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- 1959
- Unrated
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 26 m
- 1959
- Unrated
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 26 m
Summary In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.
Directed By: Terence Fisher
Written By: Jimmy Sangster
- 1959
- Unrated
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 26 m
- 1959
- Unrated
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 26 m
The Mummy
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Summary In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.
Directed By: Terence Fisher
Written By: Jimmy Sangster
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Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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Its qualities are almost entirely abstract and visual, with colour essential to its muted, subtle imagery. Christopher Lee looks tremendous in the title role, smashing his way through doorways and erupting from green, dream-like quagmires in really awe-inspiring fashion.
The Mummy is one of Hammer’s classics, cleverly fusing the human pathos of the original Universal film with the creature-centric physicality of the sequels the latter inevitably yielded.
If you loved Universal’s Mummy but wished it had more Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, here you go.
This remake really can't compare with the 1932 original and Lee is given no chance to flesh out his character in the haunting manner that Boris Karloff did, but for fairly standardized movie horror, this flick isn't half bad.
Alternately corny and magical, scary and comic, naive and perverse, elegant and clumsy, The Mummy is always stylish and atmospheric, and Cushing and Lee became enduring world stars.
For a superior version of a nearly identical horror yarn, with a little style and imagination, catch the 1932 Boris Karloff version of The Mummy now floating around on television. The new one just lumbers.
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