Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 07/08/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDM2.0
Run Time: 75 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
The Mummy represented
Boris Karloff's second horror starring role after his "overnight" success in
Frankenstein. Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, Egyptian high priest Imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of the British field exposition that disturbed his tomb (shades of the King Tut curse). While disguised as a contemporary Egyptologist, he falls in love with Zita Johann, whom he recognizes as the latest incarnation of a priestess who died nearly 40 centures earlier. Spiriting Zita away to the tomb, he relates the story of how he had dared to enter her ancestor's sacred burial crypt, hoping to restore her to life. Caught in the act, he was embalmed alive and his tongue was cut out for his act of sacrilege. Now that he has returned, he intends to slay Zita, so that they will be reunited for all time in the Hereafter. Despite its melodramatic trappings,
The Mummy is essentially a love story, poetically related by ace cinematographer and first-time director
Karl Freund.
Jack Pierce's justly celebrated makeup skills offers us two Karloffs: the wizened Egyptologist and the flaking, rotting mummy, who though only seen for a few seconds remains in the memory long after the film's final image has faded. Best line: "It went for a little walk."
The Mummy was followed by four stock footage-laden sequels, none of which approached the power and poignancy of the original.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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An Ancient Horror Walks Again.
Boris Karloff duplicates his overnight success of Frankenstein by starring in the title role of an ancient Egyptian high priest, who comes back to life after 3,700 years and begins searching for his ancient love, whom he believes has been reincarnated in the body of a young woman (Zita Johann). Also starring David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron, Noble Johnson, Bramwell Fletcher, Katherine Byron, and James Crane. This was one of Karloff's best movies.
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