feeling it.
We need to get closer to him.
He has to be in the woods.
I still think we will need
another sacrifice to demonstrate
our dedication to our king.
I will offer myself for sacrifice.
No.
[laugh] No, Esraa, you
should not be the one.
I need you.
I need you to complete the sacrifice.
And I need you to bring
Sekhenfu back to power.
But there is someone living in
the guest house with her father,
and he's not home today.
But she is.
Won't that draw attention?
We can't hurt her.
She's not one of us.
You should be willing to
kill anyone for the cause.
You said yourself, we
don't want to draw attention.
And her father might suspect us.
We will kill the father
if that's necessary.
We're so close now.
We need to do whatever it takes.
Of course.
Of course, whatever it takes.
But will it even work?
I thought the sacrifice needed
to be from a willing subject,
right?
But I found a passage in the book that
says, as long as it is offered up
with the prayer of intentions, it will
complete the transformation.
PAM: All right.
How do we find the mummy?
MARION: We'll split up
and search the woods.
Esraa and I will go one way to the west.
And you take Blossom and go east.
Why don't you go with Blossom?
Just... just do what you're told to, OK?
Whatever you do, if
you find Sekhenfu first,
do not anger him.
You're fucking telling me
I'm a fucking angry person?
I'm not fucking angry person.
I can't control my
motherfucking anger, all right?
Just don't speak to him.
If you find him first, just call us, OK?
All right.
OK.
All right.
You're not fucking going with me.
I fucking hate you.
Think about it.
What are you going to do if you find him?
Whatever it takes to bring him back home.
Because I'm fucking pissed I
was so fucking scared of him.
But I'm not anymore.
I'm fucking going.
Good luck.
PAM: You!
The girl is in here.
Her name is Melissa.
If you feel certain we
need another sacrifice,
we will take her once Sekhenfu is secured.
[frenetic music]
Shall we call out his name?
I don't think that will help.
I'm a little concerned about Pam
and Blossom finding Sekhenfu
before we do.
If Pam displays her anger at Sekhenfu,
that could present a problem.
If he kills her, will that
count as a sacrifice?
PAM: No.
As I said before, we need
to offer up someone to him.
It needs to be our offering, our gift.
Pam getting killed for being
insolent would not be the case.
There you are, motherfucker You're
staying with me all right?
Did you get it?
I'm so fucking pissed you
fucking knocked me down.
But now it's not going to happen again.
I'm calling your motherfucking
friend Esraa, all right?
Stay here.
Damn.
No service.
Really?
Fuck.
Hey you, motherfucker.
You're staying with me, I told you.
I hear Pam.
She's yelling at him.
[thud]
Fight me, motherfucker.
[whack]
Did Pam do that to you?
She threw something at your
head and you had to kill her.
I'm sure she got what she deserved.
Sekhenfu, we need you.
Please come with us.
We have a final sacrifice for you
and you will lead us to glory.
[non-English]
Why didn't you go with Pam?
She wouldn't let me.
Well, now she's dead.
What?
Yeah, the mummy killed her.
It doesn't count as our sacrifice.
We're going to get someone for that.
But don't let the mummy leave this time.
OK.
Don't let him out of your sight.
[surging music]
Should we just walk in?
Let's try knocking first.
MELISSA: [screaming]
[scuffling]
Come, come.
Keep a hold on her.
What did you do to her?
[thump]
BLOSSOM: What happened
I have no idea.
It doesn't matter.
We need to do this quickly.
Gag her and tie her up.
I don't know how to do any of that.
ESRAA: Give her to me.
[shrieks]
MARION: Don't let her go.
We said we need to do this quickly.
Let go... let go of me.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Let go of me.
Did you kill Debbie?
[muffled screams]
Wait.
We need to do this right.
OK.
Let's get the ceremonial robe.
I need my book.
OK.
Blossom, don't let anything
happen for a minute, OK?
Do you think you can handle that?
OK.
[sobbing]
Go.
I think he killed Debbie.
Go!
[squeaks, groans]
[whack]
[gasps]
[non-English speech]
[frantic music]
Aah!
What do you want?
What are you doing here?
We are here to make you immortal,
to be a part of something
far greater than yourself.
This is a chance to be
a part of a historic event,
a special opportunity to
give your life a meaning.
Yeah, so special, you would
drag some random human being
to your secret hideout?
You're still groggy from all
those knocks in the head,
aren't you?
You could pass out again any time.
In fact, I believe you're about to.
That would make it easier on us and you.
Otherwise, [sigh] I believe
you'll find it quite unpleasant.
Stop.
Get that thing away from me.
DAVE: [growls]
[non-English] enough talk.
We need to do this now.
[non-English speech]
[babbles]
[thump]
[cries]
[gasps]
[thud]
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Blossom?
Daddy?
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Blossom!
[sobs]
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Where are you?
Daddy.
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Blossom?
No, not Blossom anymore.
I'm Gretchen.
Daddy, I need help.
I'm bleeding.
I'm in so much trouble, Daddy.
People are dead.
He's killing more now.
I'm in so much trouble.
[whack]
[growls, roars]
[slam, bang]
[roar]
[squeal]
[thuds, thumps]
DAVE: [roar]
[frantic music]
Right.
Are you looking for this?
I'll leave you to bleed out.
[slash]
[gasps, chokes]
I'm not brainwashed anymore.
[knife thwacks]
DAVE: [gibbers]
[whacks, thumps]
[cries]
[intense music]
[pants, growls]
[bangs, thud]
[crunch, bandage tears]
[babbles, thumps]
[snarls, thuds]
ESRAA: Get up.
You know that thing.
It's protecting you.
Call it off.
Call it off.
[whacks]
Call him off!
I can't.
I've never seen him before.
Stop lying.
Stop him.
OK, yeah.
You're right.
I have seen him before.
And my monster is going
to curbstomp your monster
and there's nothing you can do about it.
I can do this.
[gunshot]
[scream]
[gunshot]
MELISSA: No, Dave, run!
Run, Dave, run!
[gunshot]
No!
[thump]
[frantic music]
[bangs]
[whimpers]
It looks like my monster will
beat your monster after all.
[cries]
[non-English] You ruined everything!
I'm going to add my face will
be the last thing you'll ever see!
[crack]
Put your hand on the wound, Melly.
No, don't shoot, Daddy.
Don't shoot.
He saved my life.
I know.
I saw everything.
What... you want to tell me what's going on?
Not right now, Daddy.
He can't die.
He can't die.
He's not even fighting back.
Come on.
Fight, Dave!
Fight, fight, please.
Fight, Dave, fight.
[groans]
[roars]
[snarl, rips]
[hoots]
Sweet Jesus!
We got to get you to a doctor.
OK.
Oh.
There's no signal.
I need to call an ambulance.
BLOSSOM: No, no.
Daddy will take care of everything.
I'll just go inside and use
the landline to give a call.
No, no, he won't like that.
Daddy will take care of everything.
Everything.
Well, I still need...
[SIRENS BLARING, HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
Dad, ambulances.
Somebody must have called them.
Daddy.
[sigh]
Want some more tea, Melly Mel?
[sigh]
OK, Daddy.
I still don't get what happened.
I mean, those helicopters
came and took Blossom away,
and then an ambulance
came to take me to the hospital.
But who called them?
And how did they know that
Blossom needed an airlift?
Well, it turns out that
Blossom was in possession
of a satellite phone.
She called her father and he
had her airlifted out of there ASAP.
Before I went to the hospital, there
were these men in
spacesuits that came and took
the woman who tried to kill
me and put her in a body bag.
[helicopters whirring]
CLAUD: Hazmat suits.
It's standard operating procedure
for dealing with corpses.
[ominous music]
MELISSA: They were in
the main house, in our house.
They looked everywhere.
And then Hazmat guys
went in and more came out.
They painted over the
walls to hide Debbie's...
They made it look like
nothing ever happened.
CLAUD: They made it look
like she had died in a car wreck
or at least that's what they told her mom.
MELISSA: I know.
I gave her the necklace, and
I said what Debbie told me.
CLAUD: Mel, I know this is bad.
At least now the family gets closure
and they're spared the details
of how horribly Debbie died.
I mean, who are these
people and how can they
make all of this happen?
[chuckle] Blossom wasn't
kidding when she said Her Daddy
would fix it.
It all belonged to him...
The helicopters, the
ambulance, the private police.
Hell, he flew you to his private hospital.
I mean, how rich is he?
CLAUD: Very.
Oh, and Blossom, it's not even a real name.
She goes by that as her
flower name or hippie name
or something.
No, her real name is Gretchen
and she goes by that now.
[laugh] And you know that
guy, Noles, the radio guy?
Yeah, he's the whole reason that I
know about the mummy
or the Egyptian death cult.
We've seen that he's suitably rewarded.
If it wasn't for him, I...
I would have never been there
in time to stop that lady from...
You wouldn't be here right now.
Oh, this was delivered earlier.
What is it?
It's from Cedric Connors, Blossom's... sorry.
Gretchen's father.
Apparently, his daughter's ordeal
has made something of
a true believer out of him.
I'll tell you what.
Very rich people, they deal
with their problems using money.
Apparently, Cedric Connors doesn't
want the word about his darling daughter
joining up with an Egyptian
death cult getting out.
For whatever reason, he's now
funding a new research facility
on university grounds to be called
the Center for Cryptozoological
Research and Perception.
It will have 25 full-time researchers,
and the head of this
program will be yours truly.
DAVE: [grunts]
Dave.
What about Dave?
I don't want anyone to
take him away from me.
Neither does Mr. Connors.
Cedric Connors has
purchased this entire forest.
All 500 acres of it.
He wants to turn the main
house into the headquarters
for the crypto center's field research.
Going to install higher
walls, concertina wire, drones,
cameras, even a 24-hour security detail.
To keep Dave from running away?
CLAUD: No, no, the opposite.
To keep anyone from breaking in here
and hurting him or stealing him.
He's going to be one
safe, one happy Bigfoot.
What do you think about all that?
I think it's great.
I think it's everything you ever wanted.
I don't know.
You don't seem very happy.
No, it's just you'll be
busier than you already are
and I'll get to see you a
lot less than I already do.
I forgot one thing, though.
Cedric Connors provided funding for me
to have a personal assistant.
You know, someone to help me
do research and write my papers,
even run the center when I'm not around.
That person is going to
have to work by my side 24/7.
It's a very serious
proposition, and put up with me.
Do you know any suitable
candidates for that?
[howls]
[frantic music]
Welcome to another
Breaking the Code podcast
with your host, the incredible,
the incomparable Mack Knowles.
I know I've been talking about
this for the past two weeks,
but the sarcophagus of the Sekhenfu mummy
is in the museum downtown.
I fully expect someone will
try to steal it before it moves
on next week to another museum.
I suspect it will be two or
three seasoned thieves who
break in, disable the security camera,
and drive off with the sarcophagus.
They will most likely be driving
a nondescript van of some sort
and meet up with the brains of
the operation in some isolated
area.
What concerns me the most
is what if one of the thieves
knows what the true treasure is.
Not the astounding treasure
inside the sarcophagus
but the actual mummy itself.
The name of Sekhenfu
means he who strikes down
or the great avenger.
He carried with him to the afterlife
a pouch of tana leaves.
And it is said that by their power,
Sekhenfu may be resurrected
to wreak his awful vengeance.
TOM: When is she supposed
to come with the money?
Don't worry about it.
We got 10 minutes.
She'll be here.
You trust her?
She just wants the
treasure, but she doesn't
care what we do with the mummy.
So we just dump it, right?
There's a legend that if we burn
the tana leaves in the sarcophagus
a third at a time, that we can
bring the mummy back to life.
It'll be weak at first,
but after the third time,
it remains alive with superhuman strength.
That's insane.
Even if I believe a word
of what you just said,
how do we make money from a living mummy?
I'll sort it out.
Come on, let's start loading the loot.
[discordant music]
Jesus!
Well?
All right, hold your ponies.
JACKIE: Are you talking to me?
What if I am?
I put this job together.
When you work for me, I expect two things...
Competence and respect.
I can make you disappear
with the snap of my fingers.
If you want to get rich and
live to spend your money,
you'll remember those two things.
Got it, boss.
Competence and respect.
Is that everything?
Yeah, except for the mummy.
JACKIE: You wouldn't mind
if I take a look, would you?
Go ahead.
But I burned some of the tana leaves.
The mummy might come back to life.
Don't be an ass Get out of my way Was
that some idiotic attempt
to make me not look inside?
You think I would actually think
the mummy would come back
to life?
I'm no fool.
No, I think it really could be possible.
We're done here.
I never want to see
either of you ever again.
Is that clear?
[thwack]
STEVE: Damn!
It really happened.
You brought it back to life.
You think it'll come back to life again?
TOM: I don't think so.
STEVE: You don't think so.
I say we dump the mummy
where Jackie said to,
then get the hell back to the city.
Yeah.
[car doors thud]
NOLES: I've heard reports,
and they're incredible, folks.
Unsubstantiated so credit them as you will.
But reports of an
Egyptian death cult. [Beep]
The mummy of Sekhenfu, the
very mummy stolen from the museum
yesterday.
They can revive Sekhenfu and
use him to achieve their evil ends.
Revived, Sekhenfu would
have superhuman strength
so the cult could easily...
[click]
Daddy?
Daddy?
I'm sorry, Melly Mel.
I was trying not to wake you.
[guitar strumming]
I have to go meet with our new tenants.
They just arrived.
Can't they wait?
I have their keys.
And besides, we need the money.
So I cleaned the house
up since you were last here.
My daughter and I are perfectly
happy in the guest house
while my brother's away for several months,
so it's all good.
Thank you, Mr. Lambert.
Claud.
Now, you may recall that the grounds
feed into the woods of
these two paths right here.
Gets pretty dense back there.
It's easy to get lost.
But both paths ultimately lead out
to the beach, so no problems.
Oh, and I'm currently
conducting surveillance
in this part of the woods.
So there are cameras up in the trees,
and I've set out lures to
attract alpha predators.
Lures?
What kind of lures?
CLAUD: Oh, food mostly.
Yeah.
Animal carcasses.
We also rotate the areas that we're
surveying so I'll let you
know when we do that.
You said the street side
doesn't get much traffic, right?
CLAUD: No, no, not too
much traffic around here,
but we do hear random noises from time
to time from God knows where.
It's not too bad.
You get used to it.
Now, you do remember my one rule, yes?
Of course, leave the guest house alone.
You live there with your daughter?
Melissa.
What a beautiful name.
We won't disturb you.
This is for the front gate
and that's for the house.
Got it.
Thank you, Claud.
I assure you, we will be very private.
Daddy, how'd it go?
CLAUD: Fine.
Gave him their keys.
Went over all the house rules again.
I'm fixing your favorite, sausage sandwich.
What would I do without you?
But I'm going to have to
take a rain check, I'm afraid.
That conversation with our new tenants
took much longer than I thought it would.
And now I got to get going.
But it'll be ready in a minute.
You're going to need some energy.
Oh, no no, no, no, I have to...
I have to fix the door of the cage,
clean up all the leaves that are in there,
um, collect the video from
last week or so and any
other worthwhile evidentiary
material, bring it back here,
view it all, catalog it.
No no, no.
Besides, isn't that friend
of yours coming by today?
What's her name?
Debbie.
We're supposed to go to the beach.
Debbie.
She the one with the...
Yes, Dad.
You don't like her.
No, I like her.
I just don't...
I don't like the nose ring.
But hey, you two, you go
to the beach, you have fun.
Don't you worry about your old man.
Oh!
[relaxing music]
I feel like somebody's watching me.
Out here?
Come on.
I have a sixth sense about these things.
I always have.
Really?
Like ESP?
Are you sure this is the way to the beach?
This way or that path,
either one will get us there.
Or we could have just
driven there in a car on a road
and be there by now.
Well, I was thinking we could
take a break and do something
we don't want to do on the
road or on the beach or in public
at all.
AMY: Oh!
[eerie music]
[leaves crunch]
Did you hear that?
Hear what?
I didn't hear anything.
Someone's coming.
That was me.
Very funny.
Get your shit together.
We're going on the beach.
[grunt, choke]
What are you doing?
[screams]
No, no!
Please don't hurt me.
Please don't hurt me.
[shrieks]
[squelch]
[thud]
[frenetic music]
[humming]
Debbie, you scared me.
I didn't hear you come in.
Yeah, headphones.
I've been here for, like, two minutes.
It could have been two hours.
Mom was so beautiful.
I know you miss her.
I do too.
Yeah.
She was a great mom.
I remember she was
always so nice with the...
Can you stay for dinner?
Do you need any snacks?
Do you need a ride to the movies?
You girls need some spending cash?
Your mom was cool, too.
I'm glad you still have her.
All right.
We're like cats and dogs,
like cobra and mongooses.
We never stop fighting.
And she wears all those
weird clothes all the time.
It's honestly embarrassing
to go anywhere with her.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Yeah.
I never got to that point when my mom,
but it's normal to have
issues as you get older.
Yeah, she just doesn't get that.
Like, not a little kid anymore.
She still thinks that I'm 12.
Actually, she gave this to me.
It was my great grandmother's.
And honestly, I should get rid of it.
I don't want to own anything.
That's my mom's.
No, it's beautiful.
You should keep it.
You and your mom will
patch things up eventually.
I guess.
Now let's go to the beach.
Let's go.
[giggles]
[eerie music]
What you doing, Daddy?
Oh, just finishing the clean out here.
Then I'm going to go collect
the videos and anything
else of evidentiary interest.
Can we help?
Well, oh, no no no no.
No.
Thank you for the offer, but
you guys go down to the beach
and have some fun, OK?
We can switch the memory
cards, save you some time.
CLAUD: Oh, no no no no no.
Oh, but what you could do is, on your way
down there, keep your eye on the foliage.
If you see any hair, bits
of trash, you know the drill.
Collect it, and we can
analyze it later, right?
Oh, and also if you see any
unusual footprints on the way,
ideally, we cast those, right, honey?
But at the very least, we
want to measure them, right?
And... and take photographs.
Yeah, it's a lot.
Yeah, I think I want to just do it myself.
And I want the two of you
to go down to the beach
and have a great time.
OK.
[light music]
DEBBIE: Why did you volunteer
us to work with your dad.
I'm not here to work.
I'm here to beach.
Because I knew he'd say no.
He always says no.
Don't worry.
Not in any danger of
ruining your plan in the sun.
What's in the picnic basket?
Nothing for us.
Hey, watch where I'm going.
Look, you're my friend, right?
Besties.
So if I tell you something
that is super secret,
you can keep it secret?
No, I'll probably tell
everybody that I know.
You're aware of this.
OK.
We're going to make a stop
before we go to the beach.
I got someone to show you.
Unless you don't want to go.
I can bring Susie out here instead.
[gasp] Susie?
No, I want to know.
I'll keep quiet.
MELISSA: OK.
We're going this way.
[unsettling music]
This is what you were peeing
in your pants to show me?
Oh, my gosh.
Be patient.
Watch what happens.
I don't hear anything.
What the hell is that?
Is it broken?
Nope.
It worked just fine.
Is that a dog whistle like
the ones that you can't hear?
Are you telling me that you got a dog?
Are you hiding that dog from your dad?
Kind of.
It's just not a dog.
How do you know this thing even works?
My dad has a whole
collection of calls and whistles
for all the animals.
This was the only one that worked.
Well, what else is going to come running?
I don't know.
Come on.
[relaxing music]
Wow!
This is really something.
OK.
I'm glad you brought me here.
It's not... it's behind me, isn't it?
[growls]
Thank you for agreeing to
see me on such short notice.
NOLES: You did make it
sound urgent on the phone,
and much more important to me, interesting.
Well, I've heard your little radio show.
I know you present yourself as, sort of,
a self-styled expert on ancient Egypt.
I am.
I have a degree in ancient civilizations.
Pseudoscience.
And yes, you have a degree, but it's
from a fake online university.
You're rather harsh
for a... a cryptozoologist.
I'd say you and I labor
in the same vineyards.
Now, what have you got for me?
White cloth?
Looks very old.
May I take it out?
CLAUD: Be my guest.
Definitely Egyptian cotton.
Very old.
The weave pattern is reminiscent of that
used prior to the Old Kingdom.
Probably the very first dynasty
pharaoh's Menes Narmer, I'd say.
I would date this cloth back past 3,000 BC.
That old?
I would have thought that
3,000 BC predates mummification
techniques.
NOLES: You know, that
was originally the thought.
But we now believe
Egyptians developed methods
of preservation and
mummification as early as 4,000.
BC.
So you see, the mummy business
was going gangbusters by 3,000.
You didn't come all the way over here just
to show me this little
piece of cloth, did you?
This was a test.
And I really hope I passed because I
want to know what you found
out that's gotten you so hot
and bothered.
You could have warned me.
True, but it wouldn't
have been as much fun.
Come on.
You scared him too.
He just has to get used to you.
He is kind of cute.
You scared Debbie.
You're a bad boy.
Come on.
He doesn't bite.
Look, scratch behind his ears.
He loves that.
[groans, babbles]
Uh, what is he?
A Bigfoot?
OK.
How did you find him and him not eat you?
I was walking in the woods
four or five months ago.
I used to take a lot of nature walks.
Ugh, why?
I don't know.
I guess to find something
that would impress my dad.
He never lets me help him.
Hardly at all.
I never found anything until I scored
the biggest one of them all.
[laugh]
What happened?
Some idiot hunters put
a bunch of bear traps
and he'd gotten caught.
[growls, roars]
MELISSA (VOICE OVER):
I was scared to death,
but I couldn't take my eyes off of him.
[roars, whimpers]
[bear trap crack]
He opened the trap and tore it apart.
These guys are very strong.
[metallic snap]
I thought he might attack.
Animals get very
defensive when they're hurt.
Not this one.
He tried to run away, but
he couldn't put any weight
on that leg.
And after a step or two, he
just collapsed to the ground.
[guitar strumming]
When I go hiking, I
always bring my first aid kit.
The one I got when I was
taking those nursing classes.
I cleaned his wound and
applied some analgesic.
Gave him some amoxicillin,
ivermectin, Diazepam,
and wrapped him up.
I was always good at wrapping in class.
Changed it every two
days until he healed up.
OK.
You'll see it here in
another second or two.
There, there.
NOLES: What am I looking at.
It's a mummy.
No, that's someone dressed
up as a mummy walking around.
You see, mummies are dead.
That is a fraud, a prankster.
I don't know if you're just
a gullible fool or maybe
you're the prankster yourself.
But the glove.
It's a cloth, yes.
And it appears to be from
the correct time period.
Again, so what?
Believe it or not, mummies are
available on the black market,
but they're all dead mummies.
I thought a mummy was
just stolen from the museum.
I heard about it on your little podcast.
Yeah, Sekhenfu.
Yes.
But he's a dead mummy.
But they said that the
thieves might try to resurrect it
and it happened.
OK, we're done here.
That should be obvious to you
that I want a bigger audience
for my podcast so I say whatever
I think I can get away with.
Look, Doc, I appreciate
a good grift, I really do.
Just not in my expense.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Check this out.
There, that amulet.
That's your proof.
Each high priest had an amulet made.
Only one was created
and its design was unique.
That is a design for Sekhenfu.
The mummy that was stolen from the museum?
Yep, downtown.
Here make a new friend.
DEBBIE: What's this?
MELISSA: Jerky.
He mostly eats the nuts and the berries.
One day, I just found he just loves jerky.
For real?
MELISSA: Yeah, he
goes crazy over that stuff.
Like I said, he doesn't eat people.
No, stop that.
No, bad Dave.
Eat the right way.
Hey!
There you go.
Smart Dave.
You're such a good boy.
You're such a good boy.
Dave?
Did you just call him Dave?
I had to call him something.
That is a stupidest name
for a pet that I've ever heard.
What is he?
MELISSA: I don't know.
Dad knows more about the morphology.
Why haven't you told him yet?
I mean, this is what
he's looking for, right?
With all the cameras and the trees.
And you've got him right here.
At first, I wanted to
wait until he healed up.
And then I thought, I don't
want to just hand him off to Dad.
I want to prove that I can
find stuff out about him,
train him, and test his limits.
OK.
Well, it seems like
you've done all of that.
So why haven't you told your dad yet?
Because he'll put him in a cage.
He'll become a research
subject for the rest of his life.
And I built trust with him.
He'll think I abandoned him.
[growls]
What... what is it doing?
He does this.
He hears something, and he goes nuclear.
It's OK.
It's OK, Dave.
It's OK, darling.
It's OK.
It's OK, Dave.
Yes, thank you for warning us.
Um, I don't see anything around here.
Dave's hearing is a lot better than ours.
There's probably a grizzly or cougar.
A what?
What are we even doing out here?
OK.
You know what, just in
case your big boy's right,
this should scare it off, whatever it is.
[thwack]
[eerie music]
Sounds like a false alarm.
You OK?
I'm kind of freaking out.
MELISSA: Why don't you go
back to the house and shower
or whatever?
And I'll stay here and calm Dave down.
No, but I'll leave you by yourself.
[pee splashing]
Oh, my God!
MELISSA: Yeah, he does that.
You get used to it, the
smell, sort of, eventually.
OK, why don't you just leave this to me?
You being a stranger might
make Dave more nervous.
You know what?
I am going to go back to
the house and take a shower.
I have a date with Jason later.
Jason?
I thought you were hanging out with Robert.
Mom likes Robert.
She hates Jason.
I don't know.
Maybe you're right.
This has to be fake, right?
Just some kid fooling around or something.
No, no, no, Doc.
Trust me on this.
Almost no one, and I mean no
one, knows that amulet exists.
It could be the real deal
stolen with the mummy.
If it is, it's worth a fortune
on the black market.
I personally know a guy who
would pay you $5 mil for it,
no questions asked.
Look, Dr. Lambert, there really is a cult,
an Egyptian death cult in town.
They know the rites to
resurrect that mummy.
All they need is Sekhenfu,
a human sacrifice
and the tana leaves that were
hidden in the sarcophagus.
Tana leaves?
A tana leaf.
Where did you get that?
At my house.
On... on the steps by my rental property.
We just had new tenants move in.
I don't know anything about them,
and there are quite a few of them.
That's very ominous.
Ominous indeed.
Today, you said?
They're moving faster than I thought.
I mentioned human sacrifice.
Don't you have a daughter, Dr. Lambert?
Oh, there's no answer.
She and her friend are down at the beach.
They might be getting a signal.
If I were you, I'd go straight
home, go to the beach,
wherever, get my daughter,
and get the hell out of there.
Go straight to the cops
and don't look back.
But I do want the whole
story when it's over.
Noles, those ancient scrolls you mentioned,
do they give any instructions on how
to destroy a resurrected mummy?
NOLES: Yeah, dismember the bitch.
In other words tear him
apart before he tears you apart.
[frenetic music]
[screams, thumps]
MELISSA: Oh, Debbie.
Hey, Debbie?
What time do you want...
Debbie?
Oh my God!
Debbie, Debbie.
Debbie, Debbie!
Debbie?
Debbie, Debbie!
Mel, is that you?
Yeah, I'm right here.
I'm right here.
Debbie, I'm right here.
What happened?
What happened?
Tell Mom I'm sorry.
MELISSA: I will.
I will.
I'm so sorry, Debbie.
I will, Debbie.
I will, I will.
No!
No!
[screams]
And you remember my main rule?
Of course, leave the guest house alone.
You live there with your daughter.
Melissa.
What a beautiful name.
We won't disturb you.
This is for the front gate
and that's for the house.
We all have a place in
this world changing event.
We will be resurrecting
the mummy of Sekhenfu.
This is Esraa, descendant of Sekhenfu.
She has a psychic link to
him and she will guide us
through our journey.
I look forward to changing
the world at last, my sisters.
Blossom comes from a family who has
given very much to this cause.
I don't seek personal wealth.
I'm all about nature.
What the Earth gives us is a gift.
What's that supposed to mean?
You should learn to
relax like the sunflower.
Bask in the sunlight.
[sigh] Clearly, you've never heard
of the power of the flower.
Clearly, you never heard of
the power of my fucking fists.
MARION: That's enough, Pam.
Pam is here to do whatever
it takes to reach our goals.
And finally, this is Faith.
She will be making the
greatest contribution of all us.
I serve humbly.
MARION: She will be the first sacrifice
to the resurrection of
Sekhenfu when the time comes.
[gasp] The time is now.
I know where he is.
[unsettling music]
Something I can help you with?
I've already got a smoke.
What?
I don't smoke those anyway.
Oh, this?
This is just my first aid kit.
You expect me to injure
myself working on flowers?
It won't happen.
I'm just looking for a good
place to stash this box.
Maybe someone will want it
after I... you know, I'm gone.
Yeah, nobody ever looks in there.
Is Blossom your real name?
It's real to me.
Is Faith your real name?
I don't know my real name.
I moved around in the foster system.
I've been called a lot of
things, none of them good.
If it was up to me, I would call you Iris.
Oh, Iris is the elegance of a
rainbow personified, the most
beautiful flower of them all.
It made me sad when Pam crushed
that flower you gave her.
[sigh] Take this.
It's a chrysanthemum.
It gives you positive energy.
Thank you.
No one usually gives me anything.
I got a friendship
bracelet once from Emily.
She was my foster sister.
I hope it brings you good
fortune on your journey.
I wonder when they'll want to sacrifice me.
No one's making you do this, right?
No, no no, no, I want to.
I... I tried to, you know, do
it myself a couple of times.
I always screw it up.
I like the idea of doing it
for some cause, you know.
Yeah.
And I'm sure you'll
know if it's right for you
when the time comes.
[stirring music]
Don't just sit there.
This thing's fucking heavy.
Oh, Lord, you're fucking useless.
At last.
The time is here.
Today is the day.
We light a third of the tana leaves
and present Sekhenfu with our sacrifice.
It will be our first step
toward his reclamation.
Faith, are you ready
for your time to shine?
Yes, I want to do this.
Can I help you?
Does that book say anything
about where I'll go after the...
Your sacrifice?
Not specifically.
Do you have any guesses?
I don't guess.
But I'll be helping, right?
We shall see.
What do you mean?
You ladies are having a party in here?
Why wasn't I invited?
I was just trying to figure
out a little more before...
You're having doubts and you
wanted more info from Esraa.
She seems to know
the most about the ritual.
Well, she knows about the structure,
but I'm the one who
understands the meaning.
Who's spiritual gift you
are giving to this world.
Can you tell me more?
You spend your life searching for answers,
searching for purpose.
You tried more than once to
end your life and end it without.
Meaning But your
sacrifice will resurrect a god.
And without question, you will
be rewarded within the next life
by the god of all gods.
And every story that
documents this movement
will begin with your
name and your gift, Faith.
You are the greatest of us all.
Thank you, Marion.
I'm ready.
Blossom is preparing a meal.
Why don't you go and tell her what you
would like to eat tonight, hm?
You really know what to say to people, huh.
[giggle] You won't find it in any book.
One last cigar before the big sacrifice.
I told you...
Oh, you said that's your first aid kit.
That's right.
How about a last meal?
Can you make lasagne?
I had it once.
This blonde girl, one of my
foster sisters, snuck me some.
It was frozen but still
probably one of the best things
I ever ate.
A blonde girl.
Emily.
Your foster sister, you mentioned her.
She was the closest
thing I had to a family.
BLOSSOM: I think I can make lasagne
if you're OK with dairy-free
cheese and gluten-free noodles
and soy for the protein.
I'm vegan.
I'm not hungry.
Did I hear you making motherfucking lasagne
with motherfucking fake meats?
She's not hungry.
I'd rather starve and die than
whatever hippie shit you make.
Oh, is that a last smoke?
I can respect that.
I'm ready for the ceremony.
Repeat after me.
Splinter of life, take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
ALL: Splinter of life,
take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
[drum beats]
Splinter of life, take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
Splinter of life, take haste, take hold.
Quicken the path to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
Splinter of light, life,
take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
[eerie music]
ESRAA: Repeat the chant.
ALL: Splinter of life,
take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's life.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
Splinter of life take haste, take hold.
Quicken the breath to awaken the soul.
Let blood to love flow
and quicken love's light.
Our love's life let grow
as your soul takes flight.
We offer the sacrifice to
resurrect your soul O great one.
Prepare yourself, Faith.
[groans]
Sekhenfu, are you ready to lead us?
[non-English]
What did you say to him?
I said you will lead us to glory.
He is weak now.
He needs another night of
exposure to the tana leaves.
For now he rests.
Hey, you!
You can do this.
This needs washing.
Our members are only
going to grow so we need
to get as many ropes as we can.
OK.
[dramatic music]
Are you still searching
that book for answers?
I wish I knew more.
The book helps, but
there are several details
that aren't clear.
What do you mean?
Um, so I'm reading something that
makes me believe we
will need another sacrifice.
MARION: We didn't plan for that.
Would Blossom or Pam be willing?
They are not options.
Why not?
I thought you would do anything
necessary to restore Sekhenfu
to power.
Within reason.
I rely on Pam and Blossom's
money to fund what we do.
Once the resurrection is complete,
then we won't have to rely on
those two so much anymore.
And then I won't care what happens to them.
Do you understand?
No.
I'm a true believer.
We all should be.
Any one of us should
be willing to sacrifice.
You trust me, don't you?
Yes.
If we need to sacrifice someone else,
I will make sure you have another subject.
As many of you know, I was planning
on giving you all the dirt on
fluoride in the water tonight.
And I'll still do that, but first
I want to move in a different direction.
I lost someone a while back.
She was a bit older than me so not young.
But she died alone, almost
no friends in this world.
I won't go into our relationship,
but I'm honored that I was someone
that she could, in fact,
call a friend, someone
who appreciated what she
stood for, what she lived for.
Her name was Genevieve,
and today is her birthday.
I strongly suspect that many of you
out there have a Genevieve in your life.
So I am raising a glass to you, Genevieve,
and to all you stood for.
May you live on in my heart for as long
as I remain on this Earth.
[piano music]
Marion, I want to be clear.
I feel a strong connection to Sekhenfu.
I get that you want to run a cult.
It's not a cult.
I believe in the warrior.
His blood runs through my veins.
I will do anything to bring
him back fully to the living,
to be our ruler.
I will do whatever it takes.
Will you really change the world for good?
I've trusted the wrong
powerful people more than once.
[somber music]
[frantic music]
PAM: I'm home, fuckers!
Stop the mummy, Pam.
[whack, clatter]
Pam, Pam!
Ow!
What did you do?
Nothing.
The leaves just started smoking.
I didn't realize until it was too late.
Maybe we should go after him.
What?
No, the fuck is strong.
I'm not doing that.
Fuck.
You need to knock.
Oh.
[knocks on bed]
What do you want, Blossom?
Something really bad happened.
What?
I swear the leaves just
started smoking by themselves.
What have you done, fools?
You didn't really expect
us to stop him, did you?
He was really fucking strong.
I thought he needed
three exposures to the leaf.
Someone must have burned
the leaves once before us.
[eerie music]
Esraa, can't you just use your psychic link
to call back Sekhenfu.
[ominous music]
I'm not feeling it.
We need to get closer to him.
He has to be in the woods.
I still think we will need
another sacrifice to demonstrate
our dedication to our king.
I will offer myself for sacrifice.
No.
[laugh] No, Esraa, you
should not be the one.
I need you.
I need you to complete the sacrifice.
And I need you to bring
Sekhenfu back to power.
But there is someone living in
the guest house with her father,
and he's not home today.
But she is.
Won't that draw attention?
We can't hurt her.
She's not one of us.
You should be willing to
kill anyone for the cause.
You said yourself, we
don't want to draw attention.
And her father might suspect us.
We will kill the father
if that's necessary.
We're so close now.
We need to do whatever it takes.
Of course.
Of course, whatever it takes.
But will it even work?
I thought the sacrifice needed
to be from a willing subject,
right?
But I found a passage in the book that
says, as long as it is offered up
with the prayer of intentions, it will
complete the transformation.
PAM: All right.
How do we find the mummy?
MARION: We'll split up
and search the woods.
Esraa and I will go one way to the west.
And you take Blossom and go east.
Why don't you go with Blossom?
Just... just do what you're told to, OK?
Whatever you do, if
you find Sekhenfu first,
do not anger him.
You're fucking telling me
I'm a fucking angry person?
I'm not fucking angry person.
I can't control my
motherfucking anger, all right?
Just don't speak to him.
If you find him first, just call us, OK?
All right.
OK.
All right.
You're not fucking going with me.
I fucking hate you.
Think about it.
What are you going to do if you find him?
Whatever it takes to bring him back home.
Because I'm fucking pissed I
was so fucking scared of him.
But I'm not anymore.
I'm fucking going.
Good luck.
PAM: You!
The girl is in here.
Her name is Melissa.
If you feel certain we
need another sacrifice,
we will take her once Sekhenfu is secured.
[frenetic music]
Shall we call out his name?
I don't think that will help.
I'm a little concerned about Pam
and Blossom finding Sekhenfu
before we do.
If Pam displays her anger at Sekhenfu,
that could present a problem.
If he kills her, will that
count as a sacrifice?
PAM: No.
As I said before, we need
to offer up someone to him.
It needs to be our offering, our gift.
Pam getting killed for being
insolent would not be the case.
There you are, motherfucker You're
staying with me all right?
Did you get it?
I'm so fucking pissed you
fucking knocked me down.
But now it's not going to happen again.
I'm calling your motherfucking
friend Esraa, all right?
Stay here.
Damn.
No service.
Really?
Fuck.
Hey you, motherfucker.
You're staying with me, I told you.
I hear Pam.
She's yelling at him.
[thud]
Fight me, motherfucker.
[whack]
Did Pam do that to you?
She threw something at your
head and you had to kill her.
I'm sure she got what she deserved.
Sekhenfu, we need you.
Please come with us.
We have a final sacrifice for you
and you will lead us to glory.
[non-English]
Why didn't you go with Pam?
She wouldn't let me.
Well, now she's dead.
What?
Yeah, the mummy killed her.
It doesn't count as our sacrifice.
We're going to get someone for that.
But don't let the mummy leave this time.
OK.
Don't let him out of your sight.
[surging music]
Should we just walk in?
Let's try knocking first.
MELISSA: [screaming]
[scuffling]
Come, come.
Keep a hold on her.
What did you do to her?
[thump]
BLOSSOM: What happened
I have no idea.
It doesn't matter.
We need to do this quickly.
Gag her and tie her up.
I don't know how to do any of that.
ESRAA: Give her to me.
[shrieks]
MARION: Don't let her go.
We said we need to do this quickly.
Let go... let go of me.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Let go of me.
Did you kill Debbie?
[muffled screams]
Wait.
We need to do this right.
OK.
Let's get the ceremonial robe.
I need my book.
OK.
Blossom, don't let anything
happen for a minute, OK?
Do you think you can handle that?
OK.
[sobbing]
Go.
I think he killed Debbie.
Go!
[squeaks, groans]
[whack]
[gasps]
[non-English speech]
[frantic music]
Aah!
What do you want?
What are you doing here?
We are here to make you immortal,
to be a part of something
far greater than yourself.
This is a chance to be
a part of a historic event,
a special opportunity to
give your life a meaning.
Yeah, so special, you would
drag some random human being
to your secret hideout?
You're still groggy from all
those knocks in the head,
aren't you?
You could pass out again any time.
In fact, I believe you're about to.
That would make it easier on us and you.
Otherwise, [sigh] I believe
you'll find it quite unpleasant.
Stop.
Get that thing away from me.
DAVE: [growls]
[non-English] enough talk.
We need to do this now.
[non-English speech]
[babbles]
[thump]
[cries]
[gasps]
[thud]
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Blossom?
Daddy?
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Blossom!
[sobs]
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Where are you?
Daddy.
CEDRIC (ON PHONE): Blossom?
No, not Blossom anymore.
I'm Gretchen.
Daddy, I need help.
I'm bleeding.
I'm in so much trouble, Daddy.
People are dead.
He's killing more now.
I'm in so much trouble.
[whack]
[growls, roars]
[slam, bang]
[roar]
[squeal]
[thuds, thumps]
DAVE: [roar]
[frantic music]
Right.
Are you looking for this?
I'll leave you to bleed out.
[slash]
[gasps, chokes]
I'm not brainwashed anymore.
[knife thwacks]
DAVE: [gibbers]
[whacks, thumps]
[cries]
[intense music]
[pants, growls]
[bangs, thud]
[crunch, bandage tears]
[babbles, thumps]
[snarls, thuds]
ESRAA: Get up.
You know that thing.
It's protecting you.
Call it off.
Call it off.
[whacks]
Call him off!
I can't.
I've never seen him before.
Stop lying.
Stop him.
OK, yeah.
You're right.
I have seen him before.
And my monster is going
to curbstomp your monster
and there's nothing you can do about it.
I can do this.
[gunshot]
[scream]
[gunshot]
MELISSA: No, Dave, run!
Run, Dave, run!
[gunshot]
No!
[thump]
[frantic music]
[bangs]
[whimpers]
It looks like my monster will
beat your monster after all.
[cries]
[non-English] You ruined everything!
I'm going to add my face will
be the last thing you'll ever see!
[crack]
Put your hand on the wound, Melly.
No, don't shoot, Daddy.
Don't shoot.
He saved my life.
I know.
I saw everything.
What... you want to tell me what's going on?
Not right now, Daddy.
He can't die.
He can't die.
He's not even fighting back.
Come on.
Fight, Dave!
Fight, fight, please.
Fight, Dave, fight.
[groans]
[roars]
[snarl, rips]
[hoots]
Sweet Jesus!
We got to get you to a doctor.
OK.
Oh.
There's no signal.
I need to call an ambulance.
BLOSSOM: No, no.
Daddy will take care of everything.
I'll just go inside and use
the landline to give a call.
No, no, he won't like that.
Daddy will take care of everything.
Everything.
Well, I still need...
[SIRENS BLARING, HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
Dad, ambulances.
Somebody must have called them.
Daddy.
[sigh]
Want some more tea, Melly Mel?
[sigh]
OK, Daddy.
I still don't get what happened.
I mean, those helicopters
came and took Blossom away,
and then an ambulance
came to take me to the hospital.
But who called them?
And how did they know that
Blossom needed an airlift?
Well, it turns out that
Blossom was in possession
of a satellite phone.
She called her father and he
had her airlifted out of there ASAP.
Before I went to the hospital, there
were these men in
spacesuits that came and took
the woman who tried to kill
me and put her in a body bag.
[helicopters whirring]
CLAUD: Hazmat suits.
It's standard operating procedure
for dealing with corpses.
[ominous music]
MELISSA: They were in
the main house, in our house.
They looked everywhere.
And then Hazmat guys
went in and more came out.
They painted over the
walls to hide Debbie's...
They made it look like
nothing ever happened.
CLAUD: They made it look
like she had died in a car wreck
or at least that's what they told her mom.
MELISSA: I know.
I gave her the necklace, and
I said what Debbie told me.
CLAUD: Mel, I know this is bad.
At least now the family gets closure
and they're spared the details
of how horribly Debbie died.
I mean, who are these
people and how can they
make all of this happen?
[chuckle] Blossom wasn't
kidding when she said Her Daddy
would fix it.
It all belonged to him...
The helicopters, the
ambulance, the private police.
Hell, he flew you to his private hospital.
I mean, how rich is he?
CLAUD: Very.
Oh, and Blossom, it's not even a real name.
She goes by that as her
flower name or hippie name
or something.
No, her real name is Gretchen
and she goes by that now.
[laugh] And you know that
guy, Noles, the radio guy?
Yeah, he's the whole reason that I
know about the mummy
or the Egyptian death cult.
We've seen that he's suitably rewarded.
If it wasn't for him, I...
I would have never been there
in time to stop that lady from...
You wouldn't be here right now.
Oh, this was delivered earlier.
What is it?
It's from Cedric Connors, Blossom's... sorry.
Gretchen's father.
Apparently, his daughter's ordeal
has made something of
a true believer out of him.
I'll tell you what.
Very rich people, they deal
with their problems using money.
Apparently, Cedric Connors doesn't
want the word about his darling daughter
joining up with an Egyptian
death cult getting out.
For whatever reason, he's now
funding a new research facility
on university grounds to be called
the Center for Cryptozoological
Research and Perception.
It will have 25 full-time researchers,
and the head of this
program will be yours truly.
DAVE: [grunts]
Dave.
What about Dave?
I don't want anyone to
take him away from me.
Neither does Mr. Connors.
Cedric Connors has
purchased this entire forest.
All 500 acres of it.
He wants to turn the main
house into the headquarters
for the crypto center's field research.
Going to install higher
walls, concertina wire, drones,
cameras, even a 24-hour security detail.
To keep Dave from running away?
CLAUD: No, no, the opposite.
To keep anyone from breaking in here
and hurting him or stealing him.
He's going to be one
safe, one happy Bigfoot.
What do you think about all that?
I think it's great.
I think it's everything you ever wanted.
I don't know.
You don't seem very happy.
No, it's just you'll be
busier than you already are
and I'll get to see you a
lot less than I already do.
I forgot one thing, though.
Cedric Connors provided funding for me
to have a personal assistant.
You know, someone to help me
do research and write my papers,
even run the center when I'm not around.
That person is going to
have to work by my side 24/7.
It's a very serious
proposition, and put up with me.
Do you know any suitable
candidates for that?
[howls]
[frantic music]