Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Platypuschow This remake of the remake is a Hammer Horror affair and the beginning of their own "The Mummy" franchise.Starring horror legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee it brings The Mummy tale into bold colour and it does the story many favours.Essentially it tells exactly the same story as the 1932 original but blends several moments from the 1940 and beyond remake franchise including a tweek on the part three very dark finale.With strong performances, a highly improved mummy and the usual Hammer Horror charm this is the best "The Mummy" film since the 1932 original.This has now wet my appetite for the other 3 movies.The Good:Couple of well made scenesThe mummy looks greatThe Bad:Very sudden endingA few of the negative Hammer Horror tropesThings I Learnt From This Movie:Mans best friend is a horseDrink driving wasn't a thing when it came to horse and cartsFez's are still a sign of evil

Prismark10 The boxer Muhammed Ali in the build up to his fight and afterwards once compared George Foreman to the The Mummy. He did not have in mind Christopher's Lee lithe athletic performance as the Mummy a world away from Boris Karloff's lumbering monster.Hammer's remake of the Mummy might be low budget which you can tell from the studio bound shots supposedly set in Egypt but comes across more of a mystery adventure film than horror. Its also has a wonderful set production, art direction and is in glorious colour.A team of British archaeologists have been cursed for desecrating a tomb of a princess which they have been warned not to disturb. Two have died. Peter Cushing plays the last of the three men being pursued by a mysterious Egyptian and the Mummy he has brought over.The film might feel a little slow here and there, it has some lapses of logic, not actually scary but it was at the time a refreshingly different adaptation of the Mummy legend.

Pumpkin_Man I wanted to watch the TCM Christopher Lee Hammer horror marathon they were having in honor of Christopher Lee recently passing away. I've always been curious about these films, and figured it would be the best time to watch them. I first started off with 'The Mummy' I have really only seen Brendan Fraser's 1999 Mummy film. I've been meaning to watch the 1932 film, so I watched this without really comparing it to anything. The movie had a great look, cinematography, great sets, and awesome makeup for the mummy. In 1895, some archaeologists dig up the tomb of Princess Ananka, the high priestess of the god Karnak. Angered that they have desecrated the tomb, an Egyptian reads from the Scroll of Life and awakens Kharis, an imprisoned mummy who protects the tomb. Three years later, the mummy is again resurrected to get his deadly revenge against those who entered the forbidden tomb. It's great cheesy fun and right to the point. It's old school horror at its finest. I would recommend THE MUMMY!!!

Spondonman Another enjoyable foray by Hammer into horror, getting round to updating the Universal Mummy series which Abbott & Costello had only finally concluded four years prior to this one. Maybe finally interred would be truer though, the journey from Karloff's classic in 1932 to 1955 was all downward. With this the franchise was given a new lease of life, reanimated and reactivated.Victorian archaeological dig in Egypt opens up an untouched ancient tomb and its can of worms, in the shape of an ancient mummy buried with the ancient Princess he fancied. Along with uncle Raymond Huntley, Felix Aylmer and Peter Cushing play the rather demonstrative father and son scientists responsible for the desecration of the tomb all of whom the rather energetic mummy Christopher Lee is programmed to kill. For saying the mummy was speechless, motionless and presumably thinking the way of the transgressor was hard for two thousand years he looked as if he was ready to cut a rug with gusto. But he'd had the means to learn English in that cupboard because he reacted badly - and with some vim - to Aylmer bringing him back to life in English which is how all the modern trouble began. Hammer reprised Universal's interminable idea to show a flashback explanation of how the ancient trouble had begun, except it was taken far more leisurely with Hammer; like we'd got all night. Michael Ripper was especially twitchy in this one. The modern English are shown to be natural desecrators of human tombs but Johnny Foreigner and their ancestors are as usual shown to be natural desecrators of human lives. There's nice economy scale production values with an atmospheric use of colour and brooding ancient Egyptian music to go with the mainly convincing serious acting and dialogue; and no cgi cartoonery taking it all over.It's an excellent and engrossing fantasy for all kinds of reasons and I thoroughly enjoyed it yet again (maybe the tenth time now) and recommend it - although for perspective I better own up and state here I preferred the Karloff original and thought the four sequels to it pretty good too while Fraser's sterile updatings were all watchable but far too mechanical.