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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
Director	Karl Freund
Genres	Horror

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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.
- 32030
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  The Mummy
  
  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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  - 25 Apr 2007 at 06:37
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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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  - 08 Nov 2011 at 11:06
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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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- - VFF
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  - 08 Oct 2010 at 16:39
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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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- - Spoonhead
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  - 26 Apr 2009 at 22:19
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  The Mummy
  
  Boris Karloff is one big star in these old horrorfilms.After seeing new version of The Mummy this old film was very enjoyable watching.Recommend to watch the ... read more »
  
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  - Slough
  - 08 Jun 2008 at 18:49
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  The Mummy
  
  Among all the praise for Universal's classic films of Frankenstein and Dracula The Mummy tends to get a bit lost. That's a real shame because Karl ... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
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  - Tonbridge
  - 08 Jul 2007 at 11:37
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  The Mummy
  
  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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- - Cornetto
  - 959 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 25 Apr 2007 at 06:37
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  Golden Oldie
  
  Got this for my brother to watch he loves it but I fell asleep about 10 mins into it........Crap !!!!!
  
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- - les
  - sheffield
  - 27 Jul 2005 at 00:14
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  boris karloff was the man..
  
  ...hadn't seen this for a long time, so it was a pleasant surprise to watch again. what can i say, not quite hammer house of horror but good nonetheless
  
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  - Bedford, UK
  - 17 Mar 2005 at 12:56
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  Classic
  
  Really enjoyable...you can't beat a good camp horror classic
  
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  - bournemouth
  - 26 Feb 2005 at 12:20
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  The original Mummy...
  
  The original version of The Mummy still holds up well today, despite the obvious little distractions that come with a film from the '30's time period (... read more »
  
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- - Lawrence Conquest
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  - 06 Dec 2004 at 22:42
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  The Mummy
  
  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 »
  
  Report this review
- 433524
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Cornetto
  - 959 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 25 Apr 2007 at 06:37
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  The original Mummy...
  
  The original version of The Mummy still holds up well today, despite the obvious little distractions that come with a film from the '30's time period (... read more »
  
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- - Lawrence Conquest
  - england
  - 06 Dec 2004 at 22:42
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  The Original !!!!
  
  Its very hard for us modern day critics to fairly judge an old film like this however, i did enjoy it and the story, more than anything is excellent. If you ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 10 Jul 2004 at 00:58
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  GOOD FOR IT'S TIME
  
  I was a little disappointed in this film, it is a good old black and white oldie but thought it would have been better than it was.
  
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  - Leicestershire, England
  - 27 Aug 2004 at 19:30
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  Classic
  
  Really enjoyable...you can't beat a good camp horror classic
  
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  - bournemouth
  - 26 Feb 2005 at 12:20
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  boris karloff was the man..
  
  ...hadn't seen this for a long time, so it was a pleasant surprise to watch again. what can i say, not quite hammer house of horror but good nonetheless
  
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- 82483
- - a customer
  - Bedford, UK
  - 17 Mar 2005 at 12:56
- - 1
  - 1
  Golden Oldie
  
  Got this for my brother to watch he loves it but I fell asleep about 10 mins into it........Crap !!!!!
  
  Report this review
- 127858
- - les
  - sheffield
  - 27 Jul 2005 at 00:14
- - 1
  - 1
  The Mummy
  
  Among all the praise for Universal's classic films of Frankenstein and Dracula The Mummy tends to get a bit lost. That's a real shame because Karl ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 456636
- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 08 Jul 2007 at 11:37
- - 0
  - 0
  The Mummy
  
  Boris Karloff is one big star in these old horrorfilms.After seeing new version of The Mummy this old film was very enjoyable watching.Recommend to watch the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 573847
- - a customer
  - Slough
  - 08 Jun 2008 at 18:49
- - 0
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 748522
- - Spoonhead
  - 2 reviews
  - Reading
  - 26 Apr 2009 at 22:19

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Critics' reviews
- Strange dreamlike horror film with only fleeting frissons but plenty of narrative interest despite the silliest of stories and some fairly stilted acting.
- 32030
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Hardly a horror film in that it refuses to go for shock effects, this tale of Im-ho-tep, an ancient Egyptian priest... read more on Time Out
- 45307
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15

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  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 ...