Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

leplatypus The tag line for Coppola Dracula was Love never dies. In this movie, a protagonist says Her love for you may bridge the centuries. In fact, this movie is about a living mummy that stalks the beautiful woman he believes is the reincarnation of his lover, so it's the exact plot of Coppola movie but this time carried with a Egyptian background. We also got the wise, resourceful old teacher who knows all the tricks to defeat evil! However the parallels that exist, the movie is really inspired and successful to built this Egyptian world: the sets, statues, costumes are wonderfully done and Karloff is truly scary, even better as a evil priest than the monster of Frankenstein! This is also a wonderful example of how West meets Orient and how it's always Egypt the entrance gate (Napoleon, Tintin, Blake and Mortimer, Indiana Jones...). What i like also is its quick duration (74 minutes): Maybe the plot lacks maybe some depth but i prefer to watch movies like this rather than the 2 hours and + movies of today in which the adding footage is used for silly, boring, empty big action chases or CGI bloody explosive epic battles that don't further plot either!

sol- Inadvertently resurrected when archaeologists unearth his tomb, an Egyptian mummy assumes life as a museum curator, hoping to eventually resurrect the woman he loved in his Universal horror movie. The film was inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb (a recent event at the time) and the subsequent mysterious deaths of those involved in the project, which some attributed to a 'curse of the pharaohs'. Watching 'The Mummy', it is easy to imagine that a more interesting film could have been spun from focusing on the actual discovery of King Tut's tomb and the 'curse'. The movie has its strengths though, including Boris Karloff's performance, detailed make-up and Karl Freund's penchant for atmospheric camera pans. The film also gets off to a strong start with the mummy's hand only ever-so-slowly creeping into shot when he first comes back from the dead. The notion of a lovesick ancient Egyptian is never particularly scary or eerie though, nor is there anything especially engaging about Karloff believing that he has found the reincarnation of his love interest in a female acquaintance. Everything admittedly culminates in a memorable showdown though and Freund makes remarkably good use of close-ups (Karloff's eyes!) throughout, but it is easy to see why this has not enjoyed the reputation of some of Universal's other monster movies over the years.

mlwitvliet Bearing in mind in which era this movie is made I can see that this movie has a cult status but masterpiece??? Nah!!! A masterpiece doesn't drag on and on and I literally fell asleep watching this movie. as I did want to see what this movie is about I re winded it but I still can't see what the fuss is about.It has good points as Boris Karloff as the Mummy. The story line and filming is not bad but this movie is just not scary and therefore not a horror movie. A good Thriller then??? Nope, for that the story line is not strong enough.Nosferatu, which is made 10 years before is a far better movie then this one, so it also has nothing to do with the era the movie is made. It just doesn't work for me.

apanda8myhomework As a long time fan of the Universal monster movies, The Mummy has been a favorite of mine for quite some time. Boris Karloff's portrayal was perfection. His stern gaze and wrinkled appearance gave me chills. My favorite shots of him were when he would use his powers to control or kill someone. The up close shot combined with the lighting playing with his eyes really magnified the significance of what was going on. The story was solid and explained how Imhotep came to be where he was, with some great story telling through the reflection pool. The only thing I could possibly complain about would be how the film ends. It feels like it was cut too soon and something is missing. Other than that, I say this is a film that speaks volumes over the ages as one of the original sound horror films.