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The haunted castle in "Monkey King" is really hokey but I do recommend the Transylvania Young Indy esisode. Are you familiar with the '65 version of H.Rider Haggard's "She"? Christopher Lee is Ayesha's right-hand man similar to what you've described and considering Lee appeared in another Young Indy tale (Austria), it's easy to imagine him in a Hammer-type, Indy film.avidfilmbuff said:No I have not read the Monkey King script, but I have downloaded it, I'll read it eventually. The whole haunted castle thing seems an interesting idea, but I really love the idea of placing Indy against a Christopher Lee type cult leader. Perhaps a character along the lines of Boris Karloff's character in the Black Cat.
Yeah! "Golden Voyage" is high adventure and a very Indy-like story! It's from 1974, btw As a kid, I saw it at the theatre and the demon's face in the flames scared the $*!# out of me! (Big Sindbad fan here and I got Harryhausen's autograph in person a couple of years ago. I'm not an autograph collector but couldn't pass on the opportunity.)Violet Indy said:I do love the idea of a Hammer feel to Indy V, as I quite enjoy those and also enjoy the monster B movies of the 50s (such as "Creature from the Black Lagoon", which would have been a good foil for KOTCS). In which case, if Eden was the MacGuffin you could do something decent for the snake.... Though I do remember reading somewhere about an idea Lucas and Spielberg had about Indy being eaten by a giant snake and escaping, which was eventually shelved and I wouldn't be surprised if this idea was to surface in an Indy V with Eden.
Also another monster B-movie influence could be the Harryhausen films of the 50s and 60s such as the Sinbad movies (I watched "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" recently and couldn't believe the ending's similarity to the ending of KOTCS with the pyramid and it's source of power). The Sinbad films are closer to the 30s serial genre than 50s scifi movies and could be more easier to swallow for the audience, of course, with hopefully A movie quality.
I would love to see a cable-car scene! As for the undead, a giant snake and the Devil, himself, this thread may interest you: Indiana Jones III - The Cave of Death?emtiem said:I've heard a Hammer-style Indy movie suggested before, and I like the idea a lot! I think it'd be a lot of fun to have Indy up against someone like this- a big nighttime climax in the caverns under a castle on the side of a mountain somewhere in the middle of Europe, complete with thunder and lightning outside? All as Indy battles to stop an evil cult attempting to free the Devil himself from his bonds and let him walk the Earth?
Indiana Jones and the Creature from the Pit? Yeah, bring it on. You can have Di Vinci Code-style undercover cult members at every turn (in the police, army etc.), secret libraries full of texts that have been banned by the church, a thrilling cable car ride up to the castle... works for me.