Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Back in the suite, Willie stands by the entrance to the secret passage, peering into the dark tunnel –
 

WILLIE (CONT'D)

Indiana Jones?! Are you in there?!

INT. THE CHAMBER

Indy mutters irritably to himself –
 

INDIANA

Yes, we're in here...

He looks everywhere for something to open the door. Short Round spots a loose brick and moves it –
 

SHORT ROUND

Indy, I found a –

Suddenly they hear a rumble and Indy turns to see the opposite wall moving – the spikes start appearing! Their lethal points protrude from the wall as it starts closing in toward Indy and Short Round.

SHORT ROUND (CONT'D)

Indy!

Shorty points up and Indiana sees more spikes descending from the ceiling! Indy turns toward the door and shouts –
 

INDIANA

Uh – Willie?!

(louder)

Willie, you better get down here!

INT. WILLIE'S SUITE

Willie listens and looks scared –
 

WILLIE

(shouting back)

What?!

INDIANA (O.S.)

Willie, come here! Hurry up, we're in trouble!!

SHORT ROUND (O.S.)

Willie, help!!

Willie is frightened, confused and jumping around –
 

INT. THE SPIKE CHAMBER

The deadly spikes inch slowly toward them from the wall and ceiling. They start pounding on the door and shout –
 

INDIANA

Willie, damn it! Get down here, NOW

INT. WILLIE'S SUITE

Willie finds the courage to finally whimper and step into the dark passage –
 

WILLIE

Oh hell – I bet I get all dirty again!

INT. THE TUNNEL

Willie starts down the dark tunnel toward the chamber.

INDIANA (O.S.)

WILLIE?!

WILLIE

I'm coming, what's the rush?! Ohh! What's that?! There's stuff all over the floor! I can't see a thing!

INT. THE SPIKE CHAMBER

They hear her coming and Indy watches nervously as the spikes draw even closer –
 

INDIANA

Move, Willie! Faster!

INT. THE TUNNEL

Willie crawls and crunches on the littered floor –
 

WILLIE

It's all wet and icky! Aaahh – things are moving!!

She sees the low lamp by the door to the chamber.

SHORT ROUND (O.S.)

Please, Willie!

She grabs the lamp and turns it up so it burns brighter. She looks around – and SCREAMS!! She sees the sickening, swarming mass of glistening insects crawling toward her, attracted by the light –

WILLIE
(hysterical)

There's bugs! Bugs all over! Help! Help me!

INDIANA (O.S.)

Willie, open the door! GET US OUT OF HERE!

Willie pounds on the door –
 

WILLIE

OPEN THE DOOR! LET ME IN!!

INT. THE SPIKE ROOM

The spikes close in –
 

INDIANA

GET US OUT! Willie, shut up and listen! There's got to be a fulcrum release! Look around!

WILLIE (O.S.)

A what?!

INT. THE TUNNEL

Willie whines and frantically searches the wall. Insects are crawling and jumping on her and she kicks at them!
 

INDIANA (O.S.)

A fulcrum release lever!

WILLIE

I can't find any lever! Help me Indy!

INT. THE SPIKE CHAMBER

Indiana and Short Round are backed against the wall and the spikes are a foot away and moving in –
 

INDIANA

Look around, Willie! There's got to be a lever hidden somewhere! Come on, you can do it!

INT. THE TUNNEL

Insects drop onto Willie from the ceiling and fly at her as she flattens against the wall. Then her elbow hits something – a loose stone. She claws at it and it falls out of the wall leaving a hole.

WILLIE

There's a hole! I found a square hole!

INDIANA (O.S.)

That's it – the release lever – look inside!

WILLIE

I am – it looks horrible!

The hole is revolting :covered with squirming insects, it also oozes some kind of glistening mucus.

INDIANA (O.S.)

Reach inside!

Willie moves her hand toward the nauseating hole then pulls back.

WILLIE

I can't, Indy! I can't!

INT. THE SPIKE TUNNEL

Indiana turns his head sideways and sucks in his breath, but the deadly spikes are poking into his leather jacket now –
 

INDIANA

The lever! Willie, do it! NOW!

INT. THE TUNNEL

Willie screams and jams her hand into the gross hole –
 

WILLIE

Oh God, it's soft – it's moving!

INDIANA (O.S.)

Willie!

INT. THE SPIKE CHAMBER

Short Round is frightened to death and crying –
 

SHORT ROUND

Willie, help us! Hurry!

INT. THE TUNNEL

She hears Short Round crying and twists her hand in the disgusting hole. Suddenly the door springs open! Willie pulls her hand out and stares in horror – her hand and arm are covered with greenish slimy dung!

INT. THE SPIKE CHAMBER

The spikes suddenly retract, disappearing into the wall and closing. Indy pulls Willie inside the chamber and the door slams shut again. Willie dances around, yelling about the hideous slime on her arm.

WILLIE

Get is off me – get it off!

Indy helps her wipe it off. Willie falls back against the door.

WILLIE (CONT'D)

You left me out there! What in the hell were you doing in here?! I want to leave this place right now!!

She sees the same lever that Short Round pulled earlier and grabs for it. Indiana dives and manages to stop her from activating the spikes again.

INDIANA

Not that one! We had enough of that one, thank you...

He looks around and spots a small rock protruding from the wall. Cautiously, praying that it won't activate another booby trap, Indy pushes the rock.

A large door opens on the other side of the chamber – a soft wind howls past outside the chamber.

INT. THE WIND TUNNEL
 

Indiana, Short Round and Willie exit the spike chamber and head down a larger tunnel through which a roaring wind intermittently blows, howling eerily like a note of gloomy music.

Indiana follows a curve in the tunnel and they see light approaching. The wind howls another dramatic note which gales past them as they reach the mouth of the tunnel.

Indiana is joined by Willie and Short Round. They all stop in astonishment at the sight below them:

INT. THE TEMPLE OF DEATH
 

As the camera pulls back, the mouth of the wind tunnel in which they are standing becomes just a small hole overlooking the staggering vastness of the incredible TEMPLE OF DEATH.

The colossal subterranean temple has been carved out of a solid mass of rock. A vaulting cathedral-like ceiling is supported by rows of carved stone columns.

Balconies overlook the temple floor. Pillared halls leading to dark side chambers. Moving out of these chambers, hundreds of faithful worshippers chant as they enter the temple.

Mammoth stone statues of elephants, lions and demi-gods (half-man, half-animal monstrosities) loom above the swelling crowds or worshippers.

As the wind howls out of the tunnel high above the temple, the worshippers chant in response to the strange tunnel music.

INT. THE TUNNEL

The moaning wind rushes past Indiana, Willie and Short Round as they watch the mystery cult below bowing toward an enormous altar at the far end of the temple.

This altar is a platform jutting out from the stone wall of the cavern. Separating the worshippers from this altar is a wide crevasse out of which wisps of smoke rise occasionally.

 
INT. THE ALTAR
 

On the other side of the crevasse, evil-looking priests materialize out of clouds of swirling smoke. The priests carry smoke-billowing urns to a giant stone statue.

Now, we see the hideous protectress of the temple, the obscenely malevolent object of the cult's devotion: the bloodthirsty goddess KALI!

The red-eyed priests bow at the base of the statue and gaze reverently at their KALI MA. Skulls surround her stone feet carved serpents twist up her legs, while around her waist there is a gruesome belt of human hands.

Naked to the hips, Kali's hair falls about her four arms. In her hand, she holds a sword, in the second the severed head of a giant. With her other hands she encourages her worshipers, who are chanting louder and louder!

Kali's face is loathsome: her earrings are two corpses. Her evil tongue extends out of her twisted mouth and what looks like read blood flows over her long fangs and down her naked breasts.

INT. THE WIND TUNNEL

Watching from the high opening, Willie looks disgusted.

WILLIE

What is it...?

INDIANA

It's a Thuggee ceremony. They're worshipping Kali, the goddess of Death and Destruction.

INT. THE TEMPLE OF DEATH

A huge drum sounds three times and the chanting stops. The silence is chilling as another robed figure appears out of the some on the altar.

This is MOLA RAM, the High Priest of the Thugge cult. Mola Ram's red-rimmed eyes glare from the sunken sockets in his sinister face. Here is a man who looks as vile and diabolic as the unholy goddess rising behind him.

Up in the wind tunnel, Indy stares down at the High Priest and realizes that is was Mola Ram he saw conferring with Chattar Lal in the palace garden.

As the drum booms three times more, Mola Ram lifts one arm up from his emaciated body and suddenly there is a scream!

All heads turn toward an unfortunate, struggling Indian begin dragged out by priests. The man's face and body are wildly painted. He screams again as he's tied onto a square iron frame laying atop a large flat stone.