
In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzObscure horror film, that deserves to be buried. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonThe human element of the film has a warped tone that makes the whole thing far more interesting than its mummy attacks would suggest. |
| User ReviewParty Pete. Cthis is cool he throws people out of windows |
| User ReviewCarlton Rgreat film,classic line of actors, most of whome sadly are no longer with us, but their work lives on , this was another great, from the hammer stable |
| User ReviewWayne FAn enjoyable Mummy movie with some good special FX considering how old it is. A classic |
| User ReviewOrlok WAn odd movie that concentrates more on the characters than the creature and they are not all that interesting. Some good performances though in a tried and tested formula with a solid finale but it just seems to drag its feet to get there. |
| User ReviewGinger JNot a bad little addition to the Hammer catalogue. Like 'The Reptile', 'Plague of the Zombies' and 'The Witches' this film doesn't feature Hammer regulars Lee and Cushing but Morell is on hand for good support (although not for long!) and once again Ripper is given a decent amount to do and puts in the best acting performance. The mummy looks hust like a guy in a thin boiler suit and some of it is laughable but Phillips is good as the cowardly villain, it's nice to see Roger Delgado (aka The Master) chewing up the scenary and the final discintigration of the mummy is well handled. Not scary compared to horror today this is still pretty enjoyable. |
| User ReviewEric R"Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!" screamed the trailer to this third entry into Hammer's Mummy trilogy (preceded by The Mummy and The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb). The film has...take a wild yonder...another Mummy running amok. Yes, again it is a different Mummy but thankfully the plot isn't as derivative as the second film. The main difference in the plot is that the entire film takes place in Egypt (the Mummy went amok in England the previous films). A group of diggers uncover a tomb of an Egyptian prince but an angry tomb watcher raises a mummy by reading a cursed inscription on a shroud. The film also opens differently. As opposed to having a flashback in the middle of the film, this entry opts to have the flashback right at the start. Right away one can see the production values aren't quit as polished as the previous films. However the production is still nice and again the cast is full of solid British actors. On the up side I found the film to be even more violent than the previous films. The mummy throws people from second story windows and smashes people's heads against walls. The make-up is decent but nothing that will wake the dead (Universal's Mummy movies still had the best looking mummies). By far the best effect is when the mummy awakens and his eyes open...creepy. One aspect I didn't like as there was an elderly clairvoyant women who looked into people's future with a crystal ball. Yes I know the film is about a walking corpse so I shouldn't expect plausibility but this aspect was just a little much for me. If you're ready to view Hammer's third Mummy movie then you know exactly what your going to get, a Saturday matinee monster film. If you expect that then you will enjoy. |
| User ReviewMichael KHave to confess to never having been a huge fan of Mummy films; there are exceptions, of course, but these flicks do tend to be rather 'one-note' affairs. After all, archaeology is one thing, but grave-robbing is quite another (the former is a legitimate historical-investigation process, the latter a criminal act which deserves punishment ...supernatural or otherwise!). Anyway. This third entry from Hammer, while certainly one of those lesser efforts, is also undoubtedly a classier attempt than their preceding Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb. One reason is that this was directed by John Gilling (Plague Of The Zombies/The Reptile) from his own screenplay (adapted from Anthony Hinds' story), but it also features decent performances from Andre Morell, Roger Delgado (yes, the original Master from Doctor Who), and a very good role for the GREAT Michael Ripper (as Mr Longbarrow, a kind of PA to the expedition's financier), who really is quite brilliant here; Catherine Lacey hams it up wonderfully as Haiti, the old crone, cackling maniacally into her crystal-ball. The Mummy itself (portrayed by stuntman Eddie Powell), however, isn't particularly impressive-looking (he appears to be wearing a boiler-suit!), which is a huge MINUS for a Mummy film! For me, I think, Don Banks' score was the most impressive thing about this film, quite awesome in certain scenes. So. Passable, for a Mummy flick (not the worst I've seen, by any stretch) - but it still amounts to a few caucasian actors in brown make-up, pretending to be Egyptian. |
| User ReviewDavid DQuite possibly the best 'Mummy' movie ever made. Not that there's a huge amount of competition but this one is played dead straight and has a super mummy. Beautiful blu ray conversion too. |