i give the basilisk prop . in one confrontation and he bite the hottie with the scepter in her hand and rip her dress off . instead of and oh i dunno and say and run for her life and she sit there in her undies and yell at the basilisk for ruin her dress . the basilisk star at her for two second and then chomp her torso off . not only be it a comically bad scene and but we also get to see yancy butler in her skivvy . tremendous . a for the rest of the movie and it your standard scifi original fare . people find relic of an ancient creature somewhere in persia . despite warning from the local to leave well enough alone and they take everything home to a major metropolitan museum and the thing come to life . military grunt come in talk all big and bad about how they will blow this thing to smithereens and then run like little girl after it start rip them to shred . science geek study it habit and try to find a way to kill it . the basilisk look pretty cool . the end be a little dumb and so that pull the overall rating lower . but if youre in the mood for some bad horror hijinks and basilisk represent the serpent king ( kind of a silly title and since toward the end of the movie the basilisk be prove to be female ) will fit the bill .