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The Mummy
1932
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Bramwell Fletcher |
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| Director | Karl Freund |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Mummy
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
| Starring | Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Bramwell Fletcher, Arthur Byron, Edward Van Sloan |
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| Director | Karl Freund |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 13 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1932 To Rent: DVD: 01 Nov 2005 |
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Strange dreamlike horror film with only fleeting frissons but plenty of narrative interest despite the silliest of stories and some fairly stilted acting.
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Brendan Fraser stars as an American serving in the French Foreign Legion who, on an archaeological dig at an ancient city unfortunately he accidentally awakens ... read more »
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Boris Karloff is brilliant
This is a fabulous film, even moreso considering its age. Boris Karloff is brilliant. give it a try, you might be surprised.
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Classic Karloff at his best
This is a good movie. It is really well put together. It shows that with strong story telling and good direction a movie can retain its quality throughout the ... read more »
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Karloff as the Mummy
Karloff is billed as 'the uncanny' on the credits for this film, and he certainly lives up to this nomenclature here. The opening scene is a rivetting ... read more »
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