The Pyramid – Check Out the Exclusive Video: Real Pyramids, Real Perils
Scott Hallam
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The Pyramid, featuring Dennis O’Hare, Ashley Hinshaw, and Dennis Buckley, is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD. The film follows a father-daughter archaeologist team who uncover a unique pyramid that has been buried beneath the Egyptian desert. Trapped within the pyramid’s labyrinth-like structure, the team members face deadly perils that jeopardize their escape.
Courtesy of 20th Century Fox, we bring you an exclusive look into Real Pyramids, Real Perils, an informative short film that shows you what may be lurking in these ageless creations and what might just kill you. Let’s take a look at some of the dangers highlighted in the film and see how life-threatening they really are. Spoiler alert: Most of them are pretty goddamn life-threatening.
Black Mold and Bacteria
There is no doubt that you’ll get your share of black mold (aspergillus) and bacteria (staphylococcus) within the pyramids of Egypt. In The Pyramid, one unfortunate soul gets a snootful of these vile microbes and comes away looking like Cujo after getting bitten by that fated bat. However, according to Real Pyramids, Real Perils, this particular danger may not be quite so hazardous. In reality, if you inhaled a full-on blast of black mold and bacteria, you would certainly find yourself having trouble catching your breath, and there may be an unfortunate bout of vomiting in your future. But, in standard cases, you’d escape with your life. And hopefully the inhaled black mold didn’t take up residence in your lungs, spawning a new black mold colony inside your body that would multiply and grow until it finally exploded out of your chest and killed you years later. Yeah, best not to even toy with the black mold, although that would make a kick-ass name if you’re starting a new band.
Danger Level: Minimally perilous
Falling Boulders
There is nothing that can ruin a good day faster than a falling boulder. Literally. There you are, wandering around, minding your own business, when suddenly a boulder falls on you. That’s a bad day, folks. Fortunately, there are not a lot of situations where you find yourself in locations that possess the dangers of falling boulders, but in The Pyramid you’d better keep your eyes open. Real Pyramids, Real Perils tells of an inscription warning thieves to keep their grubby hands to themselves, lest they invoke the wrath of the dead. Said inscription mentioned something about the dead wringing the neck of the living like a goose. And this wasn’t just a bunch of beyond the grave chest-puffing. Indeed, if a robber were to steal the treasures from this particular tomb, a giant boulder would fall from the ceiling and crush him. Helluva a way to go. The moral of the story? For lord’s sake, keep your hands to yourself!
Danger Level: Crushingly perilous
Booby Traps
Normally, we are completely on board with anything associated with boobies, but the devious booby trap is the one unfortunate exception to that rule. What a nefarious idea it is. Again, we have the unsuspecting traveler wandering around, checking out the scenery, maybe doing some artistic rubbings on a sarcophagus or two, then WHAM!… booby trap! The inventors of the booby trap, though commendable for their ingenious use of the element of surprise, need to be held somewhat accountable for their creation of what is invariably the ultimate cheap shot. The booby trap is the embodiment of a thumb-in-the-eye to an unwary, unfortunate soul. And it wouldn’t take Indiana Jones to tell you how real these dangers are. Real Pyramids, Real Perils makes that hauntingly clear. Ancient Egyptians used a bevy of diabolical traps such as secret chambers, passages blocked with massive stone slabs, and hidden holes in the floor that would easily be the undoing of anyone who mistakenly comes upon one. The legends are true; the booby traps are just as fatal as advertised.
Danger Level: Surprisingly perilous
Scavenger Cat Beasts
As seen in The Pyramid, hordes of seemingly undead cat-like creatures roam the mysterious halls of the ancient ruins, waiting for someone to stumble upon the wrong area where they can be pounced upon and turned into an unspeakable version of Meow Mix. But is this a real peril, one to be feared by explorers venturing into the pyramids today? Well, rational thinking individuals would say that there’s no way some undead cannibalistic scavenger cat beasts are roaming inside the pyramids of Egypt, and those rationally thinking individuals could certainly make perfectly good arguments as to why they aren’t there. We personally would not doubt anything we are told about what might lurk in those dark and unknown chambers. If you told us Anubis was down there spinning a badass set of nunchucks waiting to bonk the first trespasser on the head, we’d believe you. So the thought that there may be zombified cannibal cats down there seems perfectly reasonable. You can never doubt any horrors that may lurk in The Pyramid.
Danger Level: Legendarily perilous
Synopsis:
The age-old wonders of the world have long cursed explorers who’ve dared to unlock their mysteries. But a team of archaeologists gets more than they bargained for when they discover a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert. As they begin to uncover its horrifying secrets, they realize they’re being relentlessly hunted by an ancient evil more nightmarish than anything they could have imagined.
Special Features:
- New Extended Ending
- “Partners” featurette
- “Fear” featurette
- “Space Archaeology” featurette
- “Egyptian Myths” featurette
- Image Gallery
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