WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

mark.waltz Thirty years have gone by since the supposed destruction of the mummy in "The Mummy's Hand", and after a lengthy flashback to at least a reel of the first film, we get the news that George Zucco's Andoheb has survived his being shot and falling down a huge flight of cement pyramid steps and has been keeping the slightly burnt mummy in hiding for further revenge. Peggy Moran's character, seen in the flashbacks, has passed away (from natural causes we are supposed to believe), and her widower (Dick Foran) has told the story of what happened all those years ago to his sister (Mary Gordon), son (John Hubbard) and fiancee (Elyse Knox). But at that very moment, Zucco passes the mummy torch onto the sexy Turhan Bey who brings along the mummy to nearby where Foran, Gordon and Hubbard now live. Taking a job as a caretaker of a nearby mansion, Bey sets out to complete his task of killing off the remaining desecraters of Kharis's tomb, and that includes Foran's old friend (Wallace Ford), still wise-cracking, who happens to pay a visit to his old pal. Bey makes the mistake of forgetting Zucco's warning of not being distracted by anything by becoming obsessed with making Knox his wife and forcing her, along with himself, to take a potion made of the tana leaves so they can live together forever and be immortal.O.K., so thirty years has gone by, but nothing in society has apparently changed, so if this is supposed to be in the future, you wouldn't know it. Had this simply been a completely different film with different characters, it could have been so much better, because the story is fine. But in continuing the story from the previous film is where the writers make their mistake because that increases the number of plot holes. Foran and Gordon, supposed to be brother and sister, seem nothing alike, and Lon Chaney Jr., taking over for Tom Tyler in the mummy bandages, does nothing but skulk around and attack his victims, no recognition even with his eyes that it is Chaney. The fact that major characters from the first film become victims of the mummy here was an interesting choice, but the conclusion, where villagers storm the mansion where Bey is residing, seems straight out of a "Frankenstein" movie. It's silly fun, once again instantly forgettable, and proof that too much of a good thing can make that good thing not so good afterall.

Rainey Dawn 'The Mummy's Tomb'(1942) is a good sequel to 'The Mummy's Hand' (1940). The first few minutes of 'The Mummy's Tomb' is spent going over what happened in 'The Mummy's Hand' that your memory is re-freshened if you have not seen the previous film in awhile or will help you to follow the film if you have not seen the previous one. It's a good way to start a film - in particular the fact the movies where two years apart.This film features Lon Chaney, Jr in the role of The Mummy Kharis whereas the film before it Tom Tyler played the part. Both are good as The Mummy - it's a quiet role, no lines but all physical acting - one is just as good as the other.With the Kharis series, it's a matter of story in these films and not so much The Mummy himself (Minus the Boris Karloff Mummy 1932 which is a stand alone film).Overall The Mummy's Tomb is a fun and entertaining film.7.5/10

preppy-3 This takes places 30 years after "Hand" which means it should happen in 1970--but there's clear references to World War II! This has Kharis (Lon Chaney now) coming to Mapleton Massachusetts to kill the desecrates of an ancient tomb. How Kharis survived after being burnt to death in the previous movie and why he waits 30 years is never explained. With him is Mehemet Bay (Turhan Bay) to feed him tana leaves and order him about.It's pretty silly since the plot makes little sense and there are loopholes galore...but it sometimes works. The makeup on Chaney is effective, it moves fairly quickly, the acting isn't bad and it all leads up to a fiery climax. All in all an OK Universal horror film.

AaronCapenBanner Harold Young directed this sequel to "The Mummy's Hand", now starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis the mummy, who is still alive and on his way to America with a young priest(played by Turhan Bey) who are pledged to kill off the survivors of the Banning expedition that brought Princess Ananka home to the Scripps museum. George Zucco also returns as Andoheb, who survived being shot in the earlier film, and sent them on their mission of revenge. Dick Foran and Wallace Ford reprise their roles as Banning and Babe. Strange and misconceived sequel picks up the story thirty years later(!) Why the long wait? No idea, no explanation is given. To see key characters killed by Kharis is surprising, but also bizarre. Largely ineffectual film has little credibility or atmosphere; mostly good for camp value.