Mummy! Mummy! Mummmmy! It's Mummy! She's terribly hurt! Please! Help us!

[first lines] [Director Peter Jackson opens with the scene that should, logically, end the film: that is, the moments immediately following the murder. The girls Juliet and Pauline run screaming up the hill-path to the tea-house, sobbing and covered in blood. The scene is intercut with b&w visions of the two running across a ship deck to meet Dr. and Mrs. Hulme, whom they both refer to as their mother, as the first three exclamations of "Mummy!" demonstrate] Juliet Hulme: Mummy! Pauline Parker: Mummy! Juliet Hulme: Mummmmy! [the scene changes from the ship to the hilltop tea-house. The girls are screaming hysterically as the tea-house woman runs out to see what the noise is all about] Pauline Parker: It's Mummy! She's terribly hurt! Juliet Hulme: Please! Help us!

It's Mummy! She's terribly hurt! Please... help us!