Viewer beware.
You're in for a scare!
Goosebumps.
"From Aunt Benna. Somewhere in the jungle of Baladora"?
Mom! It's alive! Alive!
You want me to send my son away from home,
to a jungle on the other side of the world for two whole weeks?
Kahar lahia.
Come on, you worthless piece of junk! Fly! Fly!
Kalia? Kalia!
Mark! I'm Dr. Hawlings.
Well, one of them anyway. You just call me Carolyn.
This is all really fascinating and everything,
but I kind of want to see my aunt.
- Is she in her tent or something? - Not exactly.
She's... disappeared.
I'm afraid there's still no sign of our Dr. Thomas.
There may be a solution.
- We have her nephew. - A hostage?
Let go of me! Let go! Let go! Let go!
Mark, there's really no need for any of this.
Oh, yeah? I heard you talking on the radio.
You're lying about something.
Gentlemen do not lie, Mark.
They do, however, often find occasion
to choose which truth to tell.
Oh, yeah? Like what really happened to my aunt?
Yes.
I'm afraid we haven't been entirely honest
about our situation.
But, well, I was afraid
you might find all of this a bit hard to understand.
- Try me. - Very well.
It all started about five years ago.
Your aunt was studying the rituals
of certain ancient tribes of the region
when she stumbled upon something known as "kahar lahi'ia."
Roughly translated, it means "jungle magic."
It's rather hard to explain,
but it's a sort of combination of herbal medicines,
meditation and hypnosis,
and it gives the user virtually unlimited telekinetic powers
over objects both animate and inanimate,
living or dead.
Benna began experimenting with jungle magic,
using our poor workers here as her first subjects.
Unfortunately, the procedures weren't entirely successful,
and they've become as you see them...
Mindless zombies,
following orders without question.
Useful, perhaps,
but a terrible waste of human life.
So what happened to my Aunt Benna?
Yes, that is the sticky bit.
You see, kahar lahi'ia is a very strong power,
and, like most powers, it corrupts the user's personality.
Your Aunt Benna began to behave irrationally,
forgetting who and where she was.
One month ago, she threatened to destroy all of us,
and when we tried to stop her, she ran into the jungle
and disappeared.
That's impossible.
I talked to her on the phone a couple days ago.
Ah, that was my wife's idea.
We tracked you down with the gift
your aunt had planned to send you on your birthday.
We had an idea that the only way to get Benna to return,
and to convince her not to use jungle magic anymore
was to bring you here to this island.
- Hello, Mark. - Why don't you come visit me?
As you can see, computers are useful in the jungle too, my boy.
You were gonna use me as bait?
Frankly, Mark, we're at our wit's end.
You see, if your aunt is left alone,
she may well use jungle magic
not only to harm herself,
but possibly the rest of the world.
Will you help us?
My aunt's the coolest relative I've got.
She's in trouble.
I'll do whatever you want.
You, sir, are a gentleman indeed.
We'll start here and work our way back through this section here.
Good morning, princess. Did you sleep well last night?
- What? - Never mind.
Oh, be a good girl and run and wake young Mark, would you?
We're leaving within the hour.
- Off you go. - Whatever.
I think she's really starting to like this place.
Mark?
Hey, Mark, wake up!
All right. You better be dressed,
'cause I'm not going on this stupid hike alone.
He's gone.
Mom! Dad! Mark's gone!
What?
"You, sir, are a gentleman indeed."
Yeah, right. And gentlemen know when other gentlemen are lying.
Road.
Ow!
Ohhh.
Quicksand.
Help! Help! Someone help me!
Help me! Help!
Mark, what are you doing?
What does it look like I'm doing? I'm sinking!
Can you get me out of here!
It's no good. Can't you get any closer?
If I could come any closer, I'd be up there with you!
You don't have to get sarcastic, Mark. I'm just trying to help.
Sorry. Sorry. I just got other things on my mind right now.
Okay, Kareen? Kareen!
- Relax. I'm right here. - Relax?
Here. Grab this.
Get it closer.
Reach!
- Get it closer! - Come on, Mark! Reach!
I'm sorry, Mark.
Oh, that was good. Thanks a lot.
- I'll get something else. - It's too late!
Kahar lahia.
Mark?
Kalia! Kalia!
- Mark, what's going on? - I'm saving my life. Kalia!
Kalia! Kalia!
Mark!
- Thank you, thank you, thank you. - How does that thing work?
I don't know. It's just, whenever I get into trouble,
it starts glowing, and something happens just in time to save me.
- Can I try it? - Why?
So then you can show it to your father?
- You don't know me very well, do you? - I know I don't trust you.
Well, I don't blame you for that.
But... You have to believe me now.
Your aunt didn't use jungle magic.
And when she wouldn't tell my father how it worked,
well, he decided to do some experiments of his own.
And that's how we ended up surrounded by zombies.
We have to find my aunt. We have to get her off this island.
Kahar lahia.
- What's wrong with that thing now? - Shh.
What's it doing?
Showing us the way.
Are you telling me we're taking directions from a head?
You got any better ideas?
Benna talks about you all the time.
She says you're her favorite nephew.
Well, she's my favorite aunt.
I haven't seen her in a while.
I guess... Well, I think I was eight.
She showed me this really cool coin on my birthday.
I don't know.
I don't remember ever seeing it after that.
I must've lost it.
I was eight. I was just a kid.
Look!
- Campfire? - Maybe it's her.
Kahar lahia.
It is her.
Hello? Anyone here?
Hello? Aunt Benna?
Aunt Benna, are you here?
What's he saying?
I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's not "have a nice day."
- Mark? - He knows my name.
Aunt Benna?
What are you doing he...
How did you ge... How did you find me here?
Well, can we come out of the hole first?
Yeah. Oh...
Sorry. Just a sec.
And what is she doing here?
No, it's okay. She's on our side.
Her parents are the ones who tricked me to come to Baladora to find you.
Aunt Benna, they want your kalia.
Oh, Mark.
It's not mine to give.
Jungle magic is very powerful, Mark.
Only the Baladorans who practice it know how to control it.
The outside world just isn't ready,
and we must never let the Hawlings get the secret.
Now, do you understand me?
- We must never let that happen. - Okay.
- But we gotta get you out of this jungle. - Okay.
Come on, Kareen. We gotta go.
I'm afraid not, Mark.
Oh, man. Licorice.
Benna! How lovely to see you again.
- The feeling is not mutual. - Well done, Kareen.
- Daddy and I are very proud of you. - Thanks, Mom.
It was easier than I thought it would be.
"You have to believe me. You just have to."
You're a real sucker. You know that, Mark?
This is it. This is the secret to jungle magic.
- A head? - It's not just any head, Daddy.
Watch. Ka-li-a.
Ka-li-a.
Ka... li... a!
- Make it work, Mark. - Yeah, like I'm gonna do any favors for you.
Daddy, tell him to make it work.
We'll do better than that, princess.
We'll go straight to the source.
Why not make it easier on all of us, Benna?
Why not just tell me how it works?
Hawlings, I wouldn't tell you how the phone book works.
Really?
We'll see about that.
You're wasting your time, Richard. You'll get nothing out of me.
I wouldn't make snap decisions like that if I were you, Benna.
Either you tell me what I want to know,
or the next time you see your nephew,
he'll be wearing a much smaller hat.
- You're bluffing. - Am I?
No! Help! Someone!
- Mark, no! - Let me go!
It's a little something I picked up from the Narawaya tribe.
Aunt Benna! Don't let 'em do this to me!
A sort of do-it-yourself head-shrinking machine.
Let me out!
Tell me about the jungle magic.
Let him go!
Very well.
Aunt Benna! Help me!
Remember your eighth birthday. Remember the gift.
- What eighth birthday? What gift? - Remember.
- Aunt Benna, don't let them do this to me! - I'm going to ask you again.
- Help! - Tell me how kahar lahi'ia works.
Once more, Benna. Tell me the secret of jungle magic.
Remember your birthday.
You're hurting me!
I must admit, I'm surprised at you, Benna.
I would've thought you cared for your nephew enough to help him.
But I'm a reasonable man.
I'm going to give you one last chance.
Eighth birthday. Eighth birthday.
This is something too dangerous to carry with me, Mark,
so I need you to look after it for me.
What happened?
You must protect it,
but you'll never even know you have it.
Three seconds to save your nephew's life.
One.
Kahar lahia.
The magic is in you, Mark.
The magic is in you.
It's not the head. It's me!
- Two. - The magic is in me!
Three.
Kahar lahi'ia!
Stop! You hear?
No! Oh! Get away!
Leave us alone!
Richard, do something!
Mom! Dad! Get them away from me!
Get back! You fools!
All right!
You remembered!
It had nothing to do with the head.
You put the magic in me for... for safekeeping.
- Yes. - And it worked. Big time.
- Mark. - I feel incredible! What else can I do?
- Mark, you have done enough. - Aw, come on.
You gave it to me. I just want to have a little fun with my birthday present.
Mark, jungle magic is very dangerous for any one person to have.
Now you have protected it for me for all of these years,
and now... you're going to be free.
Look at the coin, mark.
Look at the coin.
And forget.
And that's... how I got my shrunken head.
Mark, you weren't bothering Ed
with another one of those wild stories of yours, were you?
Nah. We were just... We were just talking about the weather.
- Right, Mark? - Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
Looks like rain.
You guys better bring your umbrellas.
We're just going out for coffee. I'll be home soon.
- Don't stay up too late, okay? - I won't.
Good night.
See you later.
Oh.
Please give us something.
We need something to eat. This is unbearable!
Calm down. I didn't forget.
Oh, good!
Give me that!
Don't worry, you guys.
My Aunt Benna said she was gonna
find a way to bring you back to your normal size.
When? When?
She's gonna bring it when she comes to visit.
Good! That's great!
On my 16th birthday.
No! Richard, do something!
What can I do?