Rating: - Three interesting version of the classic Mummy tale, from Hammer films.
The Mummy's Shroud is the third and last of Hammer's Mummy films.
The first was an almost verbatemum remake of the Boris Karloff classic
The Mummy,(1959) done by Universal Pictures,starring Christopher Lee.
Not stopping there, the seconed film was entitled Curse of the Mummy's
Tomb(1965). Followed by Shroud two years later.
While the first film is the best. the following two are also worth seeing.
Especially since the second film "Curse" is unavailable in the US. except
as an import. for which you must have a region free dvd player in order to
view it.
Perhaps Ancor Bay and Hammer Film, will release all three films as a set.
Just as Universal did with it Fly films.
Rating: - Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!
That's the tagline for The Mummy's Shroud (1967), adapted for the screen and directed by John Gilling, a prolific artist mainly associated with Hammer films whose best film, in my opinion, was 1967' Plague of the Zombies, and, while `Shroud' may not measure up to that film, it's certainly worth a look. The film brings together a fairly strong cast, including André Morell (Plague of the Zombies), John Phillips (Village of the Damned), David Buck, host for the 60's British Television show Mystery and Imagination, Michael Ripper (The Reptile), and Maggie Kimberly (The Conqueror Worm).
As the film begins, we're in ancient Egypt, as a tale of a greed and deception unfolds, one that leads to the untimely death of a young pharaoh named Kah-to-Bey, and also of his sworn protector/slave named Prem. Fast-forward to the 1920's, and we now bare witness to a British archeological team, led by Sir Basil Walden ... Read More
Rating: - Entertaining Mummy Saga from Hammer Studios
"The Mummy's Shroud", is one of the lesser known efforts by the famed English Hammer Studios who were responsible for some of the greatest horror films of the late 1950's and 1960's. Their productions were responsible for reviving some of the most unforgettable Universal Studios horror figures like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, and The Mummy", in beautiful colour productions that are as popular today as they were 40 years ago. Here it is the Mummy's turn in an admittedly lesser effort than Hammer's classic "The Mummy", of 1959 starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
"The Mummy's Shroud", set in 1920 tells the story of a team of archaeology experts who come across the lost tomb of the boy Pharaoh Kah-To-Bey and unfortunately fall foul of the tomb protector in the guise of Prem, a manservant of the boy once the sacred words are read aloud off the shroud found covering the boy king by the team. ... Read More
Rating: - creepy and horrific
I have to say, this movie is pretty scarie for 1967! I've seen alot of horror movies, and I find this to be the scarest!! I don't recomend this movie for kids under 7 years old. The best part in the movie is when in the end when the mummy comes after Claire {Maggie Kimberly} but of course the hero {David Buick} comes to rescue her. The music in this movie really gets you into the horror mood when Sir Basil {Andre Morrell} is murdered by the mummy when he's in the gypsy's tent. This is really spooky!!! I feel sorry for one of the expiditioners who was murdered by the mummy in his hotel room. He is so fat and chubby and that's why I like him. Alot of people die in this movie because of the mummy's curse. The only reason why all of them die is because, they distrubed the spirit of the tomb. I feel this is a great movie with good music and acting.
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