Starring Terence Morgan, Fred Clark, Ronal Howard and Jeanne Roland
Written by Michael Carreras and Alvin Rakeoff, directed by Michael Carreras
Uh oh. Time for a MUMMY sequel -- usually a bad sign. This doesn't actually continue the story of THE MUMMY. Much like the Universal MUMMY sequels, this one simply tells the tale of a different mummy.
This time out, a group of Egyptologists discover a mummy and bring it back to London where an American exploitation promoter puts the mummy and other artifacts in a sideshow-type display. Unfortunately, turns out the mummy walks among us, and starts to knock off the Egyptologists one by one.
For an 80 minute film, this is another one that seems slooooow and loooong. I think part of the reason for that is that the mummy doesn't start doing his thing until late in the run time. Or at least, that's the way it seems. There are famous examples of movies that save their monsters for critical moments, like JAWS and KING KONG, but those movies have one thing this movie doesn't have: suspense.
One interestingly creepy thing about this take on the mummy is that the mummy's creepy breathing is emphasized. This is unique to this movie over all the other mummy movies, and is the most legitimately frightening thing about it. You know the mummy's around and about to kill you when you hear this creepy, hollow, ancient, dead "breath" coming from him.
No comments:
Post a Comment